Bring the Halloween spirit to your classroom with creative Halloween bulletin board ideas that kids will love! From smiling pumpkins and flying bats to friendly ghosts and autumn leaves, these designs will turn your classroom walls into a festive masterpiece. Whether you’re preparing for a class party or simply adding seasonal charm to your lessons, these fun and easy-to-make ideas will fill your space with spooky excitement.
40+ Halloween bulletin board ideas
These clever boards mix spooky fun with learning, helping teachers turn Halloween into an engaging classroom activity.
1. Pumpkin Patch Board
Create a cheerful pumpkin patch display filled with students’ names or positive messages written on paper pumpkins. Add green vines, straw, and a “Welcome to Our Pumpkin Patch” banner to complete the fall vibe. This board makes the classroom feel cozy and festive for Halloween.
2. Friendly Ghost Corner
Turn your classroom board into a home for friendly ghosts! Use white paper cutouts shaped like ghosts and let students draw faces or write Halloween jokes on them. Add a black or purple background with “Our Spooky Friends” in bold letters.
3. Trick-or-Treat Word Wall
Combine learning and fun by turning vocabulary words into colorful candies or trick-or-treat bags. Each word can go inside a candy shape, helping kids learn while feeling the Halloween spirit. Perfect for language or reading lessons in October.
4. “Boo-tiful Work” Display
Celebrate your students’ best projects by pinning them under the phrase “Boo-tiful Work!” Use bats, ghosts, and pumpkins around the edges to make their work stand out. It’s a simple but adorable way to motivate kids to show off their achievements.
5. Haunted Classroom Door Board
Transform your classroom door or bulletin board into a haunted house! Add paper windows, creepy eyes peeking out, spider webs, and a moonlight backdrop. This spooky setup will excite students before they even walk in the room.
6. Math is Spook-tacular
Mix math practice with Halloween fun by featuring equations on pumpkins, ghosts, or bats. Write simple math problems for younger kids or logic puzzles for older ones. The board can read “Math is Spook-tacular!” to inspire festive learning.
7. Reading is a Treat
Encourage reading by showcasing favorite Halloween-themed books on a candy-themed board. Each candy or treat shape represents a book title or reading goal. Add a big cauldron in the center labeled “Reading is a Treat!”
8. Science Potion Lab
Turn your board into a bubbling potion lab where each jar contains a “science fact.” Decorate with green foam bubbles, beakers, and flasks labeled with spooky names like “Brain Brew” or “Slime Serum.” It’s perfect for science week during October.
9. Spelling Spells Board
Invite students to cast “word spells” by writing their spelling words on scrolls, potion bottles, or wizard hats. Add the title “Spelling Spells” with glittery letters to make it magical. It’s an engaging way to make vocabulary practice fun.
10. Kindness Pumpkin Garden
Grow a garden of kindness by giving each student a pumpkin cutout where they write one kind act they did that week. Surround it with leaves labeled “Respect,” “Care,” and “Help.” This board spreads positivity with a Halloween twist.
11. Paper Plate Pumpkins
Use orange paper plates to create 3D pumpkins for the board! Add googly eyes, paper stems, and funny expressions. It’s a fun, low-cost craft that makes your classroom wall pop with bright autumn colors.
12. Flying Bat Wall
Cut out bats from black paper and arrange them to look like they’re flying across a full moon. Add students’ names or fun Halloween facts on each bat. The simple contrast of black and yellow looks fantastic on any wall.
13. Ghost Garland Display
Make a ghost garland using tissue paper or cotton balls and string it across your board. Each ghost can carry a message like “Boo!” or a student’s name. This idea adds texture and movement to your display area.
14. Candy Corn Countdown
Build excitement for Halloween with a countdown board made of candy corn pieces numbered from 10 to 1. Peel off one candy each day as the big day approaches. It’s a great visual way to keep students engaged.
15. “Our Boo Crew” Board
Turn your class into a friendly ghost crew by displaying student photos on ghost shapes with their names underneath. Add the title “Our Boo Crew” and decorate with stars or moons. It’s cute, personal, and builds class spirit.
16. Silly Monster Faces
Have students design their own funny monster faces from colored paper, then group them together on the board. Add a caption like “We’re a Monster Class!” The bright colors and goofy shapes guarantee smiles.
17. Friendly Witch School
Create a board that looks like a witch academy, complete with broomsticks, hats, and spellbooks. Each student can earn a “witch diploma” for good work. Add the headline “Welcome to Friendly Witch School!”
18. Peek-a-Boo Ghosts
Attach small paper ghosts that peek out from behind windows, doors, or trees on the board. Each ghost can reveal a fun fact or student’s name. It’s a playful design that feels interactive.
19. Smiling Skeletons
Make cheerful skeletons dancing across your bulletin board! Use white paper bones and connect them with brads so the joints move. Add funny speech bubbles for extra humor.
20. Halloween Joke Wall
Collect Halloween jokes or riddles and display them in colorful speech bubbles or pumpkins. Change the jokes weekly so kids keep coming back to read them. It’s perfect for a light-hearted classroom corner.
21. Haunted Forest Scene
Turn your bulletin board into a creepy forest at night. Use dark paper trees, bats, owls, and cotton “fog” to create a mysterious vibe. You can add student art pieces as hidden creatures peeking through the branches.
22. Spider Web Goals Board
Draw a giant spider web and write each student’s learning goal on one strand. Place a friendly spider in the corner holding a sign that says, “We’re Weaving Our Goals!” It’s spooky, motivational, and symbolic.
23. Zombie Learning Zone
Decorate your bulletin board like a zombie-themed classroom. Use cartoon zombies holding books and signs like “Hungry for Knowledge.” It’s a fun, silly way to show your class is full of “brainy” learners.
24. Night Sky Bats
Use a black or navy background with a big yellow moon and bats flying across. You can even sprinkle glitter for stars and let students add their names on each bat wing. The contrast gives a classic Halloween look.
25. Mystery Mansion
Create a haunted mansion scene with paper windows that open to reveal messages or quiz questions inside. Add cobwebs, candles, and friendly ghosts to make it interactive and educational.
26. Harvest Pumpkin Patch
Celebrate the fall harvest by decorating with pumpkins, hay, and golden leaves. Each pumpkin can feature a student’s artwork or something they’re thankful for. Add a sign that says, “Welcome to Our Harvest Patch.”
27. Falling for Learning
Use colorful paper leaves cascading down your board, with each leaf containing a student’s learning goal or success. The warm tones of red, orange, and yellow create a perfect autumn atmosphere.
28. Thankful Ghosts
Give each student a ghost cutout and have them write something they’re thankful for inside it. Hang them together under the title “Thankful Ghosts.” It blends the fun of Halloween with the gratitude of the fall season.
29. Autumn Leaves & Kind Words
Fill your board with paper leaves that each contain kind or encouraging words. Add a tree trunk in the center labeled “Our Kindness Tree.” This promotes positivity and empathy during Halloween time.
30. Pumpkin Spice Classroom
Create a warm, cozy theme with shades of orange, brown, and cream. Add paper mugs of pumpkin spice latte, cinnamon sticks, and quotes like “Stay Cozy and Learn On.” Perfect for upper elementary classrooms.
31. Preschool Pumpkin Parade
Let preschoolers make their own mini pumpkins with fingerprints, stickers, or paint. Arrange them in a “pumpkin parade” marching across the board. It’s cute, colorful, and helps develop fine motor skills.
32. Elementary Ghost Gallery
Showcase Halloween-themed drawings made by students such as ghosts, bats, or candy. Frame each artwork with colored paper and add the heading “Our Ghost Gallery.” It encourages creativity and pride in their work.
33. Middle School Spooky Vocabulary Board
Introduce Halloween vocabulary or idioms in a fun way. Each word (like “ghastly,” “bewitching,” “creepy”) appears on a spooky background with definitions and examples. It’s a learning board with a festive twist.
34. High School Horror Movie Posters
Challenge students to design “horror movie” posters inspired by literature or history topics. Display them under the title “When Learning Meets Fright.” This combines creativity, humor, and critical thinking.
35. Hallway Trick-or-Treat Trail
Extend your display across a hallway! Create a paper trail of candy and pumpkins leading to different subject-themed boards. Add labels like “Math Mansion” or “Science Street.”
36. Monster Math Challenge Board
Turn your bulletin board into a spooky math zone where monsters guard tricky math problems! Each monster can hold a math riddle or equation for students to solve throughout the week. Add a big headline like “Can You Outsmart the Monster?” to make it fun and competitive.
37. Witch’s Brew of Good Deeds
Create a bubbling cauldron filled with “good deeds” that students have done. Each bubble or potion drop can list an act of kindness or teamwork moment. Title the board “Witch’s Brew of Good Deeds” to mix Halloween magic with positive classroom energy.
38. Cauldron of Compliments
Fill a giant paper cauldron with colorful potion bubbles, and write one compliment from each student inside a bubble. Encourage kids to “stir up some kindness” as they add more each day. It’s a perfect way to build confidence and class spirit in October.
39. Trick-or-Treat Attendance Board
Make daily attendance fun by turning it into a trick-or-treat wall! Each student’s name appears on a candy or pumpkin, and when they’re present, the teacher “fills” it with a sticker or mini drawing of candy.
40. Batty About Books
Encourage reading with bats carrying the covers of students’ favorite books. Add the phrase “We’re Batty About Books!” and hang bats flying across a moon-lit background. This combines literacy and Halloween excitement beautifully.
41. Creepy Crawly Counting Board
Use spiders and webs to create a math-themed counting or number-recognition board. Each web strand can show different numbers, addition facts, or patterns. This is perfect for preschool or early elementary math centers.
42. The Great Pumpkin Writing Wall
Transform your board into a pumpkin patch of stories! Each pumpkin holds a short creative writing piece about Halloween adventures written by students. Add the heading “The Great Pumpkin Writing Wall” to celebrate imagination and literacy.
Final thoughts
From smiling pumpkins to spooky ghosts and glittering spider webs, these Halloween bulletin board ideas add magic and creativity to every classroom. More than just decorations, they inspire imagination, teamwork, and festive joy. So grab your scissors, paper, and a little spooky spirit — it’s time to make your classroom bootiful! Explore more Halloween worksheets to bring even more festive fun to your students.
