35 Cute and Creative Summer Classroom Door Ideas

If you’re looking for some summer classroom door ideas you’ve come to the right place. I’ve gathered tons of new ideas for classroom door decorations for summer, and to celebrate the end of the school year. Whether you want to DIY your door decor or purchase it I have some ideas and inspiration for you.

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Summer Tropical Classroom Doors

Summer is the perfect time to decorate your door with a tropical theme. Add flamingos, pineapples, and fun summer drinks to get the feel of a tropical paradise in your class. Check out some inspiration to pull it off below!

1 | Hello Summer Classroom Door

What’s more summer than a flamingo and cute pineapples? You can add sunglasses and students’ names to the pineapples too!

2 | First Grade Was Sweet

A cute pineapple is the perfect door decor heading into summer. Then you can add bulletin board letters that spell “this year was sweet” or you can fill in your grade level.

Sweet Theme Summer Classroom Door Ideas

If you’re looking for some fun summer themes another idea is a sweet theme. Think of all of the summer sweet treats like popsicles, ice-cream, watermelon, strawberries and peaches.

Plus, there are tons of fun puns that you can use to accompany these sweet treats. Check out some ideas below.

3 | Don’t Let Your Ice-Cream Melt While Counting Someone Else’s Sprinkles

This door is a great reminder for students and the ice cream is the perfect symbol of the summer season!

4 | Sweet Summer Vibes

This sweet Summer Vibes classroom decor kit would be perfect to celebrate the last couple of months of the school year with your class. This is a printable decor kit that you can find on Etsy here.

5 | Poppin’ into Summer

This is a bulletin board kit, but it can also be used to decorate your class door. This summer popsicle themed printable kit is easy to download and print! You can edit your students’ names and personalize it in Canva.

6 | We are Ready for a Sweet Summer

Here’s a fun printable classroom door kit to get your kids excited about summer break!  It is editable so you can add your students’ names to it.  You can find this summer door decor kit on Etsy here!

7 | Anything is Popsicle with this Bunch

Here’s a fun door idea perfect for this time of year. Add popsicles in vibrant colors and then add the saying, “Anything’s popsicle with this cool bunch”!

Nature Themed Summer Classroom Door Ideas

When you think of summer you think of the beauty of nature this time of year. If you want to focus on sunshine, flowers, and butterflies check out some door ideas below with a nature theme!

8 | Here Comes the Sun Classroom Door

Here’s a fun classroom door idea that’s a nod to the Beatles song, “Here comes the sun.” This would be perfect to add just as the warmer weather is starting to hit. Then add retro graphics like a van, peace signs, roller skates and heart shaped sunglasses!

9 | Sunny Days Ahead

This adorable summer classroom door decor kit features pool floaties and a retro sunshine. It even comes with a writing activity and editable name tags to decorate your door. The positive phrase, Sunny Days Ahead” seems like a great message to kick off summer!

10 | Our Futures are Bright with Math

Are you looking for a great idea for high school or middle school? Here’s a fun sunshine pun that would be perfect for math class or you can change the word math to the subject that you teach. In the glasses you can add math facts based on what the class is learning.

11 | Young Minds Bloom Inside this Room

Here’s the perfect classroom door to copy for the summer months. You can create paper flowers with tissue paper or you can buy some like these pretty ones here. Young minds bloom inside this room is the perfect phrase to go with the flowers.

12 | April Showers Bring May Flowers

Here’s a fun way to incorporate a 3-D aspect to your classroom door by adding large clouds on the top of your door. You could also add an umbrella for a fun 3-D effect as well. This would be a great classroom door idea for May!

13 | May Flowers with Student Pictures

14 | Daisy Classroom Door Decor

Here’s an easy idea to decorate the inside of your classroom door that’s also cute. Decorate a plain door with daisy cutouts or stickers to make a cheerful classroom door for summertime!

15 | Learning Helps Us Bloom

Adding your student’s faces to your classroom door helps build a sense of classroom community. So why not steal this idea and add their faces to blooming flowers for your classroom door this season?  You can find this printable kit on Etsy here.

16 | Teacher Thank You Door

Here’s a fun idea to surprise your favorite teacher with a classroom door makeover to show them how much they are appreciated! This door decorating kit works great for teacher appreciation day in May!

17 | Hello Summer Classroom Door

A beach theme is a great choice to get your classroom in the summer mood.  This is a simple and yet cute printable door decoration kit that you can find on Etsy here.  It includes favorite beach graphics like surfboards, palm trees, sunglasses and beach balls!

End of the School Year Classroom Door Ideas

With summer coming its’ the perfect time to celebrate the end of a wonderful year with your students. Consider adding memories and pictures from the school year to end the year on a high note. Check out some inspiration below to do that!

18 | It was a Picture Perfect Year

Here’s a fun end of the year classroom door decoration idea that your students will love. It reads, “It was a picture perfect year.” This is a printable kit, (found here) that you can add classroom pictures to that look like polaroids!

19 | End of Year cel’YOU’bration

Here’s a fun idea for an end of the year countdown. You will start this countdown when there are the same number of days left in school as there are students in your class. The class will celebrate one student every day.

You’ll peel off one card each day to reveal what student will be celebrated that day. The special student gets special perks for the day like:

• A special seating spot in class
• Being the Line Leader for the day
• A personalized letter from you
• Selecting the class brain break
• A little prize like a special sticker or small toy
• Eating lunch in the class with a couple of friends
• Complimentary notes from peers

20 | Summer Bucket List Classroom Door

Here is a fun end of year classroom activity and a door decoration kit in one.  You’ll have your students write what they want to do this summer on colorful buckets.  It also includes buckets for students to color. 

Then you can use these to decorate your door along with fun beach decorations.  If you like this idea, you can find this printable kit in my Etsy shop here.

21 | Countdown to Summer Break with Balloons Idea

Here’s a fun balloon popping idea to countdown to summer break that your students will love! You can attach the balloons with clothespins to a string or ribbon and attach it to the top of your classroom door to create a fun end of year banner.

Some teachers like to add a special classroom prize inside the ballon that’s popped. Here’s some ideas:

• Extra Recess
• Movie & Popcorn
• 30 Minutes of Free Time
• Ice-Cream Sundae Party
• The Class Gets to Play a Class Game like Heads up 7-Up

22 | Butterfly Wings Classroom Door

This door is the perfect spot for a selfie for students that are in their last year of elementary, middles school or even high school. They can use the photos to put in their end of year memory book!

Above the butterfly wings in bulletin board letters spell out “Spread your wings it’s time to fly, make the leap, own the sky.”

23 | Oh Snap This Year’s a Wrap

This is a printable bulletin board kit from Etsy that you could use to create a fun end of the year classroom door or a summer bulletin board!

24 | Inspirational Classroom Door Idea

25 | It’s the Final Countdown

Here’s another printable bulletin board kit that you can use as a classroom door countdown display!

Summer Bulletin Board Kits

Here’s a little teacher hack that you may have noticed I’ve used a lot in this post. Find a printable bulletin board kit that you love and then use it to decorate your door.

I’ve found that there are more options for bulletin board kits then for door decor kits. Check out my favorite options below from Etsy.

26 | Hello Summer

This classroom decoration kit comes with:

Fun beach printable bulletin board decorations including a palm tree, sun, beach toys, and more!

• Zig zag bulletin board border

• Sand background

• Lettering that says, “Hello Summer”

27 | Christian Summer Bulletin Board Idea

This bulletin board kit would make the perfect door decor at the end of the school year for a Christian classroom. It features the bible quote, “Let your light shine” with summer themed graphics.

28 | Sea You Next Year

These classroom decorations would go perfectly with a retro theme or an under the sea classroom theme. This printable kit is a digital download and comes with student summer activities and three different sayings!

29 | Cruising into Summer Countdown

This retro beach themed bulletin board kit includes a countdown to summer vacation. With bright colors, retro checkered patterns, countdown numbers 0-35, plus fun beach and summer printable images, this set includes everything you need to create a vibrant display on your door!

30 | Goodbye School Hello Pool

This pineapple pool theme decoration kit is perfect for an end-of-year display! Your students will love seeing their names on these adorable pineapple pool buddies. You are sure to have the cutest door in school! You can edit this kit in PowerPoint. 

31 | Summer Bucket List

This is a classroom decor kit and a summer classroom activity in one. Your students can color beach buckets and write their bucket list with all the summer experiences that they’re looking forward to.

You can then use their art, writing, and the beach themed decorations to create a door display. Here’s where you can find this printable kit.

Best Summer Classroom Door Decorations

Below check out some of my favorite summer door decorations that you can get on Amazon.

32 | Hello Summer Door Decorations

Here’s a fun way to add some of the best summer-themed elements like pool floaties, watermelon, beach balls and palm trees to your classroom door!

33 | This is One Bright Bunch

Sunshine and sunglasses are the perfect decorations for your end of year classroom door to get your students excited about the summer break!

34 | Flip Flop into Summer

Here’s a clever summer pun to add to your class door along with colorful flip flops! You can find this class décor kit here.

35 | Summer Gnomes & Fruit Bulletin Board Decor

If you want a cute door idea for summer, then look no further. Why not add adorable summer garden gnomes and other summer themed graphics to decorate your door.

I hope you found some new summer classroom door ideas to try this year. Feel free to save your favorite ideas to your Pinterest boards. To do that just click on the picture and then the P and choose your board.

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