Let’s face it, it is fun to decorate our classroom doors. When you use students’ names it helps build a sense of community. If you display students’ work, it helps motivate students to do their best work. I have been using the cutest classroom door decorations for Christmas and today I wanted to share 3 ways to use them.
These are the classroom door decorations that I use for Christmas with my 2nd grade class.
Classroom Door Decorations for Christmas
The month of December can be so magical for us and our students. I have discovered that by hanging up simple Christmas door decorations for the classroom can go a long way to helping your classroom feel festive.
I love bright colors in the classroom. So it got me thinking about the “Merry and Bright” phrase we hear around Christmas. Well, what Christmas things are bright? Christmas lights of course!
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I thought it would be super cute to make classroom door decorations for Christmas that had my students’ names on brightly colored Christmas lights.
I simply found a cute font, typed out my students’ names, cut them out, and hung them up on our door. I made a cute sign that says, “Merry and Bright” and hung it up as well. I felt like the door display was missing a little something so I made a cute banner with Christmas items and hung it up as well. It really tied in all the bright colors.
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I love when students see this door display for the first time. They love to search through all the Christmas lights and find the one with their name. I feel like it helps them feel like they truly are a part of our class. That our classroom would be so much different without them. That they are special enough to have their name on our classroom door. It helps build a positive classroom community.
Find all the decorations I used here.
Classroom Door Christmas Decorations Ideas
You can create variations of this. Instead of a sign that says, “Merry & Bright” you can print out the letters, cut them out and hang them up. This really helps the “Merry and Bright.” stand out on the door display. These letters work great if you decide to use this display as a bulletin board display instead of a door display. Find the printable letters to “Merry and Bright” here.
Another idea is to get students more involved. You can have them do a little writing project. You can first brainstorm synonyms for the word smart. Students come up with words like clever, intelligent, sharp, and bright. Another idea to get started is to talk about how “bright” has multiple meanings. One meaning is talking about how something can give off a lot of light, like a light bulb or the sun. Another meaning is talking about how smart someone is.
Then ask students how they know they are smart or bright. Is it because they like math, or because they work hard to finish their work in class? Maybe it’s because they study their spelling words at home. It could be lots of things, but help students get their ideas going.
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Then have them complete the sentence to “I am bright because…” I have them do this on a paper Christmas light. Then they color the outline of it a bright color, like bright orange, blue, green, red or pink. You can hang this up on the door display or bulletin board display. Find this writing project here.
I hope you have been able to see how fun it is to doctorate your classroom door for Christmas. There are many ways you can use these classroom door decorations for Christmas. Simply put your students’ names on the Christmas lights or have them complete a little writing project. Find this Christmas door display recourse to use in your classroom here.
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