How to Decorate Your Classroom for Halloween with a Western Theme

Halloween is coming! So it’s the perfect time to decide on your Halloween classroom decor theme. If you’re looking for a unique twist on traditional spooky decor this year, why not go for a Western-themed Halloween? Lasso some friendly ghosts decked out in cowboy hats, cow print pumpkins, and cactus jack-o-lanterns. Your students will LOVE it! Here’s how you can bring this creative theme to life in your classroom.

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Festive Halloween Classroom Posters with a Western Flair

The easiest way to add a playful yet spooky vibe to your space this Halloween is to use ready-to-print classroom posters that match your Western Halloween theme. Like this set of 8 Howdy Halloween Classroom Posters that even includes decorative borders!

These posters can be enlarged during printing to cover bulletin boards or walls. Or they can be shrunk down to fit in picture frames for smaller decorations throughout your space. Choose posters with on-theme phrases like “Boo Haw!” And “Boot scootin’ spooky.”

You can also create custom posters by using the text editable versions included in this set. Add your own personalized text to the poster designs. Then hang them in strategic places around the room to tie the whole theme together.

A-Z Bulletin Board Letters with Checkered Prints

Customizing your classroom displays is a cinch with A-Z bulletin board letters in colors and prints that match your Western Halloween theme! Use them to create custom sayings for your displays, such as “Welcome, Little Cowpokes!” And “Boo y’all!”

These Howdy Halloween Bulletin Board Letters come in both a playful font option, and a primary friendly font. Use them on your bulletin boards, above doorways, or anywhere else you want to add a personalized touch. The checkered prints will complement your other Western-themed decorations perfectly.

Non-Traditional Halloween Bulletin Board Decor

Create a focal point for your Halloween classroom decor with a themed bulletin board display. Start with a large backdrop that matches your Western theme – like this fadeless weathered wood paper I love. Or you could try a burlap fabric, or even a desert landscape. Then, add the cute cutouts from this Howdy Halloween Bulletin Board Kit which includes ghosts in cowboy hats, lassos, cow print pumpkins, and cactus jack-o-lanterns!

This bulletin board kit includes large letters for 3 different sayings, so you could use this kit to decorate multiple display areas, including your classroom door! This bulletin board can be the centerpiece of your classroom, setting the tone for your Western Halloween decor.

Text editable ghosts are also included in this kit so you can add your students’ names to your displays! These would look so cute on your door to welcome your students to their classroom!

Halloween Classroom Decor for Your Digital Space

Extend the theme into your digital classroom tools by using Howdy Halloween Google Slides templates that match your Western Halloween theme. These can feature elements like cowboy hats, cacti, and ghostly figures in Western attire. Use these templates for your daily lessons, student presentations, and to display schedules and instructions.

Ideas to Extend Your Western Halloween Theme

Use the ghost cutouts from the bulletin board kit to decorate throughout your space! You can enlarge them during printing, or shrink them down, to cover different areas throughout your classroom. Or make some friendly ghosts yourself out of white fabric, felt or construction paper. Add little cowboy hats to your ghosts and hang them around the room, on windows, or even from the ceiling to create a fun and not-to-spooky atmosphere.

And you don’t have to stop there! Pumpkins are a Halloween staple, but you can give them a Western twist! Paint some pumpkins with cow prints using brown or black and white paint. You can place them around the room, or use them as table centerpieces.

Western Halloween Classroom Decor Bundle

Decorating your classroom for October doesn’t have to be limited to the usual orange and black. Adopt a Western Halloween theme to create a fun and unique environment everyone will love!

Grab the complete Howdy Halloween Bulletin Board Bundle to easily transform your classroom this season! The bundle includes all 5 decor kits mentioned here, and it’s available in my TPT shop and here in my website store.

Happy decorating, and boo haw!