Bulletin Board Ideas for Back to School

As a kid I loved the end of summer vacations and going back to school. I was probably a part of a minority but I loved the excitement of new bags, stationery, the possibility of making new friends and everything else that was synonymous with a new academic year. I particularly loved the first day of school because it invariably translated into a day with hardly any academic pursuits. The day was spent in getting to know each other. Somehow I believe that the best way to do that was with the help of kids' art activities like decorating bulletin boards. It was fun, involved a lot of constructive work, and was creative. If as a school teacher you are looking for bulletin board ideas for a back to school theme, then in this article we give you some themes that will help you establish a sense of camaraderie in your class.

Back to School Bulletin Board Ideas

While looking up bulletin board ideas, remember there are a couple of things that you will need to pay attention to; the background of the bulletin board, the border of the board, and the main theme that you are using. All these together contribute in creating a bulletin board that is attractive and educational. While choosing the theme for each of these features, remember to have some sort of a connecting link. Also remember to ask the kids in your class for bulletin board ideas. Sometimes students can come up with some very innovative fall and back to school bulletin board ideas.

So, what are the different materials that you can use for back to school bulletin boards? Well, technically there are no limitations and it all depends on what you want your theme to be and how you would like the board to look at the end of the day. Just remember to use materials that are appropriate according to the age of the kids in your class. You could stick to the safe idea of using scrapbook paper for the board, or you could opt to use magazine and newspaper pages to give the board a very unique look. Other options that you could use include fabric; patch-worked together or even a plain old tablecloth. Both would work very well as a bulletin board background. One of the innovative bulletin board ideas for the background would be to use a normal curtain or even a shower curtain. Cut the curtain according to the dimensions of the bulletin board and fix a curtain rod above the bulletin board. Now hang the curtains and draw it to reveal the theme of the bulletin board. This is one of the most interesting bulletin board ideas for teachers to use. The border that you use for the bulletin board will again be completely dependent on the theme you have used for the background. For the shower curtain backdrop, you will not need a border. In case you are using newspapers and magazine papers for the backdrop, then you would do well to cut out stencils of different things from the publishing industry and use them to create a border. You could also create a three dimensional border by sticking crayons in an aesthetic manner to.

One of the fall bulletin board ideas that never goes out of style is to create a tree at the center of the bulletin board with falling leaves. Each of the leaves could have a photograph of one student and few autobiographical lines about them. Taking off from the same theme is to create a theme where the leaves are replaced by flowers and the overall theme is that of a garden. You can use butcher paper in various colors to create the flowers and the leaves. Alternatively you could cut out stencils of flowers on plain white paper, and hand out water paints to the students so that they can color the flowers themselves. A frog pond with the teacher represented as a frog and the students symbolized by tadpoles could also work very well. The backdrop could be colored blue and lily pads can be painted to give it a sense of authenticity. An interesting school activity that can be played at the start of the year and then used to decorate the bulletin board. Create a crossword that would take up the area of the bulletin boards. All the clues should be so phrased that the answer is the name of one of the students.

These are just some of the bulletin board ideas that you can use. There is no limit to creativity and you can come up with many unique ideas to decorate the space that serves as a meeting point for the kids in your class.