Kick off the school year with style and a smile! This collection of printable first day of school signs is not only free but also fully customizable to capture that perfect back-to-school moment.
Whether you’re a parent preparing for your child’s first day, a teacher welcoming students, or a student yourself, these signs add a fun and personalized touch to your photos.
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With editable features, you can tailor each sign to reflect specific grades, dates, and personal flair. Grab yours now and make this school year’s start unforgettable!
How to Use the First Day of School Signs
These signs are best printed on cardstock for durability. You could even print them on photo paper for extra shine!
They are PDF files that are fully editable to allow you to add your child’s name, their school year, and grade.
You can simply print it and hand it to your child and snap a photo, or place it in a frame for them to hold.
Pair them with these matching Last Day of School Signs!
Free Printable First Day of School Signs! (Editable PDF)
These printable signs are the perfect way to commemorate the first day of school!
They are free to download and print- just click on the image or the link below to download the customize your sign!
Colorful First Day of School Sign without Name
This next first day of school sign is full of colorful paint drips.
It can be customized for your child’s grade and the school year dates.
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Black and White First Day of School Sign
This next sign is black and white, making it easy to print at home!.
It’s suitable for all grades- even high schoolers won’t roll their eyes too much when you force them to take a picture with it!
It can be personalized with the grade.
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Colorful First Day of School Sign
This next sign is colorful, while still appealing to older students.
It can be customized with the grade and school year dates.
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Homeschool First Day of School Sign
Are you a homeschooler? You can still get in on the first day of school pictures!
This first day of homeschool sign can be customized with your child’s name and grade.
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First Day of School Sign Questionnaire
And this final sign would make a great keepsake through the years!
You can add your child’s name, grade, school year, age, favorite color, teacher’s name, and what they want to be when they grow up.
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Colorful First Day of School Sign with Name
This first signs is colorful and perfect for young kids such as preschool through elementary school!
It has a place for your child’s name and their grade.
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You are free to use these first day of school signs for personal use at home or in the classroom. Please don’t share the file, but if you’d like to share the signs with friends, please forward this page to them so that they can download the file themselves. These downloads may not be used in any commercial fashion.
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Jon August 7, 2024 at 8:59 pm
The colorful Option doesn’t have room to type Kindergarten
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Sarahon August 11, 2024 at 3:59 pm
I believe I have fixed the sign to auto size the font for the word length. Thanks!
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Lizon August 9, 2024 at 2:17 pm
thanks
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kpkon August 11, 2024 at 1:21 am
Hi! For the colorful sign (which is so cute!), which font did you use? I can’t seem to find a match anywhere. These are so great!
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Sarahon August 11, 2024 at 3:59 pm
The font is Rintik Sendu (if I am thinking of the right sign) I do believe I have fixed them to have the fonts embedded now so that it should pull the correct font automatically. You may have to clear cookies to see the updated signs though.
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Elizabethon August 12, 2024 at 3:53 am
hi–is there a better browser to use than Safari or Firefox? none of the fonts are embedded in the customizable fields. They are adorable, thanks!
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Sarahon August 15, 2024 at 11:36 pm
I have checked all my browsers and the embedded fonts seem to be working on all except firefox. (Chrome, Edge, and Avast are the ones I also tried, as well as Adobe). I did have to update the files, so if you viewed them before you might have to delete cookies. If you are seeing placeholder text of “grade” and “name” you should be seeing the updated files.
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Danielleon August 13, 2024 at 4:43 pm
On the first one with watercolor on top and bottom of page, it does not edit to same font. When I type in preschool, it is very small and cannot adjust or change. The years are also different fonts.
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Sarahon August 15, 2024 at 11:37 pm
Have you tried a different browser? I am seeing weird fonts on Firefox, but not other browsers.
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Christinaon August 15, 2024 at 9:38 pm
I’m trying to use the colorful option. At first it was changing the font to something different and making it really small but I saw in a previous comment that you said the font type. So I downloaded the font type and and now it keeps the correct font but it is still changing the font size to something really tiny and I can’t figure out how to make it go back to the original size.
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Sarahon August 15, 2024 at 11:38 pm
Are you viewing in the browser or in Adobe? If a browser, have you tried more than one? And are you are seeing placeholder text of “grade” and “name”? If you see those you should be seeing the updated files with embedded fonts.
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