Your students are about to walk through your classroom door for the first time—how are you going to welcome them? These back-to-school classroom door decorations let you show off your teacher personality from day one. From simple but meaningful to artistic and impressive, these ideas cover every subject, every teacher type, and every budget.
Tip: Not allowed to decorate your doors because of fire marshal or safety rules? Many of these make terrific bulletin boards too.
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1. Kindness Is Key
We love this play on the word key and the idea of promoting kindness from the moment you walk through the door.
Barbara Gruener via We Are Teachers
2. Friendship in the Air
While this fun idea is shown as a wall hanging, it could easily be part of your classroom door decorations. Every student’s name is featured on its own heart so everyone feels welcome and included.
Cheryl Rizzo via We Are Teachers
3. Everyone Is a Star
Make your students feel like movie stars with this cute, VIP-access-only classroom door.
Betsy DeSotto via We Are Teachers
4. Reading Gives You Wings!
Here at We Are Teachers, we love anything that encourages a love of reading!
Betsy DeSotto via We Are Teachers
5. Be Flamazing
This cute play on the words amazing and flamingo truly is flamazing. Plus, who hasn’t dreamed of riding a flamingo?
Barbara Gruener via We Are Teachers
6. Fluent in Kindness
If you are a foreign language teacher who also loves to promote kindness, then this is the door for you!
Angel Prado via We Are Teachers
7. Classroom Quilt
We love the idea of creating a classroom quilt, and what better place to display it than right on your door. Get the students involved in the classroom door decorations by having them create their own square representing them or something they love on the first day of school. Piece it together for a real wow!
Colleen Bergquist via We Are Teachers
8. Entryway Decisions
Showing your students you care about them while also recognizing their individuality is of the utmost importance. Have them start each day with a warm greeting, ranging from a simple thumbs up to a hug. Kids simply point to the greeting of their choice.
Naomi Meredith via We Are Teachers
9. Bring the Outdoors In
Since no one likes being stuck inside all day, why not bring the outdoors in with a cute camping theme for your doorway and maybe your entire classroom?
If this is one of your Disney faves, turn it into a classroom door! You can get a kit at the link, with text in Spanish or English (“Remember me and I will live forever”).
Many students are too young to be on social media, so give them an option they can follow in real life instead. (Buy a kit to make this door from Teach Create Motivate.)
Some classroom door decoration ideas, like this one, really make a big impact! Take inspiration from the book by Grace Byers and remind students that they are enough every single day.
Make it easy to have a new classroom door message whenever you want! Cover your door with chalkboard paint (be sure to get permission first), then chalk up a new message whenever inspiration strikes.
We love Instagram-inspired classroom doors. Fill it with summer photos or clips from experiences that students can expect in your class (the covers of novels you’ll read, photos of the field trip to the zoo, students reading outside in the spring …).
