Best Camping Classroom Theme Ideas & Decorations
If you’re looking for some ideas for your camping classroom theme, then you’ve come to the right place! Whether you want to have a camping theme day or add the theme for the entire school year I’ve got ideas for you!
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Camping Theme Days
Do you like to add theme days for special occasions, the end of school or for an entire class reward? If so, then creating a camping themed day would be tons of fun for your students. Check out some fun ideas below to pull it off.
Desk Tents for Camping Day
Here’s a great idea for your camping theme to steal. Head to the Dollar Tree and get tablecloths and then drape them on each desk to create little tents!
Silent Reading by the Campfire
Here’s a great way to incorporate learning in your camping theme day. Let each student pick out a good book to read. Then add a lantern to each table and put a fire display on your classroom screen! Your students will enjoy silent reading by the campfire!
Camp Kinder Classroom Ideas
Kindergarten teacher Kayla created camp kinder for a fun day with her students! Here are the fun activities her kindergarteners got to do during the camping themed day:
- Crafted happy camper backpacks
- Hiked outdoors
- Painted rocks and then planted them around the school for others to collect
- Made heat less Smores with marshmallow fluff instead of marshmallows!
Camping Classroom Theme Ideas
Now let’s check out some ideas for creating a camping theme in your classroom that you can use all year!
Add a Tent to Your Camping Themed Classroom
Kids love tents and why not add it to the classroom? This could be a calm down area, a fun reading corner or a place for small group activities, the possibilities are endless.
Outdoor Mural for Camping Classroom
This classroom has a log cabin reading area and a stage area with an outdoor mural that makes you feel like you are in the great outdoors. What a fun way to bring this theme to life!
Camping Themed Classroom Library
This would be the perfect classroom library for a camping themed classroom. Your students can sit on a tree stump with a good book. Here’s where you can find a tree stump classroom rug.
Another fun idea to add to your reading nook are tree stump pillows. They actually look pretty real. You can place them on the floor to create a reading spot that looks like a campground! You can find those here.
Create Camping Spots in Your Classroom
This teacher takes the camping theme to the next level by creating several camping spots in her classroom. This look was pulled off with the fake trees, campfire and numerous tents.
Some of us already have supplies for this theme in our garages. Do you have folding camping/sport chairs that you can borrow for your classroom?
Camping Classroom Theme Bulletin Boards
The next thing your classroom needs is a bulletin board to fit your theme. Below are my favorite finds to create a camping themed bulletin board for your class.
Welcome Campers Bulletin Board Idea
There are tons of options for cute camping theme bulletin boards like this one created by Ashley McKenzie to welcome your happy campers! I’m loving the calming neutral colors.
Look closely and the cameras have student pictures in them. If you like this bulletin board, you can purchase the Camping Adventure Bulletin Board set here.
Fun Ideas for Your Camping Classroom Theme
Let’s check out some ideas that your student will have so much fun with in your camping themed classroom.
Classroom Campfire
A campfire is a must have for a camping theme. You could DIY one with some red and orange tissue paper or you can get these carboard ones from Amazon.
Camper Play Tent
Would your students love playing in a camper play tent like this one? This would be a great idea for a preschool or kindergarten classroom for some imaginative play time.
Wood Log Cushions
These log cushions would be a great addition to your flexible seating options in a camping themed classroom. You could even set them up with a faux campfire in the middle for class reading time!
Camping Background Tapestry
A simple way to create a complete camping classroom transformation is to add a large camping tapestry to one of your blank classroom walls. Here’s where you can find this gorgeous tapestry.
Rustic Tree Pencils
Here’s a fun idea that students will love. Let them write their papers using twig pencils to really enhance your natural themed classroom!
Fun Touches for Your Camping Themed Classroom
I have collected some more fun ideas that I found that will really bring the camping theme to life in your classroom. Check them out below.
Fireflies Classroom Management Tool
Here’s a great camping themed classroom management idea! This teacher created this behavior scoreboard. When students are doing well, they get more fireflies in the jar.
Fireflies can be made easily with a pompom, googly eyes and a round magnet. I think these would definitely get the students’ attention!
Smores Goodie Bags for Students
This teacher created a goodie bag to go with her camping theme for her students on the first day of school. They are filled with delicious smores treats! The gift bag labels says, “Get ready for S’more learning in 1st grade.”
Smore Compliments Classroom Idea
Here’s a simple way to add a class reward to go with your theme. These are felt smores that the class can earn when they receive compliments from others. The class gets a party when then earn a certain amount of smores.
Camping Themed Classroom Decor
If you want to try out the camping theme in your classroom this year, check out below my absolute favorite finds for camping classroom decorations below.
Woodland Animal Classroom Decorations
These cute little woodland animals would make a great addition to your classroom decor. You can use them as labels for desks, cubbies or cabinets to add some character to your classroom!
Wood Name Tag Holders
You could use these wood place card holders for name tags on your students’ desks or to hold table labels or any notes or labels for your classroom.
Let the Adventure Begin Throw Pillow
If you love a little throw pillow to help enhance your classroom theme, then here’ you go. You can add this to your class library or a bench in your learning space.
Burlap Bulletin Board Paper
This burlap better than paper bulletin board roll works great as bulletin board backgrounds for a camp theme since it adds to the natural rustic feel!
Woodland Friend Bulletin Board Kit
Here’s a fun way to welcome your happy campers to class this year! This 51 piece set of classroom decorations would look cute on your classroom wall, your door or on a bulletin board.
Camping Signs for the Classroom
These camping signs would be a fun way to decorate for you camping theme day to get your students excited for the fun day!
Welcome to Our Campsite Classroom Banner
Welcome to our campsite would be the perfect phrase to welcome your happy campers to your classroom! This would look cute on your classroom door or on your white board at the front of class! Here’s where you can find this garland.
Vintage Trailers Cut-Outs
These vintage trailer cutouts would be a fun addition to your camping learning space! Here’s where you can find these trailer bulletin board decorations.
Camping Themed Classroom Bundle
One of the best ways for complete classroom transformations is with printable classroom décor bundles from Etsy. This cute camping one comes in a PDF file that’s available for instant download. This is what it includes:
- Back to School Bulletin Board Kit
- Classroom Jobs Posters, Birthday Display and Word Wall Headers
- Classroom Organization like Teacher Toolbox & Rolling Cart Labels.
- Alphabet and Number Line Posters
- Affirmation Station Kit and more!
I hope you enjoyed this post and found some fun camping classroom theme ideas that you and your students will have fun with! Feel free to save your favorite ideas to your Pinterest boards. To do that just click on the Picture, the P and choose your board.
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