3 Eye Catching back to school bulletin board ideas

I love looking for fresh classroom decor ideas!  And a new back to school bulletin board is one of the easiest ways to make my classroom look new and fresh without a whole lot of effort.

Here are 3 of my favorite back to school bulletin board ideas for the beginning of the year… or any time of the school year! Some worked perfectly in my preschool Sunday School class, some in our 2nd grade homeschool zone, and others in my first grade classroom!

Lego Bulletin Board

When my oldest was in 2nd grade, we homeschooled because….Covid.  And he was (and still is) obsessed with Legos.  

So it only made sense to do a LEGO themed classroom and bulletin board.  This LEGO bulletin board was quick and easy to make and made a huge visual impact in our space!

I covered the bulletin board in black fabric. 

PRO TIP: When stapling your fabric on your bulletin board, start in one corner and move diagonally. As you staple, stretch that fabric like crazy, and move your hands diagonally. You should end in the opposite corner. This REALLY helps get out wrinkles and makes it look super smooth!

Then I used Mega blocks and hot glued the blocks around the edge of the bulletin board.

After that, I used the LEGO bulletin board as a place to attach all of our anchor charts as we made them.  It made the perfect learning board!  You can read more details about how I created our homeschool space here.

This LEGO bulletin board also worked great as a space for adding some inspirational quotes as well!

Paintbrush Bulletin Board

Another one of my favorite back to school bulletin board ideas is this paintbrush bulletin board.  I made this bulletin for my preschool Sunday School class, and it stayed up for several years because it looked so stinking cute!  

I started with a black fabric background again because….easy! 🙂

Then, I got paint swatches for the border.  This was back when teachers were using paint swatches for all the things because they were free and super cute.  I think most paint stores figured out what was happening and don’t offer them like this anymore.  But I have this border that I’ve also used that has the same effect!

Then, I made the paintbrush and added the lettering.  You can find detailed directions on how I made the paintbrush here.  I love how gigantic it is, but don’t be scared.  It’s really pretty easy and can be done in about 30 minutes or so.

I used this for my Christian education space, but this set of bulletin board letters comes with general education wording as well so it can be used in so many places!

Good Fruits Bulletin Board

The last of the back to school bulletin board ideas is another colorful and eye catching one!  And it’s interactive!

I love using this one as a Fruit of the Spirit bulletin board for Sunday School to encourage those traits. But it also works well in public school for character education because it comes with apples to add to the tree as kids are showing that good character trait or fruit.

You can find the set of bulletin board letters with 26 character traits included here.

You can get more details on how to make and use this fruit of the spirit bulletin board interactively in your classroom in this post.

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