Fall is truly a wonderful time to change your classroom entrance into an inviting welcome for your students. With just a few easy-to-find things and a dash of creativity, you’re able to capture all the lovely parts of the season and turn your doorway into something really special.
1. Celebration Time
Celebrate the season’s gifts with a celebration time theme using baskets full of fruits and vegetables. It’s a great way to include seasonal learning.
2. Fall Foliage Explosion
Make a beautiful display of fall leaves by using construction paper in vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows. I think it’s so charming how something this simple can instantly bring the beauty of the season right to your classroom door.
3. Traveler’s Pathway
Teach a bit of history with a traveler-themed door, complete with hats and ships. This teaches and celebrates at the same time.
4. Gridiron Time
Celebrate fall sports with a gridiron theme, using green and brown paper to make a field and gridirons. The students always love this sporty theme!
5. Sweet Spice and Everything Nice
Celebrate the season with a sweet spice theme, using warm colors and spice pictures. This gives a cozy welcome that brings in all your favorite fall flavors.
6. Bewitching Welcome
Add some magic with a witch-themed door, complete with a broom and hat. This fun, spooky idea always gets the students interested and encourages them to be creative.
7. The Wilds
Show students their wilds friends with shapes of animals like deer and squirrels. This always brings a bit of nature into the classroom.
8. Gratitude Tree
Make a gratitude tree with paper leaves where students can write what they’re grateful for. This has always been a hit in my classroom!
9. Sunny Blooms
Make your door bright with happy sunny blooms made from yellow and brown paper. It’s an easy way to add a sunny feel to fall decorations.
10. Gourd Garden Fun
Set up a gourd garden scene with different sized gourds, each marked with a student’s name. I always remember how happy the students were when they saw their names on these fun gourds!
11. Tri-Color Treat
Make a tri-color treat themed door using layered paper in yellow, orange, and white. I think this fun design always makes the decor a little bit sweeter.
12. Little Forest Friends
Bring in a bit of charm using cute forest friends like owls and foxes made from felt or paper. This always gives the classroom decor a fun feel.
13. Silly Birds
Have some fun with silly birds made from colorful paper, each with a student’s face or name on it. I always see the students laughing and having a good time with this.
14. Friendly Hayseed Welcome
Make a friendly hayseed to welcome your students with bits of straw and a big smile. I know from experience that there’s nothing quite like a hayseed standing watch to say, ‘It’s fall!’
15. Mystical Evening
Make a mystical scene with a evening theme, using stars and a crescent moon. This always makes the fall decor feel magical.
16. Learning Foliage
Make learning connect with the season by making foliage with facts about fall, with each leaf having a fun tidbit. This always goes over well in my classroom.
17. Fruit Garden
Bring the fruit garden to your door with fruit-themed decorations, showing off red and green fruit with student names. This is always a favorite fall theme.