Submitted by Ryan Langford Go to http://www.behindthename.com/ and find the residents name. Write out what the name means with the name on the door tag. I found this a really big hit, people knowing what their name means is a great idea for a door tag.

Submitted by: Jasmine Clay, Assistant Hall Director at Indiana State University Glue a CD to a half sheet of black construction paper. Make a label that has the person’s name and room number and attach it to the bottom. This is a fun and easy door dec because many campuses receive tons of free AOL [READ MORE]

Submitted by Britt Q. Hoover, Resident Advisor, Western Washington University Create door tags that resemble a family crest. We had our own special crest, with the Greek letter for Sigma (the hall I am a RA in) in one square, and five stars to represent the five floors of Sigma in another, and so on. [READ MORE]

Submitted by: Jasmine Clay, Assistant Hall Director at Indiana State University Many students, faculty, staff receive tons of credit card offers with fake credit cards. I collected the pretend cards from credit card offers that I received and turned them into door decs. This corresponded with a bulletin board on using credit wisely.

Submitted by Sarah Brethauer, Resident Assistant, Elizabethtown College Do you have an old pair of jeans that are so ripped and torn that they are un-wearable? Well look at the back, don’t the pockets look like the perfect size for a door tag? On that principle, I took about 15 pairs of old jeans that [READ MORE]

Submitted by Britt Q. Hoover, Resident Advisor: Western Washington University Last year I decided to have a “Yellow Submarine” theme on my floor, a la the Beatles. I created door tags with yellow submarines on them (designed after the Beatles album) and on each floor a large version of the submarine with the lyrics to [READ MORE]

Submitted by: Jasmine Clay, Assistant Hall Director at Indiana State University My best friend made door tags like ransom notes. She cut letters out of magazines and made the names for each one of her residents. It was a time consuming task, but her residents loved them.

Submitted by Vanessa Smith, Resident Assistant, University of Windsor I used these as my first door tag, with the floor theme “Making Headlines” at the beginning of the year. They were a big hit. I could hear parents reading the stories aloud and the entire family’s laughter echoing down the hallways. I’m still in love [READ MORE]

Submitted by Keith Haller, Resident Assistant, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania We all know that some times a hall full of guys may smell from time to time. This idea is perfect to solve that dilemma. All you need is a marker, some tape, and most importantly Dryer SHEETS and you have a creative and [READ MORE]

Submitted by Jackie Goodfriend, Resident Assistant, Eastern Michigan University March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb right? Our school’s spring break was the last week in Febuary, with residents returning the first weekend in March. Other staff members in my building were making shamrock door tags and I didn’t want to [READ MORE]

Submitted by Zach Greenlee, Resident Advisor, Central Missouri State University Here is one of my best ideas for an easy icebreaking introduction for your residents and you. One of your first central bulletin boards should have a picture up of you being goofy and entertaining, and if you have a floor partner, they should be [READ MORE]

Submitted by Jolynn Cooke, Norfolk State University The theme of my floor is Divas of Destiny and so I decided to put doves made out of construction paper on each person’s door with their name and an inspirational quote.

Submitted by Brittany Shaw, Miami University of Ohio This is a door tag idea that is pretty simple. I used real flip-flops that you can find cheap at stores such as Hobby Lobby. Then I got artificial flowers cheap at Wal-Mart and hot glue gunned the flowers to the flip-flops. Then, write the names on [READ MORE]

Submitted by Nicole Robbins, Salem State University Take a black piece of construction paper, put a gold or yellow star in the middle with a black camera. Underneath paste on their names (stencils would make a nice effect and every ones name would look the same). You can also choose to color their names using [READ MORE]

Submitted by Angela Swope, Georgia Southern University I made some cute door decorations that I made to look like fish bowls and my residents loved them!! You need construction or scrapbook paper, fish or marine life stickers, sand, stained glass bubbles (the kind people put in the bottom of fish tanks), and plastic wrap. Cut [READ MORE]

Submitted by Jen Simon, Resident Assistant, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania These door tags are good for any time of the year and are very simple to make. I went down to the local Chinese food place and bought enough empty pint sized take out boxes for all of my residents, then wrote their names [READ MORE]

Submitted by Kathleen Murphy, Residence Hall Director, New School University Here’s a door decoration idea that for a new year and new semester with a multicultural twist. To go along with it I did bulletin boards on Chinese New Year, NYC events for the holiday, and the Chinese zodiac. All of the images for the [READ MORE]

Submitted by Krista Alonso, Resident Assistant, North Idaho College For my door decorations, I found drawings of graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate on the Internet. I copied it to Word and I enlarged them. Then I printed them out and backed them on brown construction paper. Each suite has 4 people who live in them [READ MORE]