1st grade classroom Decoration Ideas: Western class decor

As several of you may know, I left the classroom I lived in for 9 years, and accepted a new first-grade position at a new school in a new district.

Let’s take a 1st grade classroom tour of my new room.  Once I got past the exhaustion, it was a lot of fun setting up these classroom decoration ideas.  And it’s not 100% finished, but I wanted to go ahead a post before the first week with kids crazies start! 🙂  It was a new challenge and I love new decorating challenges!  So let’s get to it!!

Yes…I stayed with the western theme.  I just love it too much AND I didn’t want to have to spend the money on a new theme this year!

Classroom Entry

I hot glued rope around my doorway and made some bandana and burlap swags to dress up the windows.  This is the closest I could get to curtains!

The swags are red bandana, burlap, and a black and white dot bandana.  I used one of each and cut 2″ strips and tied around twine.  Super easy and super cheap!

1st Grade Classroom Tour Room Views

The view from the sink corner of my room.  Yes, I know most of my walls are bare.  That’s how I like it.  I don’t want stuff on the walls until we learn it together.  I strongly believe that the walls of a classroom should reflect the learning of our classroom…so, naturally, our classroom starts out basically as a blank slate.

Cubbie shelves

Love how much color the bandana and burlap squares added.  I just folded them over on twine and hung them on command hooks.  Super easy. Super colorful.  Lots of bang for my buck right there!

The shelves made the perfect display for my art piece I did in college!

Student of the Week: Ranch Hand

Stealing my creative former teammate’s idea from last year and having a special seat for my ranch hand this year.  I’m planning to go back to highlighting my ranch hand more throughout the week like I did a few years back.  My name is up there because I am always the first ranch hand! 🙂

Classroom Decoration Ideas: Bulletin Boards

With only 1 official bulletin board, I had to get creative.   Here’s where I’ll post our big idea for our unit…as well as our “I can board.”

I was super excited to find a way to make my Ladybug cart skirt work from before!

Since there is only one bulletin board in this classroom, I had to make one from scratch.  But I love how well it breaks up this gray blob of a wall!

Calendar board and dry erase board…

Love the combo of the wavy burlap ribbon and chevron ribbon.  Both from Hobby Lobby.

Group Shelves

New room, new set of black shelves.  I just love these shelves.  Best organization tool ever in my classroom.  This year, I’ll be storing book boxes on them for my kids as well!

Classroom Library: Reading Corral

And my classroom library, aka “Reading Corral.”  I am SOOOOO happy with how this turned out.  This area was so so sad with just the corral fence and no furniture.  I needed something with some height and to add some visual interest over here.  I talked to my genius hubby about the idea for a barn area Sunday night around midnight, he drew out plans Monday, built it late Monday night, and installed it Tuesday night.

Aren’t these perfect?  A little toilet cleaner and steel wool to age these and they’re beautiful.

My classroom library shrunk when I moved because I had to leave many of my books, but it ended up being just the right amount for this space. {Grab the tub labels HERE)

Teacher Zones

Here’s my guided reading and small group area.  Love that I was able to combine my desk and small group table in the same area this year.  Also…the jury is still out on a desk chair.

Chalkboard is from Hobby Lobby and blank because my chalk markers died.  #keepinitreal

Calm Down Spot

The last big area on classroom tour of classroom decoration ideas is the calm down spot…

Cooper is going to be devastated when he learns Telly has moved back in with Mommy’s first graders….

More Western Classroom Decor Details

I love this bandana lamp.  And I can see it so much better in its new home on my desk.  Just a cheap lamp from Walmart with a little hot glue, rope, and bandana fabric.

Writing table…

I have less upper cabinet space to decorate this year.   But I still love how cozy it turned out!

Thanks for joining me for my 1st grade classroom tour!! 🙂 I am so excited about my new adventure in a year-round school and can’t wait to get started with kids on Monday!