From Pinterest to Your Classroom: Must-See Birthday Display Ideas

Elementary students LOVE their birthdays!! 😍 They love talking about them, telling you all their plans for their big day, and possibly even inviting you to come along. Why not add some excitement to your classroom using a birthday display? 

Here’s the good part: the birthday display does NOT need to be crazy or over the top to be cute, functional, and exciting for your students. 

Check out these Pinterest-worthy displays you can add to your classroom TODAY! 

Happy Hues Birthday Display 

Pops of bright colors are always exciting, especially when they are showing off something as cool as birthdays!

All you need for this bright birthday display is a bulletin board or space on your classroom wall to create a bulletin board.

Add your students’ names to the editable PowerPoint file, print everything out, and you’re good to go! 

A More Neutral Look

Bright colors not your thing? Bring this simply neutral bulletin display into your classroom. 

Photo Credit: @valentina.felizzola

I LOVE how this teacher found some additional neutral-colored borders and wallpaper to really help this birthday bulletin board pop on her wall. 

Retro Birthday Vibes

Do you have more of a retro or groovy classroom theme?  This groovy display might be exactly what you’re looking for to showcase student birthdays!

The decorative month tiles on this birthday display are just so fun! Adding student names underneath each month is easy to do. Plus, they are easy to swap out at the end of the year. 

Photo Credit: @classwithmiss.k

Surrounding your retro birthday display with other pieces from the Retro Groovy Bundle makes it even better. 

The smiley face border is the perfect addition. 😍

This teacher has transformed her room into one groovy place to be! 

One Look, Three Ways 

If you aren’t sure where to begin, the Modern Calm Colors birthday display is a great blend of colors that looks good in any classroom! 

Add a simple black and white border and you have a beautiful display to celebrate your students on their special days! 

Photo Credit: @craftingintheclassroom 

This teacher loved the Modern Calm Color theme, but found a different way to display birthdays in her classroom. 

Instead of using the giant birthday display, she used the editable labels from the Calm Colors bundle to create circular month tiles. Then, she printed the “Birthdays” banner from the birthday display on a smaller scale to fit her space. 

You can do this and either add smaller labels with student names OR attach clothespins with student names around each month. 

Photo Credit: @krusesclass

This is another creative way to create your own birthday display to work with the space your classroom has. 

Emily used the rectangular editable labels from the Modern Calm Colors bundle to create the months, glued them to a poster board, and laminated everything. Now she can write student names right on top of her poster! 

No matter how you choose to display the birthdays in your classroom, your students will feel recognized and celebrated! 

Boho Rainbow Birthday Display

Add a bit of whimsical dreaminess to your classroom with this boho rainbow display. 

Photo Credit: @dressupandteach

I LOVE how this teacher took the display and dressed it up! 

The pom poms with the banner are a perfect way to add some simple decorations to really make this corner of her classroom stand out. 

She is attaching student names to the months using clothespins! 

Boho Dreams Birthdays

A similar style to the birthday display above is the Boho Dreams version. 

This display uses neutral colors and adds some fun to the birthday wall. 

All you need to do is type your student’s names into the editable file, print it out, and set it up! 

Celebrate with a Tropical Theme

Add some tropical flair to your classroom with the Tropical Vibes birthday display. 

The bright, beach-like colors and images will have everyone dreaming of sunny vacations! 

No matter which birthday display feels perfect to you, choosing to celebrate the big days in your students’ lives is important. 

It is an easy way to continue developing your relationships and getting to know your little learners better.  

If you have never set up a bulletin board display before, or feel like they take a million years, read my 5 bulletin board hacks before you get started!