YEEHAW! A WESTERN / COWBOY THEME

My 40 Page Western-Cowboy Themed Classroom Kit is now available in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. It includes all of the following items shown in the sample pictures below, plus more! Click here to view the kit.

Howdy Y'all! The pictures below are of my classroom when I used a western/cowboy theme. I pulled them directly from my website (www.ClutterFreeClassroom.com). If you visit there, you can read full, detailed descriptions of each of the pictures and about my room.

I've gathered some ideas and links for you to get your classroom all "countrified."

BULLETIN BOARD IDEAS

BULLETIN BOARD BACKGROUNDS

• bandana fabric
• denim
• red/white checkered fabric
• cow print
• burlap
• flannel

3D BORDERS

• rope
• raffia twisted to look like hay
• cactus or boot lights (available at party stores or online)

3D ELEMENTS TO ADD

• cowboy hats
• boots
• metal tins/buckets (great for pencils/supplies)
• horseshoes
• Sheriff badges (often sold at a dollar store)

BULLETIN BOARD TITLE IDEAS

• Lasso a Good Book
  
• Rounding Up _______
  
• Rootin’ Tootin’ ______
  
• Roping Up _______
  
• Write ‘Em Cowboy
  
• Work Worth Hootin’ and Hollerin’ About
  
• Wanted: ______
  
• Best in the West
  
• Howdy Partners (I used this for the board that I assign partners with)
  
• The Word Herd (word wall)
  
• Have You “Herd” About _____
  
• Kick Up Your Heels for _____ (with boots)
  
• Blue Ribbon Work (cow print fabric with blue ribbons as name tags)
  
• Reading Rodeo
  
• The Posse (class pics)
  
• Birthday Buckeroos
  
• Galloping Into ___ Grade (pics of kids on stick horses)
  
• Happy Trails (Dismissal/How Do We Get Home Chart)
  

JOB CHART IDEAS

• Ranch Hands
  
• These Boots Are Made for Working
  
• Wanted: Hard Workers

TITLES FOR CLASSROOM JOBS

• Teacher: Sheriff
  
• Helper of the Day/Week: Deputy
  
• Supplies: Wranglers
  
• Lunch Helper: Chuck Wagon Workers
  
• Messenger: Pony Express
  
• Library Helpers: Pony Express
  

NEWSLETTER TITLES

• The Tumbleweed Times
  
• The Pony Express
  
• Cowboy Chronicles
  

MISC IDEAS

Use fence posts to section off part of the classroom for group meetings and call it “The Class Corral”

Bring in actual logs for the kids to sit on for group or reading time.

Bring in bales of hay to sit on.

Have rolled up sleeping bags available for reading time.

Create a campfire (I used orange lights with colored gift packaging)

Take pictures of the kids wearing cowboy hats and bandanas.

Make a blank Wanted poster for each child that is larger than 8.5 x 11. Hang them up and let the kids display their work on it throughout the year. Title it, “Wanted: Good Work”

I do retired words each year. The year I did the western theme it was called “Words that Have Been Put Out to Pasture.”

If you do a classroom store as an incentive it can be called “The General Store.”

If you have any stables nearby, ask for empty grain bags. Wash them with a hose and dish soap. Stuff them and seal the tops. These make great decorative “pillows” for your reading area.

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