Transform your classroom décor into a meaningful student activity with this Student-Created Bulletin Board Kit!
 
Instead of decorating your bulletin board yourself, invite your students to become the classroom decorators by coloring, designing, and assembling the display together.
 
This printable black-and-white bulletin board kit includes everything you need to create a colorful, one-of-a-kind classroom display. Students personalize their own selfie template by drawing a self-portrait on the phone screen, while also helping decorate the bulletin board letters and border pieces. The finished display becomes a celebration of your classroom community and showcases every student from the very beginning of the school year.
 
It's the perfect project for the first week of school and creates a welcoming display for Meet the Teacher Night, Open House, Curriculum Night, or Parent Night.
 
What's Included
Printable outline bulletin board letters for students to color and decorate
Printable border templates that students color to create a collaborative bulletin board border
Selfie phone templates for students to draw and color their own self-portrait
 
Everything is provided in easy-to-print black-and-white format, allowing every classroom display to become unique.
 
Perfect For:
Back-to-School Bulletin Boards
Meet the Teacher Night
Open House
Parent Night
Classroom Community Building
First Week of School
Beginning-of-the-Year Activities
Morning Work
Early Finishers
Art Centers
Calm Down Corner Activities
Indoor Recess
Substitute Teacher Plans
 
Why Teachers Love This Resource:
This bulletin board does more than decorate your classroom—it gives every student ownership of the space.
As students color the letters, decorate the border, and create their own selfie portrait, they become active participants in building a classroom they are proud to be part of. Every student contributes to the final display, making it a meaningful conversation piece for families and visitors.
Because the decorating is completed by students, this resource also provides engaging independent work during the busy first days of school while teachers are introducing classroom routines, organizing supplies, and meeting with individual students.
 
Classroom Ideas
Use this resource to:
Create a welcoming display before Meet the Teacher or Open House.
Introduce a self-portrait art activity during the first week of school.
Build classroom community by having every student contribute to the finished display.
Fill transition times with a purposeful coloring and decorating activity.
Showcase student creativity from the very beginning of the year.
Display student work in a way that helps classmates learn one another's names and celebrate individual personalities.
 
Because every student colors and decorates their own pieces, no two bulletin boards will ever look exactly alike!
Your students won't just admire the finished display—they'll be proud to say, "We made it together!"
 
Pages: Printable Bulletin Board Kit (multiple printable pages)
Grade Levels: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Format: Printable PDF (Black & White)