Elementary, Middle & High School Yearbook Cover Ideas

Bring your yearbook to life with a theme! Themes allow creative details like colors, fonts, and clip art to flow through each page and tie all of your school moments together.
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2026 – 2027 Yearbook Covers

Each year we add over 30+ new covers to our yearbook cover library, giving you the widest variety of options for expressing your one-of-a-kind elementary school year. Create your own from scratch, or select one of our professionally designed covers below, all with matching clip art and background pages!

Gray with blue and purple circle, Yearbook Cover 2002
Agate
2700
Green and yellow writing, Yearbook Cover 2003
All Things are possible
2701
Blue Green and Yellow Diamond, Yearbook Cover 2004
Analog
2702
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Angles
2703
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Astrodino
2704
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Be Kind
2705
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Best In Class
2706
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Blue Waves
2707
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Chalk Time
2708
Yellow and Dark Teal Background With Design Letters, Yearbook Cover 2008
Character
2709
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Color Pop
2710
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Color the Sky
2711
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Color Theory
2712
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Color Values
2713
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Composition
2714
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Cosmic Waves
2715
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Disco
2716
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Doodle Backpack
2717
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Doodlebug
2718
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Drawn On
2719
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Dream Big
2720
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Flashback
2721
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Full Circle
2722
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Galaxy Stardust
2723
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Game Book
2724
Yellow and Dark Teal Background With Design Letters, Yearbook Cover 2008
Hand Painted
2725
Yellow and Dark Teal Background With Design Letters, Yearbook Cover 2008
Hollywood
2726
Yellow and Dark Teal Background With Design Letters, Yearbook Cover 2008
I am Me
2727
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Imagination
2728
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
In Focus
2729
Yellow and Dark Teal Background With Design Letters, Yearbook Cover 2008
In Our Shoes
2730
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Joshua 1-9
2731
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Just Shine
2732
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Leave Your Mark
2733
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Memories in Motion
2734
Yellow and Dark Teal Background With Design Letters, Yearbook Cover 2008
Neon
2735
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Neon Rush
2736
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Our Journey
2737
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Paint Swipe
2738
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Painting Memories
2739
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Patriotic Brush
2740
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Patriotic Pride
2741
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Pixel World
2742
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Pixelated
2743
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Pop Year
2744
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Radio Waves
2745
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Rainbow Chalk
2746
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Record Days
2747
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Red White and Bold
2748
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Rejoice
2749
Colorful Pop Art, Yearbook Cover 2005
Retro Cassette
2750
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Retro Rays
2751
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Retro Smile
2752
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Say What?
2753
Colorful Waves With Teal Writing, Yearbook Cover 2006
Shape Your Year
2754
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Social Doodles
2755
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Squiggle Smile
2756
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Stained Glass
2757
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Sunset Trails
2758
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
This Is Our Year
2759
Pastel Arrows Pointing Right With Tan Background, Yearbook Cover 2007
Victory
2760

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Our Most Popular Themes

Getting started on your yearbook is a snap. Browse our most popular themes with coordinating covers to inspire your yearbook. We’ll help you find matching fonts, clip art, and colors to bring it all together.
These themes are perfect for elementary and middle schools looking to create a fun and exciting yearbook for their school.

two open yearbooks, one closed yearbook, three paper cover yearbooks, emoji themed yearbook

Unique Yearbook Themes

Yearbook themes can elevate a yearbook to make it memorable and unique. Creating a cool theme can help bring all the year’s photos and yearlong memories together. Find some ideas on how to create an interesting yearbook theme and how to weave it throughout your yearbook.

We love School Annual by Jostens! The yearbook is a treasure that captures the spirit of the school – taking on extraordinary meaning for each student! Working with School Annual and transforming our yearbook into a treasure for all students has been the best experience – from the creativity and inspiration to the guidance and direction.

Marcia Brown

Yearbook Adviser, Birchcrest Elementary School, Bellevue, Nebraska

Yearbook Cover Contest

The yearbook cover sets the tone of the yearbook and will be the first thing everyone sees when they receive their much-anticipated yearbook at the end of the school year. Generate buzz about your school’s yearbook by including your students in the creation of the yearbook cover. Many schools have a contest to select the cover of their yearbook.

young girl looks at yearbook in library, looking at yearbook