Classroom Decorations

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Classroom decorating usually happens on a Sunday afternoon, on your own dime. So here's the useful version: most of what's on this page runs one to five dollars apiece, and a dozen paper lanterns over the desks changes a room faster than anything else you can hang. Start with the Animal Face DIY Kits — an 8" lantern plus the ears, eyes, and nose for about $2.40, where the assembly is the craft project. Dog, mouse, chicken, cow, monkey, sheep, rabbit, pig, and tiger are all in stock, though a few colors within each run low. For a science or geography corner, the 14" World Map Globe lantern ($3.29) earns more attention than a poster, and the 24" silver glitter star ($4.95) works as both solar system and celebration. Plain colored rounds are the cheapest way to zone a room — one color per table or work station. Black, orange, persimmon, royal purple, and gold run $1.08 to $2.08 each in 8" to 12". Add a strand of battery fairy lights ($4.26) to a reading corner. And if your students carry lanterns for a parade or a Lunar New Year lesson, the lantern holder sticks come twelve to a pack for about twenty-one dollars. Paper Lantern Store carries the world's largest selection of paper lanterns, lights, and decor — 24 years of fast shipping from our Union City, California warehouse.