17. The Jack-o’-Lantern Emoji Board
Connect with your tech-savvy fifth graders by combining a classic Halloween symbol with modern digital communication. Cover the door in a bright, solid orange paper. Cut out various classic emoji faces—such as the laughing-crying face, the heart-eyes, the cool sunglasses face, and the shocked face—but style them all to look like carved jack-o’-lanterns with triangular eyes and jagged mouths. Arrange them in a grid pattern resembling a smartphone screen. At the top, write a clever headline like “Expressing Our Spooky Side in Fifth Grade!” This highly relatable, modern design is sure to make students smile every time they walk into the room.