Welcome back to school, teacher friends! We both know that one of the top priorities when heading back to school is creating a warm class environment. These welcome back bulletin boards will help you do just that! There’s something special about welcoming students back with their names up on a back to school bulletin board just feels right.
In this blog post, I’ll share two cutie welcome back bulletin boards: a backpack-themed bulletin board kit and a backpack student craft with bulletin board letters. These pastel back to school bulletin boards complement each other and will add a special touch to your classroom.
The Backpack-Themed Bulletin Board Kit
This ready-to-use bulletin board kit has a trendy pastel theme. It includes fun backpacks with a variety of pins and patches, banner pieces, and smaller accent pieces like rainbows, clouds, smiley daisies, etc. There are also smaller versions of the backpacks to feature students’ names up on the welcome back bulletin board.
This welcome back to school bulletin board kit is easy to print and cut out. My favourite way to cut out bulletin board kits is getting comfy with a yummy latte and a good show. Before I know it, a Vanderpump Rules episode is done and my bulletin board set is all cut out.
The best part of bulletin board kits is that they include inspiration photos for easy assembly, but extra pieces are included so you can design your board in a way that suits you and your class decor. Extra decorative backpacks, various accent pieces and bulletin board sayings are included.
Students will love this aesthetic bulletin board and I bet many families will take photos in front of it during your Open House! The best part? You can write or type students’ names onto the tiny backpacks. On Meet the Teacher night, students will scour the board to find out who is in their class. This backpack bulletin board will make your class feel extra cheer-y for back to school season!
The Backpack Craft Bulletin Board Kit
This adorable backpack craft is the student version of the decorative hand-drawn backpacks in the first welcome back bulletin board kit. This craft includes bulletin board letters to make an adorable display once students have completed their crafts.
The backpacks are back to school writing crafts. There are nine writing prompts, such as writing about your ideal first day of school and writing a letter to yourself motivating yourself for a good year.
After students complete their writing, they cut and colour their backpacks. Using vibrate markers makes this a fun and colourful craft. Last, students colour, cut, and glue backpack pins to create their own designs.
Having each student design their own backpacks results in an assortment of student created backpacks that will make an exciting welcome back bulletin board. All that’s left to do is staple them up to your board, cut, and staple up the back pack themed bulletin board sayings. Options are Welcome Back, Back At It, Back to School, and Back to Class.
A Perfect Pair: Welcome Back Bulletin Boards
These welcome back bulletin boards are a perfect pair! They use the same fonts as the bulletin board letters, the same colour scheme, and the same backpack design. That means they would look great put up side by side or within the classroom together.
Accent elements from the backpack bulletin board kit can be used to add a little flair to the backpack craft bulletin board. This would look amazing alongside your pastel classroom decor.
Grab the Welcome Back Bulletin Boards
Try these welcome back bulletin boards to create a fun and welcoming environment in your elementary classroom this back to school season.
Pairing these two bulletin boards will level up your classroom decor while also providing you with an engaging writing craft to do with your students during the first week of school. Click to check out the Back to School Bulletin Board Kit and the Backpack Craft.
Wondering which bulletin board supplies you need to use classroom bulletin board sets like these? Check out this blog post that includes all of the bulletin board essential supplies.
