100 Bulletin Board Ideas

Bulletin boards can be a great way to creatively communicate an idea in a classroom or school. But if you're tired of the same old ideas, here are 100 unique bulletin board ideas that are sure to get the creative juices flowing!

Back-to-School Ideas

What STUCK with you this summer? - Students use sticky notes to write a favorite summer memory; a sun in the corner and flip-flops compliment the theme.
A Brand New Batch of Students - Add a large cookie jar labeled with "(teacher's name)'s Smart Cookies"; and have students names on cookies spilling out of jar.
____ Grade Will A-Maze - Can use a packman maze or a mythical labyrinth and write students names inside the maze, or even have students solve the maze at your orientation!
Get Ready for a Colorful Year - Large Crayon Box says "Our New Pack" surrounded by crayons with students' names on them.
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Whose in ___ Grade this Fall? - Use hand-mirror cut outs with either self-portraits from the first day of school or student pictures in the middle of them.
Up and Away in ____ Grade - Copy or create the house from the movie Up and attach balloons with student's names to it. Add a 3-D touch with some puffy clouds.
Welcome to Class: You Fit Right In - Display a large simple puzzle and extra pieces scattered with student names written on the pieces.
Catch the Wave to ____ Grade - Blue waves with colorful floating surfboards including student's names. Have students decorate their surfboard on the first day for a personal touch!
This Year is Going to Rule - A larger-than-life ruler with numerical information about the year. Ideas include: One Teacher Named ___, Two Field trips, Three Holiday parties, Four Subjects to Study, etc.
Saddle Up for ___ Grade, Welcome to (teacher's name)'s Ranch - Add horse die-cuts with student's names, and a mountain range in the back!
Dear Students - Teacher writes a large letter with encouraging phrases for the year ahead like "I believe in you" or "You will be listened to here" and signs it at the end.

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Quack Quack Welcome Back - Create a grass-edged pond, with student's names on the ducks, and a larger duck with teacher's name (can add bows on girls, sunglasses on boys).
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Welcome To This Class of Ours - Use pictures taken during the first week with (students' names underneath) mounted on stars to help the class learn names.
All Aboard for a Fantastic New School Year - Hang a train with students' pictures in the window and the teacher in the engine car. Add cotton-ball smoke from the engine for a 3D element!
(Teacher's name)'s Class is Solid Gold! - Make multi-colored handprints that form a rainbow, which leads to a pot of gold. The coins have student names on them.
April Showers Bring...MUD! - Students create brown handprints of "mud" (keep it looking messy, that shouldn't be hard!) with their names on them along the bottom of the bulletin board, plus 3-D cotton ball clouds and glittery raindrops.
Look Who's In The Nest - For this board, craft a large nest (make it 3D with crumpled brown paper) with little birds printed with student names.
(Teacher's name)'s Little Peeps - A board full of cute yellow chicks; 3-D orange beaks; can also use the shape of the marshmallow candy.
I CAN Control My... - Feature a large white game remote and on the buttons, write things like mouth, arms, or feet to reinforce the idea of self-control for young children.
(Teacher's name)'s Class is SWEET - Feature a large candy or gum jar with students names on candy pieces inside; or a large cupcake with small student pictures as sprinkles.
Hoot Hoot Hooray, Kid's Work to Display - Use colorful owls to surround student work, and have the student's names written in the owl above his/her work.
We're Going to Have a BALL in Preschool - Feature a large gum machine made out of a white circle, red lid and triangle base with multi-colored gumballs inside with student names.
No Two Are Alike - Make snowflakes with students' pictures in the centers surrounding a happy snowman and snowscape.
Our Busy Bees are Always Learning - Students' names are placed on bees around a hive with different subjects on the rings of the hive; student work could also be placed around the hive if desired.
Look Who's Been Spotted in (teacher's name)'s Class - Cover your bulletin board in many small ladybugs or just one large ladybug with names in silver marker on the spots.
Flutter into (class name or grade) - Have students make butterflies out of coffee filters or use die-cuts, and hang them with some die-cuts of flowers.