Submitted by Ashley Reynolds, Hollins University Consider a retro theme for you hall. I went to various local music shops and the Goodwill to get old fun vinyl records. One of the local shops had a free bin, and gave me all of the records that I wanted to take. Then I used foam stencil [READ MORE]

Supplies: Indoor/outdoor carpet (available at hardware stores). White marker pen, black sharpie Instructions: This carpet is versatile. It can be used to create a variety of “playing surfaces”. You can cut out a rectangle, and put vertical stripes and it is a football field. You can cut out a baseball field and put foul lines [READ MORE]

Submitted by Liz Larson, Bloomsburg University Cut out a red heart with a dashed line drawn around the edge, and a black and yellow bee with white wings. On one wing write, “bee mine” and on the other wing write the resident’s name. Create a corresponding bulletin board on things residents can do on valentines [READ MORE]

Submitted by Liz Larson, Bloomsburg University Cut out and create the image of a face with a snorkeling mask. The name is written on the tube of the snorkel. For a corresponding bulletin board, gather information about safe sunbathing and skin cancer prevention.

Submitted by Liz Larson, Bloomsburg University Create a hanging mobile that hangs from the top of your resident’s doors. Cut out a grayish/blue cloud and write the residents names on the clouds. Cut our 4 rain drops from blue paper and string them with yarn from the cloud. Create a corresponding bulletin board about how [READ MORE]

Submitted by Liz Larson, Bloomsburg University Using construction paper cut large maple leaves in bright colors with smaller leaves cut out around the edges and glue together. Write names on tags. For a corresponding bulletin board, create a passive bulletin board about the changes that come in fall with leaves that change from green to [READ MORE]

Submitted by Matt Jarva, Resident Assistant, Bemidji State University As a second semester door dec, I chose to go with a more personal type of door decoration. On the door dec I typed in the resident’s name, room number, and the meaning of his first name. I have enclosed an example of this entitled “spring [READ MORE]

If you have access to the birthdays of your residents, (if not, you can ask staff how you might obtain this information) try the following: Supplies Needed: Computer Instructions: Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/persn.htm and find the sign of the student. Cut and past the picture and info into a document and add the student’s name Click here [READ MORE]

If you have access to the birthdays of your residents, (if not, you can ask staff how you might obtain this information) try the following: Supplies Needed: Computer, Calendar, Markers Instructions: Get a blank calendar for each month of the year. You can do this on-line, using Microsoft outlook or publisher. Print out each month. [READ MORE]

Supplies Needed: Paper, Glue, Cotton Balls, Spray Paint Instructions: Cut out large Cloud shapes. Take a bag of cotton balls and spread them on newspaper outside. Spray paint them and let them dry. On the large Cloud shape, using glue, write the name of the person. Affix the colored cotton balls to the glue. Let [READ MORE]

Supplies Needed: Construction Paper Instructions: Go to www.worldlicenseplates.com to see the current license plate from each state. Or to www.rtbrandon.com to see blank license plates from each state (there are all the past years on this one). You can either make a plate for the state the university is located or the state where the student is [READ MORE]

Submitted by Elizabeth Curtis, Barnard College By laminating door tags, you create a message board for your students. You can use any design from a blank tag with just a name to something more elaborate. Lamination makes it awesome! By adding velcro tabs to this laminated message board, you can create a “where wheel.” For [READ MORE]

Submitted by Mandy Gatewood, University of Kentucky Since Asian themed clothes and decorations are so popular (I’ve had to make people take down countless Chinese lanterns because of fire hazards!), I thought that my floor could use some external decorations. So on everyone’s door, I wrote their name in Chinese with the translation beneath it [READ MORE]

Submitted by Jacqueline Coss, Elizabethtown College Supplies needed: Scissors Green poster board White alphabet stickers-1 inch size White alphabet stickers-1/2 inch size Corner rounding scissors (if available) Cut the poster board into two inch high strips. Use the 1 inch stickers to put the residents’ names on, and follow each name with a St, Rd, [READ MORE]

Submitted by Julia Coccaro, Resident Assistant, Binghamton University Consider a puzzle. Each door tag is a piece of the puzzle. Each piece connects to another on the floor. This can be used as an icebreaker…you have to find the person on your floor whose piece matches.

Submitted by Crystal Guffey, Ohio University In my all women hall I decide to make my name tags into a time line. Each resident had a door tag with a picture of a famous and influential woman on it along with the name of the resident. The tags were in order by date in a [READ MORE]

Submitted by Sarah Papcun, Resident Assistant, Kent State University I made Candy Land door tags for my residents upon returning from Winter Break. I did my floor up Candy Land style! For all of their door tags, I cut out the gingerbread man game piece shape and decorated the raised plastic edging, like the game [READ MORE]

Submitted by Misty Griffith, Eastern Washington University This idea for door tags went along with a Recycling and Conservation theme: You Mean the World to Me. See the supply list below. I designed each foam sphere to look like half of a globe by strategically placing sequins to match water and land masses (not a [READ MORE]