Students

• Many teachers use colored paper to decorate their classroom door.color paper samples #9 image by stassad from Fotolia.com
  
  Many teachers use their door decor to introduce and highlight their students. Some themes include a school of fish with construction paper fish cutouts adorned with the name and photo of each child, frogs for a "leap into learning" theme, stars to indicate that each student is a star in his own way, or a tree adorned with leaves, apples or other fruit, with each item highlighting one child. These are especially appropriate themes early in the year to help students get acquainted with one another.
  
  

Seasons

• Snowflakes are a popular seasonal theme for classroom doors.snowflakes image by Raxxillion from Fotolia.com
  
  The seasons of the year offer endless ideas for door decorating themes. In the fall, choose from Halloween, Thanksgiving or falling leaves themes. In the winter, incorporate snowflakes, Christmas ornaments and wreathes, or sleds and toboggans. In the spring, you can decorate with tulips, birds, butterflies or raindrops. Use your imagination to come up with catch phrases to accompany each theme like "Blossoming Scholars Inside" for a flower theme or "Saturate Your Mind with Learning" for a raindrop motif.
  
  

Academics

• Implement the planets and stars when studying the solar system.planets image by CraterValley Photo from Fotolia.com
  
  Themes centered around academics announce to other students, teachers and visitors what topics your class is currently studying. When your students study astronomy, use the planets of the solar system to decorate your door. During the week of the spelling bee, bumblebees and alphabet letters take precedence. Use images of famous authors when literature is your focus and incorporate a map of the world for geography and social studies themes.
  
  

Extra-Curricular Activities

• Flags from different countries make a colorful door theme.Vector flags image by Suto Norbert from Fotolia.com
  
  Extra-curricular activities make for fun door decor. Sports are always an option with baseballs, basketballs, soccer balls and other sports-related objects. Catch phrases like "Hit a Home Run with an A" or "Mrs. Smith's Class Makes a Slam Dunk" make your theme clear. Use an international theme with flags from various countries during the week when your school has an international festival. When a big game approaches, decorate your door with your school colors and images of your school mascot.