Then I scanned them into my computer, traced them and cut them out of construction paper with my Silhouette:

For the background I used a giant sheet of butcher paper and drew on ‘notebook paper’ lines using sharpie.  I used a two-by-four to make it easy to space the lines.  I also used the silhouette to cut out the phrase “We Think Our Teacher is All “Write” 

I made a giant pencil out of yellow, tan and pink construction paper.  The little metal piece around the eraser is duct tape and the words are vinyl cut on the silhouette (are you sensing a theme here?) 

Here is the final version: 

For our science teacher, I did something much simpler (because she teaches ALL the kids in the grade it would have been impossible to personalize it with everyone’s names.)

Instead, because a class highlight ever year is an egg drop contest (where students build devices that will keep an egg from cracking when dropped from the roof) I featured skydiving eggs with the phrase “Our Teachers Make Science EGG-citing” 

I cut the parachute shapes from construction paper, and the eggs were clip art I found online and used the 'print and cut' feature on the Silhouette.  I drew the ‘strings’ on with sharpie.  The words were also cut on the silhouette out of white vinyl.

There were a lot of other great doors this year and I thought I would also feature a few of them.

This one has a “Life is Good” theme. The flowers contain photos of the kids.  This would be another one that would be easy to do on a cutting machine.

I like this “Thank You For Helping Us Grow” one since it is three dimensional and very graphic.  Also, there aren’t a lot of little pieces to cut out, which would make it a lot easier to put together quickly, and without need for a cutting machine:

 This "We Love You to (Reese’s) Pieces" one was a huge hit with the kids (of course!)  The only thing you have to cut out, besides the wording, are circles.  A GREAT option if you don’t have access to a cutting machine.

 And this was is fun because it is more than just a door.  The bee says “Thank You for BEE-ing a Great Teacher” and the little trail she has left is made up of the kids names.  This is another with large shapes that would be pretty easy to cut out.

I am always impressed with all the creative ideas out there. It is fun to see how other people decorate each year.  And it gives me great inspiration for next year!

If you are still looking for other ideas, here are a few other round ups of door decorating ideas from Skip to My Lou and One Creative Mommy to check out.  Since you can never have too much inspiration.