25 Free Back to School Printables

These free printable coloring pages are a great way to help kids get excited about the new year. The collection includes school-themed designs with supplies, buses, backpacks, classrooms, books, chalkboards, apples, and more. There are options for kids of all ages and skill levels.

These free printable signs are perfect for capturing those back-to-school photos from preschool through 12th grade. The signs feature a colorful crayon border, playful rainbow-style lettering, grade-level text, and a pencil graphic with the 2026–2027 year. They are a cute keepsake for parents and a fun first-day tradition.

This scavenger hunt is a fun activity that gets kids moving while helping them explore the classroom or learning space. The 4-page PDF includes a colorful checklist with picture matching and 12 cards to cut out and hide, featuring items like an apple, notebook, backpack, scissors, highlighter, and globe. Since the hunt uses pictures, it works especially well for preschool, kindergarten, and younger elementary students.

These printable bookmarks to color are a cute way to combine creativity and reading at the start of the year. The set includes 16 black-and-white bookmarks across 3 pages, with kid-friendly designs featuring books, pencils, stars, a backpack, an apple, a schoolhouse, and more. Kids can color them, cut them out, and use them in library books, party favors, or even as first-day gifts.

This is a fun worksheet-style activity for home, classroom, and homeschool. The set includes 3 difficulty levels, easy, medium, and hard, plus matching answer keys, so parents and teachers can choose the best page for each child’s age or skill level. It helps kids practice spelling, vocabulary, letter recognition, and problem-solving skills.

This bingo game includes 10 unique bingo cards, calling cards, and printable tokens, all featuring colorful images of supplies like crayons, pencils, apples, books, backpacks, and more. Since the cards use images instead of words, they work especially well for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary students. It will help them practice listening, matching, and taking turns.

This free I Spy worksheet is a simple, no-prep activity that helps kids practice counting, focus, and observation skills. Children search the school-themed picture, count how many of each item they find, and write their answers on the lines at the bottom. It is a great fit for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and early elementary students. It also doubles as a coloring page.

These cards are a thoughtful way to welcome students or tuck a thoughtful note into a lunch box or backpack. The collection includes 10 card designs with colorful school supply themes, welcome-back messages, and black-and-white options for kids to color. Each card has room inside for a personal message. They work great for welcome bags, student gifts, or teacher surprises.

These gift tags make it easy to dress up small first day of school gifts, teacher gifts, and welcome-back treats. The set includes 36 colorful tags with designs like apples, pencils, crayons, chalkboards, and more. Each tag has a hole-punch circle and space for “to” and “from,” so you can customize them.

These worksheets are a fun first-day-of-school activity that helps students share their favorite things, goals, hobbies, and personality. The single-page worksheets include prompts, drawing boxes, fill-in-the-blank sections, favorite things, and coloring elements. With simpler pages for younger kids and more detailed options for older elementary students, they work well as classroom icebreakers and keepsakes.

This activity placemat is packed with puzzles, word games, and coloring sections all on one page. It includes a word search, word scramble, counting game, tic-tac-toe boards, an apple maze, illustrations to color, and an answer key. It works well for preschool through early elementary kids.

These lunch box notes are a thoughtful way to surprise kids. The set includes 27 notes with a mix of encouraging messages and fun joke-style sayings. They are suitable for kids of all ages. It's an easy back-to-school idea for lunch boxes, snack bags, or first-day surprises.

These first-day-of-school interview worksheets are designed as a keepsake activity for kids from PreK through 12th grade. Each questionnaire includes prompts for details like age, teacher, favorite things, what they want to be when they grow up, and what they are excited or nervous about. They make a great yearly tradition.

These mazes are a simple, fun activity for kids who enjoy puzzles. The set includes four pages, each with a goal, such as helping a child find a backpack, a school bus, a chalkboard, or another classroom item. They are especially suited for preschoolers and help kids practice focus, problem-solving, pencil control, and hand-eye coordination.

This morning routine checklist is a practical printable for helping kids know exactly what is expected before heading out the door. It's recommended to laminate the chart, attach it to a clipboard, and use a dry-erase marker so kids can check off each task as they complete it. There is also a ticket reward idea for days when children finish their morning tasks without reminders. It's a helpful tool for building responsibility and easing back into the routine.

This chart is designed to make busy afternoons feel more organized and less repetitive for families. It walks kids through helpful tasks like putting away shoes and jackets, emptying backpacks, eating a snack, taking a rest break, doing homework, reading independently, completing chores, and getting ready for the next day.

This free printable banner is a colorful way to decorate a classroom or homeschool space, or as a first-day-of-school photo backdrop. Each pennant has a notebook paper background, a pencil border, and bonus pencil images. It's an easy way to welcome students back in style.

These color-by-number pages are an easy activity for classrooms or fun at home. The set includes 6 coloring pages featuring designs such as a bus, glue, scissors, and more. Kids can use crayons, colored pencils, markers, or paint.

These worksheets help students start the year with a little reflection, planning, and excitement. The download includes two pages: “My Goals for the New School Year,” where kids can write one main goal and how they plan to achieve it, and “My New School Year,” which includes prompts for favorite subjects, books, hobbies, teacher name, what they hope to learn, and what feels difficult. The worksheets are designed for elementary students, with the goal planner also working for older kids through middle school.

These free dot marker pages are a cute hands-on activity for toddlers, preschoolers, and young kids getting ready for the classroom. The set includes 6 black-and-white pages with designs, including a marker and notebook, glue and crayon, a journal, a book, an apple, and a backpack.

This free handprint printable is a sweet keepsake for parents, teachers, and childcare providers. The download includes three versions: an undated template, a 2026 first-day-of-school template, and a 2026 first-day-of-preschool template. It can be saved in a scrapbook, memory box, or displayed at home.

These countdown pages are a fun way to help kids get excited and mentally prepared for the first day. The set includes 7 designs, with 30 days to color in or check off, so children can easily see how many days are left before school begins. Five of the designs are black-and-white coloring pages, and two are colorful bus designs.

This backpack checklist helps kids remember what to take and what to bring home each day. The set includes two checklists, one for packing items before leaving and one for checking backpacks before coming home. There are also blank spaces so families can personalize them. Parents can print them for daily use or laminate them back-to-back as a reusable backpack tag. It's a practical tool for building responsibility and keeping mornings running smoothly.