Free Printable First Day of School Signs 2024-25

3 Options: First Day of School Printables

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First Day of School Signs

If you’re a professional procrastinator (like me! 😂) who always waits until the last minute to do everything, no worries! We’ve got you! These adorable signs are the perfect last-minute photo prop for those first-day photos!

You can print these back to school signs just minutes before the kids head off to school and still manage to snap a few of those precious First Day of School pictures for posterity. Start your own first day of school tradition and use these same signs each year! (We post the updated free printable signs for the current year in early July)

One of my favorite things to do is look back at these photos each year and see how much my kids have grown! (It’s crazy how quickly they grow up!)

Each set of First Day of School signs includes printable signs for preschool, pre-k, PK, transitional kindergarten, TK, and kindergarten along with each numbered grade level. We’ve got you covered from preschool to elementary school to middle school and all the way up through high school! These cute first day of school signs are good for kids of all ages!

Our printable Back-to-School signs also include alternate text versions for freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years (which means that you actually could use these signs all the way through the college years if you wanted to!).

If you have chosen to homeschool for the 2024-2025 school season, we have special First Day of School signs just for you, too! We homeschooled for six years, so I know firsthand how challenging it can be to find homeschool-specific printables sometimes! We’ve got you covered with both graded and ungraded First Day of Homeschool signs! ❤️

Seriously, how adorable is this!? All smiles for the first day of homeschool!

For the 2024 – 2025 school year, we’ve also included a fill-in-the-blank customizable sign option for students who may be continuing on with distance learning, hybrid learning, virtual learning, remote learning, independent study, etc. Or, use that space to fill in your school name, your teacher’s name, or even your child’s name!

Simply download the First Day signs, and then open the PDF file in Canva (or other photo editing software) to add your own custom text to the box at the bottom.

Note: the font that we used here is Nexa Rust Sans Black if you want to keep things looking consistent!

I recommend printing these signs onto heavy cardstock for best results and color vibrancy. Use your home printer or send the file to your local print shop for printing.

If you’re planning to use the signs with a large group (in-the-classroom first day photos, for example), I also highly recommend laminating them for better durability. I have an older version of this Scotch laminator that has served me well for over 15 years (including 6 years of heavy and frequent homeschool use!) and is still going strong (it’s one of my favorite things!).