If you have a composition notebook classroom theme, why stop at notebook-inspired bulletin board borders and classroom labels? You can bring a literal composition notebook into your classroom decor with a giant composition notebook class mascot. Um, hello!
The best part? This might be the easiest bulletin board you update all year.
Instead of taking down an entire display whenever a new season or holiday rolls around, leave the large composition notebook in place. Simply switch the stickers on its cover, replace a few decorative pieces and update the design used for the letter “O.”
And just like that, your classroom is decorated for the next season! No wrestling with a giant wad of bulletin board paper. No wondering how one tiny paper leaf ended up behind your shelf. Just a quick classroom refresh that still looks completely different.
A Literal Notebook for Your Composition Notebook Classroom Theme
The star of this bulletin board is a large composition notebook cover that measures approximately three pages by three pages when assembled.
Once it is printed, cut out and displayed, it becomes your class mascot for the entire year. Students will recognize the same friendly notebook each season, but its stickers and accessories will change to match upcoming holidays and classroom celebrations.
Start the year with the back-to-school composition notebook decor. Then, transform the same notebook for fall, Thanksgiving, Halloween, winter and Christmas.
Your notebook stays. Its look changes.
What Makes This a “Super Simple” Bulletin Board?
Traditional bulletin boards can include dozens of individual pieces that need to be printed, cut, arranged and attached. They can look amazing, but they can also take up an entire prep period.
A super simple bulletin board uses one large focal piece instead.
For this composition notebook classroom theme, the large notebook stays on your bulletin board, classroom door or wall throughout the year. When you want to update the display, you only need to change:
- The small stickers on the notebook cover
- A few seasonal design elements
- The decorative piece used for the letter “O”
- The banner or bulletin board message, if desired
The main part of your display is already assembled, which means each new theme only requires a few quick changes.
The Gorilla Putty Prep Trick
Here is the trick that makes seasonal changes even faster: attach the notebook stickers with Gorilla Mounting Putty.
Place small pieces of putty on the large composition notebook and leave them there. When it is time to update your display, gently remove the cardstock stickers while keeping the putty attached to the notebook.
Then, press the new seasonal stickers directly onto the same pieces of putty.
You do not need to laminate and add hook-and-loop dots to every tiny piece. You do not need to replace tape each time. You do not even need to remove the notebook from the wall.
Take off one cardstock sticker. Press on another. Admire your newly updated bulletin board and use the rest of your prep time to drink the coffee. Cheers!
Use It on a Bulletin Board or Classroom Door
There are two easy ways to use your composition notebook class mascot.
You can make it the centre of a full bulletin board display using the included borders, banner pieces, decorative elements and lettering. This works especially well if you want your composition notebook classroom theme to continue into your hallway decor.
You can also use it as classroom door decor. Place the large notebook on your door, add a message and arrange a few seasonal pieces around it.
Don’t have an available bulletin board or classroom door? Attach it directly to the wall. Classroom decorating does not need to be complicated to be cute.
You could even use the notebook in more than one place by printing a second copy. Display one version inside your classroom and another on your door to welcome students and visitors.
Let Your Composition Notebook Talk to the Class
Each set also includes three speech bubbles that turn the notebook into an interactive class mascot.
Laminate a speech bubble and write on it with a dry erase marker to share:
- Classroom reminders
- Seasonal jokes
- Birthday messages
- Encouraging notes
- Classroom goals
- Questions of the day
- Countdown messages
- Important dates
For fall, your notebook might announce that your class is “falling into a great year.” Around Halloween, it could remind everyone that missing pencils are the real classroom mystery.
Change the message whenever inspiration strikes for an easy way to keep your display feeling fresh.
Seasonal Composition Notebook Decor for the Entire Year
The Composition Notebook Class Mascot Growing Bundle is designed to help you use the same super simple display throughout the school year.
The bundle currently includes:
- Back to school decor
- Fall decor
- Thanksgiving decor
- Halloween decor
- Winter decor
- Christmas decor
That gives you six different ways to decorate your composition notebook class mascot without rebuilding your display from scratch.
Additional sets are still being added to help you carry the theme through the rest of the school year.
What Is Coming to the Growing Bundle?
The following seasonal and holiday themes will be added to the bundle:
- New Year’s
- Valentine’s Day
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Spring
- Easter
- Summer and the end of the school year
Because this is a growing bundle, you can purchase it at a significant discount while it grows. You will receive all upcoming additions for free. Simply download the updated bundle as each new theme becomes available.
Once you have assembled your original notebook, every addition becomes a quick seasonal refresh instead of a brand-new bulletin board project.
Everything You Need for Your Display
Each composition notebook classroom decor set includes a large notebook cover, seasonal stickers, small decorative pieces, banner pieces, bulletin board borders, speech bubbles and bulletin board letters.
You will also receive teacher instructions and tips to help you assemble and display everything.
Use all the included elements to create a complete composition notebook bulletin board, or keep it extra simple by choosing only the pieces that fit your available space.
There is no bulletin board rule stating that every printable piece must make it onto the wall.
An Easy Classroom Theme You Can Actually Maintain
A coordinated classroom can feel welcoming and fun, but it should not require hours of decorating every month.
This composition notebook classroom theme lets you create one large class mascot and reuse it throughout the year. Keep the notebook in place, swap its stickers and update a few seasonal pieces.
That is the whole system.
It is cute, flexible and simple enough to maintain even during the busiest parts of the school year.
Grab the Composition Notebook Class Mascot Growing Bundle here.
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