The beginning of the school year is an important event for students, their parents, and teachers. First-graders who are going to school for the first time are especially worried. I would like this day to become a real holiday for children, and for this it is necessary to approach its preparation with all responsibility. Schools host ceremonial assemblies, concerts and other cultural events. You need to think in advance about how the classroom will be decorated by September 1st.
Window decoration
By decorating school windows, you will not only create a festive mood for students and teachers, but also for everyone passing by the school building that day. The first thing people pay attention to is the windows, so let them look festive.
On September 1, you can decorate the windows of the auditorium with figures cut out of colored paper. It is desirable that these are some thematic images:
- Letters
- Numbers
- Rulers, compasses, pencils, pens
- Geometric figures
- Children figurines
Paper applications in the shape of children's hands will look very original. Paint them with multi-colored paints or cut them out directly from colored paper. It is better to choose bright, positive, cheerful colors: pink, orange, blue, lush green.
It is advisable not to use dark gloomy shades. Black, gray, dirty blue colors certainly will not create a festive atmosphere.
Place flower pots with flowers made from balloons on the windowsills. They can be ordered in specialized stores. If there are blinds hanging on the windows, you can attach autumn leaves cut out of paper to them.
Several examples with comments
Sometimes the teacher or parents have an IDEA. For example, it must definitely be an aquarium with algae and fish. Or space with stars and planets. Thematic decoration is always much more interesting, but I won’t be able to post all the examples here.
A “cloud” of balloons with children’s names looks great (just write with a thick felt-tip pen). All kinds of arches can begin in the corridor. We invite you to make a wish under them and be sure to take photos at the moment of dreaming. The combination of foil letters and numbers (A, B, C and 1,2,3) with stands and garlands of balloons looks good.
Decoration of school corridors
Before students get to class, they have to navigate long labyrinthine school corridors. First-graders will be especially pleased if the corridors are festively decorated. It’s one thing when, upon entering the school building for the first time, a small student walks along the usual dark corridors, and it’s a completely different thing when they greet children with bright balloons, garlands and posters.
If such an opportunity exists, you can make multi-colored arches from balloons. But these are quite expensive decorations, and if you do not have the necessary funds, you can use budget options for decorating school corridors. For example, a garland made of multi-colored flags and suspended from the ceiling. However, making such a garland will require quite a lot of time.
On a note! Paper flags are short-lived, but if you make a garland from fabric flags, it will last for many more years. Fabric flags can be washed, ironed and restored.
On the walls of the corridor, hang posters with drawings, photographs from the life of the school, congratulations and wishes to teachers, first-graders, and all students. Everyone will be interested in reading poems about school life, interesting stories, looking at photographs from lessons, festive events, and ceremonial functions. Such wall newspapers are invented by the whole class, gathering in advance, selecting photographs, information, and drawings. This is a very exciting activity, and the result will be considered by all teachers and students of the school.
Teacher's desk decoration
You shouldn’t stop only at the decor of student desks. We must not forget about the teacher - he will also be pleased to enter a beautiful classroom and sit down at his uniquely decorated table. The decorations should be appropriate, without excesses.
Decoration with balloons is not necessary here, but a bouquet in a beautiful themed vase will definitely be in place. For example, you can take an ordinary glass vase and decorate it with colored pencils - they are tightly tied with ribbon in a circle. To ensure that the vase can be used more than once, the decorative elements are secured with strong glue. So a new original decoration will appear in the classroom.
Decorating vases with colored pencils is a great idea for teacher bouquets of flowers
Children can create another interesting gift for the class teacher. For example, you can take a small basket and fill it with paper flowers. Each flower can contain a student's photo. You can also make a DIY card for your favorite teacher. Wall newspapers with interesting content that can be placed near the teacher’s desk also look good. It is recommended to write notes in the wall newspaper about how much the children miss school and how they yearn for knowledge.
A bouquet of student photographs is a great gift for a teacher.
How to decorate an auditorium in an original way?
When decorating the class, you should note each student who will come to the classroom on September 1. Every child will be pleased to see festively decorated desks and chairs. Place a balloon flower on each school desk or tie a helium balloon to the desk. Vases made from colored pencils with fresh flowers inside will look very unusual as decoration on desks.
If you have the funds, you can order three-dimensional figures from balls, for example, the name of a class, a student’s figure, a large school bag, etc.
Themed paper garlands
You can make flag garlands yourself. Triangular or rectangular flags can contain letters and numbers, school supplies, and congratulations on September 1st. We stretch strings with flags across the classroom or simply hang them along the windows and above the board.
Holiday supply stores have ready-made solutions for decorating walls (streamers, banners, posters, large stickers).
If you read the article to the end, you will receive a link from me to print these flags:
They can be printed on blue, pink, yellow and light green double-sided paper, then you will save a lot of ink in the printer! However, there are color layouts at once, choose (the link, I remind you, is below).
How to decorate a school with balloons?
Balloons are the most wonderful option for holiday decor. Firstly, schoolchildren are still children, and colorful balloons will delight them. And secondly, balloons are always associated with a holiday, and let schoolchildren have September 1 not just the first day of school, but a truly special date. So, how can you decorate your school premises with balloons?
- Arc of helium balloons. Balloons filled with helium are attached to the fishing line so that there is a distance between them. Such an arc can be hung at the entrance to the classroom, above the blackboard, above the desks, at the entrance to the corridor.
- Balloon flowers. 5 balls are connected to each other in the shape of a flower, the ball in the middle needs to be chosen in a contrasting color with the rest of the “petals”. Flowers are attached with double-sided tape to boards, desks, walls, and windows. On September 1, class decoration in the form of flowers will look very interesting.
- "Fountain" made of helium balloons. It looks like this: a kind of stand made of balls, and on top there are balls on long ropes. If you make such a “fountain” in human height, you can place them at the entrance to the classroom. Place smaller compositions on both sides of the board.
- Bouquet of balloons. Several helium balloons of different colors are collected together and attached to a small weight to prevent them from flying away. Place a bouquet of balloons above the teacher's desk or next to the board.
- Individual balls. A number of helium balloons equal to the number of students in the class are tied to ribbons and distributed to the children so that they can all go outside together and launch the balloons into the sky. The spectacle will be very beautiful!
You should think in advance about how and with what you will decorate the classroom. Especially try to create the most festive atmosphere for first-graders. Don't forget that they are still children, and various garlands, pictures and balloons will certainly set them up for a positive mood. But even at an older age, students will, of course, be delighted with the festive decor of their classroom.
How to beautifully decorate a Christmas tree in the classroom for New Year 2022
Before you decorate your Christmas tree and classroom for the New Year, remember that 2022 is the year of the Blue Tiger, so you need to choose the right colors and follow a few simple recommendations. The most important thing is that you should not use more than 2-3 shades, since the symbol of the year is a capricious animal. When decorating your Christmas tree, follow a few simple guidelines:
- It’s better to immediately decide on a color combination; good options are: white-gold and white-silver; white, beige and milky; matte gray and silver; green, mint and pistachio.
- If you are making a classic New Year tree, it is best to choose matte balls in the specified color scheme and ribbon bows. The balls can be of different sizes, with the larger ones always located at the bottom.
- You can use natural materials and children's crafts. They can make various figures or decorate the balls themselves (blanks are sold in stores). Another option is soft toys that are stuffed with cotton wool or other filler. Children can also cut out crafts from plywood or make decorations from burlap, this is a modern popular solution.
- Instead of a natural one, you can use an artificial Christmas tree, then you won’t have to purchase a tree every year. In addition, needles do not fall off it and, even if the tree tips over, nothing bad will happen.
You should not use glass or other toys to decorate the classroom Christmas tree that could break if dropped. Products made of plastic, wood and similar materials are best suited. As for homemade toys, it is better that they are light and small in size.
For your information!
Instead of a Christmas tree, you can take one branch, attach it to the wall and decorate it. This is suitable for rooms where there is very little space.
Decorating the classroom with posters
Congratulatory posters on the walls will be a bright decoration of the classroom. They are colorful and very often contain warm words of wishes for students. The pricing policy for ready-made posters is low, so they are affordable and do not require large financial investments.
You can create such posters with your own hands by taking whatman paper and drawing school-themed pictures on it; you can also add congratulations in poetic form.
Decorating the hall for September 1: from school to kindergarten
The decoration of the assembly hall, where the official part will actually take place, is most often done by school (kindergarten) staff, sometimes by parents, and in some cases they do it together.
The main goal of the design is a beautiful appearance that children will remember for many years.
I suggest you take a closer look at the types of decoration for the assembly hall.
School hall
There are an endless number of options for different types of decoration. The main thing is that the people decorating the hall must have excellent imagination and an impeccable sense of taste.
So, let's see which school hall decoration ideas will be the most successful.
Decorating with balloons
Balloons are one of the most common types of decoration today. Figures are made from them (sun, flowers, men, snowmen and many others). The assembly hall will certainly be beautiful if you use balloons to decorate it. Here are some examples of how to decorate a room with airy beauties.
