My Classroom Theme ~ Pac Man

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What teacher doesn’t get both excited and nervous about the first day of school?  This year I will have a 4th/5th grade split class and I am teaching all subjects to both grades (just typing that stresses me out a little).  My room is pretty much ready.  I decided to go with a PacMan theme this year.   I like the color scheme and any video games are a hit with kids (even the old school ones).  I am not sure how I ended up with this as a theme, I ran across some items and thought, “Well, that will be different.  But, I like it!”  Hopefully my kids will like it, too!  As an intermediate teacher, most of my yearly themes are centered around a color scheme I like and I change it every year.

I started off with calendar days and month headers.

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I give each student a plastic school box to put their personal supplies in since we share table supplies.  So I made Pac Man name plates (with each of the 4 ghosts and Pac Man and Ms. Pac Man) to tape to the top of the plastic school boxes.

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I use a three drawer cart at each table for notebooks, folders, journals, etc.  I decided to redo my drawer labels since my old ones were looking pretty bad.  Each table has a color scheme (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple).  The label for the “Poetry Notebooks/Spelling Folders” is taped to a colored magazine file that contains these items.

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Next, I made table labels and table storage tub labels.  They are identical, with one being large and one being small.

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I then made hall passes.  Of course, I laminated them, hole punched them and attached colored lanyards to them.

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I must admit, the more I made, the more I loved the Pac Man theme!  We do an ice cream social and I have little goodie bags laid out for each student at their seat.  I ordered felt ghosts from a fantastic shop on Etsy.  She can make just about ANYTHING in felt!  Click here for the link.  I also found Pac Man necklaces on Etsy.  Click here for the link.

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I found some great ghost stuff on Oriental Trading, too!  Even inflatable ghosts (click here)!  They will look great hanging out all over the room!  I ordered some Pac Man pins from Amazon, too.

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All of this swag will go into bags with my welcome note attached to the outside and a supply list on the inside.

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I even made some ghost-inspired bulletin boards.   So much fun!

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I am still working on everything, thank goodness I have time (we don’t start school until late August)!

What is your classroom theme this year?

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I have been teaching in a large urban school district for 28 years! I have taught in five different buildings. I taught in a self-contained gifted classroom and in a STEM school.

87 thoughts on “My Classroom Theme ~ Pac Man”

  1. I saw the cutest bulletin board made from black bb paper and blue painters tape . It had a few rectangles on it and of course white library dots with the pac man character and ghost and a cherry. it said “This year will be aMAZING now that your in rm / grade>>>. I saw it on pintrest and thought it would so go with your theme. Thanks for the share and have a great year!

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  2. I love this idea SO MUCH! I’m a specialist teacher and don’t really have a theme beyond my subject, but I’m totally inspired to expand into something like this now. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. I am doing a video game theme this year. I love your pac man theme! I have a pac man wall showing our goals with the caption “Chomping our way to the top!”

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      1. I am doing a video game theme this year and would love to use your resources if you are willing to share!

  5. I totally loved your idea, and I am doing the same theme this year so I was wondering if you have some ideas for the classroom rules and reading corner.
    Thank you

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  8. Heading back into the classroom after a 3 year leave. Love the Pacman theme and would love copies too please!
    Thanks,
    Erin

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  10. I love the Pacman theme!!! I was wondering if I could have access to your templates to use in my classroom. They all were amazing.

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  11. Hi, I have just started with a senior class this year and I used the pac man theme on my door and they seemed to like it! Would love to use your resources to keep with the theme if you wouldn’t mind sending on? Thanks so much Aileen

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  15. I’m doing Pacman for the 2017- 2018 school year. I love what you have created! Would you be willing to share your calendar resource?

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  16. I’m also doing a Pacman theme this year. I LOVE all your creations!! Are you still willing to share your files? Thanks so much!

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  18. Love the calendar! Can I please have a copy? I would love any you are willing to share! Thanks.

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  21. Is it possible to share your resources with me? Im trying to do a theme like this for the upcoming school year

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  22. I am doing a Pacman theme for my 6th grade class. Would you still be willing to share your templates?
    Thanks in advance 🙂

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  25. Hi, I am also doing a Pacman theme this year. I would love a copy of your resources for my special education classroom. Thank you so much!

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  26. I just found this blog after deciding to do a PAC Man display outside my classroom door. I figured I’d go all out. Great ideas!! I love it!!
    Where can I find them?? I would love to use them!
    Thanks!
    Nicole

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  27. Hi! I LOVE all of your precious pac man resources. Will you possibly share them with me?
    Thanks so much!

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  32. I have a game theme and use PacMan in several areas. I would love your resources if you didn’t mind sharing. Thank you!

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  34. Soooo awesome! I have been hitting my head against the wall on so many ideas for my video game theme for this year. Would you send me some resources as well?

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  36. I am doing a pac man theme this year and love the resources you created! Can you share these or tell me where to purchase? Thanks!

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  37. 6 years later and I love your ideas after searching Pinterest. If you are willing to share I would love it, our school is doing a ‘game on’ theme this year and my room is all Pac Man!

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  38. Hello, I am a gamer and would love to use your PACMan resources in my pre-k classroom for next year. Can you please share it? Thank you in advance!

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  41. Hello I would love to use some of these pac man ideas but I need to be able to edit them. Can you send to me please. Thank you. Love your ideas!

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  42. Hi, I would love to also have access to your Pac-man resources. This year we have a gaming theme at school and I’m incorporating Pac-man as much as I can. I love your resources 🙂 Thank you!

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  47. Hello, I love all your resources. I will be working on a game theme for this next school year. Would you be able to share your resources please.
    Thank you 😊

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