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Free Bulletin Board Pennant Letters for Quick and Easy Decor

It’s that time of year once again! Teachers are back in school, back in the full swing of things, and summer already feels like a distant memory. Of course, back to school season always seems to have a few surprises in store for teachers, students and administrators. There’s nothing like a last-minute staff change or classroom assignment to make a teacher panic. Bulletin board pennant letters are the perfect quick and easy decor hack for anyone who finds themselves scrambling to decorate their classroom as the first day of school approaches. Best of all, I have a set of FREE bulletin board letters! Keep scrolling to get your free classroom pennants.  

Thank you to ASTROBRIGHTS® Papers for partnering with me on this blog post to create pennant letters for the classroom. I received payment, trade, and/or products from Astrobrights in exchange for promoting their products. However, all opinions stated are my own and I only promote brands and products that I use and love. This post also contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission each time someone makes a purchase through one of my links, which helps to support the blog.

The biggest surprise of all: staff changes that occur after the first week of school. We’re currently going through one of those big transitions at my school when a new first grade teacher, Allie, was hired after the first week of school. Poor Allie was ecstatic about her new teaching job, but more than a little overwhelmed by the empty classroom before her. While she wanted to instantly create the cutest classroom possible, she needed to focus her time, energy, and attention on content and building relationships with her brand new students.

Fortunately, I happen to teach right next door and I always have a full supply of Astrobrights paper and cardstock on hand for any decor emergencies. And with Parent Night nipping at our heels this week, I’m pretty sure the situation qualified as a decor emergency!

Allie did a little hurried classroom shopping on her own and bought a few borders and basic decor items to start decorating. Eager to help, I asked if she had a theme in mind and her response was classic chalkboard.

Selecting A Color Palette

Every great classroom design begins with a strong color scheme. I wanted to help Allie make a big impact with minimal effort, but first we need a little direction. We brainstormed possible color schemes and decided to keep the classic school theme going with our color palate. We selected red, green and yellow to compliment the chalkboard borders and calendar pieces that had been purchased.

Astrobrights makes the best, most vibrant papers for classroom use and we decided that Re-Entry Red®, Gamma Green® and Solar Yellow® were the perfect accent colors for Allie’s chalkboard theme.

red, green and yellow sheets of astrobrights paper in apple-themed first grade classroom

Make a Big Impact with Bulletin Board Pennant Banners

The clock was ticking as we prepared for Parent Night, so we got right to work on a simple project that would make a BIG impact. You may recall the pennant banners that served as subject area headers on Markeda Brown’s first grade classroom when she won the Astrobrights Brightest Teacher makeover last year.

white and airy first grade classroom with pops of pink and purple bulletin board pennant letters displayed on whiteboard

I loved those pennants so much because they were easy to print, prep and hang. And thanks to the durability of Astrobrights cardstock, no laminating was required!

teacher setting up classroom decor with purple printed bulletin board pennant letters that spell "social studies"

The boards in Allie’s classroom looked fantastic thanks to the bright paper and chalkboard boarders, but the room was so sparsely furnished that we needed to add a little extra impact to help the space feel a little less empty. I printed three subject headers for Allie’s bulletin boards. The letters were printed in a pattern onto Re-Entry Red, Solar Yellow, and Gamma Green cardstock.

Stringing the trimmed letters into classroom banners was super-simple. I cut a 1.5″ slit near the top corners of each letter and strung them onto 7/8″ black grosgrain ribbon.

teacher holding up bulletin board pennant letters in first grade classroom printed on red, green, and yellow colored paper

The finished results made a big, beautiful impact in Allie’s classroom.

first grade classroom bulletin boards with pennant letters set up for the first day of school
bulletin boards set up in back of first grade classroom decor
first grade bulletin boards decorated with pennant letters across the top

Easy Classroom Word Wall Setup

We labeled Allie’s word wall with my black background Word Wall Alphabet Headers. The free bulletin board pennant letters looked great with the alphabet labels and instantly prepared this space on the wall for the first day of school.

classroom bulletin board with pennant letters across the top that say "word wall"

Click the button below to grab the word wall alphabet labels in my shop!

Shopping Guide

You can easily recreate the same look in your own classroom. Here are the materials and resources we used to create this look.

Re-Entry Red Astrobrights Cardstock
Gamma Green Astrobrights Cardstock
Gamma Green Astrobrights Cardstock

All three cardstock colors are included in this multipack of Astrobrights cardstock on Amazon:

pack of astrobrights yellow, pink, red, orange and pink paper

Other bulletin board details were from Lyndsey Kuster. You can find her “Be a Reading Expert” set on TpT and the Readers Workshop freebie in her website freebie vault.

Free Bulletin Board Pennant Letters

Add a bold pop of color to your classroom with my FREE Pennant Letters. Enter your email address below and the pennants will be delivered right to your inbox. If you can’t find them, be sure to check your spam folder. I recommend using a personal email address, rather than a school email due to the high level of filters that administrators put on school email accounts.

I personally love the extra bold pop that the black pennant letters bring to the classroom. I printed all of my pennants on my laser printer, which is much more cost-effective than an inkjet printer. If you’re concerned about draining your printer, a low-ink pennant style is also included in the download.

Here’s to a great school year that’s fun, engaging, and bright!

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Maria Gavin

Maria is a former kindergarten and first grade teacher, with 13 years of teaching experience. Her love and passion for all things early childhood is now fulfilled as a mom to two amazing kids. She loves sharing practical and creative tips and ideas that are perfect for young learners – in the classroom or at home!

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    1. Need to click on the graphic at the bottom of the post and enter your email address in the pop up box to access the download

  1. I love these! Thank you so much for sharing. I am having trouble with the “E” that has the white background. Is it a different font than the rest?

    Thanks!

    1. Hmmmm… no it’s not a different font. How strange that it’s giving you a difficult time. You may want to make sure that you have the most recent version of Adobe Reader installed on your computer.

  2. Hi! Will you please send me your free pennant bulletin board letters?
    They are awesome and I am so grateful that you share them.
    Thank you so very much.
    Have a great school year!
    Mary Starnes
    Elementary School Counselor
    Greenfield WI

      1. Hi Maria, I guess I am really confused. I am not sure what I am supposed to do to access the pennant letters.
        I am rather technologically illiterate, so it is probably something that I am doing wrong.
        Thank you for your help. I want to be able to use these letters in a display for our Open House next week.
        Mary

  3. Thanks for these! They turned out great in my preschool classroom! I don’t see a way to share photos otherwise I would.

    1. Oh no! I just emailed the letters to you directly and I’m so sorry for the inconvenience.

  4. Hi. I too have tried to download the letters but it’s not working. Can you please email me?

    Thank you!

    1. Hi Mary, I’m so sorry to hear that you had a difficult time accessing the bulletin board letters. I just emailed them to you directly 🙂

  5. I entered my email address but never received a link to download. Could you please send me them via email? Thank you so much

    1. Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that you had trouble accessing the free download. I emailed it to you directly.

    1. Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that you had trouble accessing the pennant letters. I just emailed them to you directly.

  6. I signed up, confirmed my e-mail and did not receive the download. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated!! 🙂

    1. Oh no! I’m so sorry for the technical trouble. The free downloads often get stuck by school spam filters. I just emailed it to you directly 🙂

  7. I signed up too but can’t download them. Would be great if you could email them to me also please.

    1. I’m so sorry you’re having trouble accessing the download. I just emailed it to you directly. Enjoy!

  8. I also tried several times and cannot access them. Can you send me the info to my email as well? Much appreciated! Have an awesome start to the school year 🙂

  9. I’m so sorry you had trouble accessing the free download. I just emailed it to you directly 🙂

  10. I subscribed and confirmed my email but I didn’t see the download. I also checked my spam folder. Anyway you can help? Thanks!!

  11. is there a way to get the upper and lower case letters like you have on your word wall with the pictures. i have the upper case pennant but would love to have the lower case to go with it. thank you

  12. Hello Maria I was wondering what freebie you have to offer I’m a mother of 4 kids and 3 are in school. I wanted to get the kids excited to attend school and wantting learn and had ideas but no money to fund it sadly to say but any ABC 123 to handwriting ect..my kids are in 6th,3rd, and 1lst grade thank you and much appreciated

  13. Same issue. I signed up, but did not receive.
    By the looks of all the comments, maybe you should update this page to make it easier on those interested.

    1. Hello! I just tested the download and it IS working properly. The issue is that most school email filters won’t allow this type of email to come through. If you sign up with your personal email, it should work without a hitch 😉

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Hi, I'm Maria.

I’m a former kindergarten teacher turned work-from-home mom. I still love sharing ideas and resources to make teaching easier, so you can focus on what really matters in the classroom. When I’m not working on the blog, you’ll find me chasing kids around the house with a cold cup of coffee in my hand (some things never change even once you’re out of the classroom!)

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