Spooktacular Halloween Classroom Decor: Welcome to Boo Street!

Are you ready for spooky season? Halloween is the perfect time of year to add creativity and excitement to your learning environment by making it a fun and memorable experience for your students! This year, get your inspiration from this bright and bold Boo Street theme. And introduce a thrilling Haunted House for Sale student writing activity! You’ll create your very own “Boo Street” right in your classroom with this festive design! Let’s look at creating spooktacular Halloween classroom decor and using an engaging writing activity your students will love!

Step 1: Setting the Spooky Scene with your Halloween Classroom Decor

Transform your classroom into a Boo Street adventure! Here are some ideas:

• Ghostly Welcome: Greet your students with door decorations that feature friendly ghosts and brightly colored pumpkins. Include a sign or letters that spell “Welcome to Boo Street!” You can use the pieces from my Boo Street Halloween Bulletin Board Kit to create a stunning door display! Just adjust the scale of the items during printing to better fit the size of your door.

• Haunted Hallways: Hang black and orange streamers, cobwebs, and eerie decorations throughout your classroom. And decorate in the hallways near your room if possible to really set the tone!

• Festive Holiday Themed Sayings: Use these matching Boo Street Halloween A-Z Bulletin Board Letters to create any sayings you’d like on your classroom walls or in hallways! Spell “Booooo” or “This class is Spooktacular!” The options are endless! These letters also come in a primary-friendly font too.

• Halloween Classroom Posters: Holiday posters are the quickest way to add a festive vibe to your classroom throughout the year. With this set of 10 unique Boo Street Halloween Classroom Posters, you can easily decorate bulletin boards, walls, and more for the season! Shrink or enlarge the posters during printing to decorate a variety of size displays. Use them on your classroom door. Or even place them in picture frames to display on book shelves or tables! There’s also a text editable file with the poster designs so you can create custom sayings on the posters as well!

• Creepy Classroom Materials: For a surprising way to delight your students, swap out regular school supplies for some Halloween-themed ones. Like pumpkin-shaped erasers, spiderweb folders, and bat pencils! You can find some great themed supplies at dollar stores.

Step 2: Boo Street Bulletin Board Display

Create a captivating bulletin board that truly sets the tone for your classroom! This will serve as the centerpiece of your Boo Street theme.

• Seasonal Sayings: Include a festive saying, like “Spooky Season” or “Welcome to Boo Street” using large bulletin board letters. These sayings plus letters for “Happy Halloween” are all included in my Boo Street Halloween Bulletin Board Kit! With 3 sayings to choose from, you can create multiple displays in your classroom if you’d like! As mentioned previously, decorate your door with this kit, and use it to create a focal point inside your classroom too!

• Halloween Decor Cutouts: Include a haunted house as the main decor item featured in your display. Add brightly colored pumpkins and ghosts around the house to set the Halloween-mood.

• Personalize the Display: Add your students’ names to your display! Write or type their names on little ghost cutouts that you can add to your bulletin board. Or hang them throughout the classroom for students to hunt for their ghosts! Text editable ghosts for student names are included in the Boo Street Halloween Bulletin Board Kit!

Step 3: Haunted House for Sale Student Writing Activity

This engaging Haunted House for Sale writing activity is such a fun way to introduce students to persuasive writing. And it lets them explore their creativity! This writing activity is also included in my Boo Street Halloween Bulletin Board Kit! Here are some ideas for making the most of this activity in your classroom.

• Introduction to Real Estate: Have an age-appropriate discussion with your students about the concept of buying and selling homes. This can be as detailed or simple as needed based on your students’ age. Explain that they’ll each get to write a persuasive ad to sell their haunted house!

• Haunted House Features: This is where their creativity gets to shine! Brainstorm unique and spooky features for their haunted houses, such a creaky floors, ghostly inhabitants, and secret passages. Let their ideas run wild!

• Persuasive Writing: Teach students the art of persuasive writing. Discuss techniques like using descriptive language, appealing to emotions, and providing reasons why their haunted house is a must-buy.

• Create the Ad: Give each student one of the haunted house writing templates included in the Boo Street Halloween Bulletin Board Kit. Remind them to include a description of the house’s features, the price, square footage, and contact information (i.e. their name).

• Peer Review: You can have students peer-review each other’s ads. They can provide constructive feedback to improve their writing and learn from each other.

• Presentation: Allow students to present their haunted house ads to the class! This encourages public speaking skills and creativity. Then you can proudly display their finished pieces throughout your classroom to add to the overall Boo Street ambience!

Step 4: Halloween Google Slides Templates

For the full transformation, be sure to use the matching Boo Street Halloween Google Slides Templates! These are perfect for displaying your daily schedule, morning messages, activity instructions, homework reminders, and so much more! Your students will love seeing this theme carried over to your digital space as well.

Unique Halloween Classroom Decor Ideas

For even more Halloween classroom decor ideas, be sure to checkout this groovy throwback Retro Halloween Classroom Decor theme. And be sure to grab a free set of Halloween themed posters for your classroom in this Easy Halloween Classroom Decor Ideas blog post!

Take a Stroll on Boo Street!

Transforming your classroom into Boo Street for Halloween will be so much fun! The Haunted House for Sale student writing activity immerses students in a fun and imaginative learning experience while teaching them necessary writing skills. Grab this complete Halloween classroom decor theme with the Boo Street Halloween Bulletin Board Bundle, available in my TPT shop. It’s also available in my website store.

With the right decor and engaging activities, your classroom will become a spooktacular place for learning and creativity this Halloween! Happy haunting!