Submitted by Kari Kuykendall, Resident Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno For the month of October I made candy corn door tags. I first took an old file folder to make a template and drew a larger triangle on it. I then cut out the template and rounded the corners. Next I traced the triangle onto [READ MORE]

Submitted by Kari Kuykendall, Resident Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno For my first set of door tags of the year I did state license plates. I searched online for an image of the current license plate from the state that each resident was from. When I found the image I copied it into Word and [READ MORE]

Submitted by Shelley Pullis, Resident Assistant, University of North Dakota For my door decs, I cut out circles in the colors of M&Ms. Cut out arms, hands, legs and feet, and attached them to the circle (I looked at a bag of M&Ms to see how everything looked and the colors to use). Then glue [READ MORE]

Submitted by Amy Hutt, Resident Advisor, Nash Hall, Western Washington University Since I live on the top floor of a building this year, and have all females, I chose to go for a “Queens of Nash” theme. (My residence hall is called Nash.) I cut a crown shape out of cardboard for each resident, covered [READ MORE]

By Matt Bowgren, Resident Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The most successful door decoration I’ve ever “created” was one where I actually didn’t do the majority of the art. Throughout first semester, I discovered one of my residents really excelled at graffiti art. Not vandalism, but art. He made trucker hats with his own artwork [READ MORE]

Supplies Needed: Old 45’s, Construction Paper Instructions: Go to a used record store or a thrift store and buy one 45 speed record for each resident. Cut out construction paper to cover the old labels and write the students name on the label or don’t cover the songs (this makes for fun reading) and instead [READ MORE]

Supplies Needed: String, clothespins, felt or construction paper Directions: Cut out clothes (pants or shirts) on either paper or felt. Write the students name on the clothing. Hang the string from the door across it horizontally. Attach the clothing with a clothespin.

Supplies Needed: Envelopes, Marker Instructions: Buy Nice Envelopes. In the Address Line put the person’s first name and the residence hall and room number. In the Return address put the name of the University. For a more authentic look buy cancelled stamps or a stamp that says cancelled and stamp the envelope.

Submitted by Tara Shelke, Resident Assistant, Colorado State University Last fall I had an airline theme on my floor. My door tags were boarding passes that I made on my computer; I used an Excel spreadsheet and modeled them after a real boarding pass. The airline was “Ingersoll Air,” named after the residence hall that [READ MORE]

Supplies: Black, green, yellow and red construction paper, glue, markers Instructions: Cut out a large black circle. Cut out a smaller green circle, then smaller yellow and finally a red bulls-eye. Glue the Circles on top of one another to create a dartboard effect. Add resident’s names. Click here for sample

Submitted by Jessica Hammond, Resident Assistant, Temple University Make houses with windows and black roofs. Write the name of the resident on the roof with a gel pen. Make a corresponding bulletin board with the words, “Welcome to your home away from home!” On the bulletin board place a house for each room on the [READ MORE]

Submitted by Jessica Hammond, Resident Assistant, Temple University Use rubber stamps and make a rubber stamp scene. Take half sheets of paper and stamp waves, suns, clouds and a person surfing, then the resident’s name. On a corresponding bulletin board, do “Surfing into the new year!” Cut out surfboards and write your resident’s names on [READ MORE]

Submitted by Patricia Yanez, Resident Assistant, Binghamton University Last spring I had a mostly freshman floor, that was discouraged about their first semester grades. I noticed (whilst eating a box of NERDS candy) that there are these little squishy blob characters on the box–the characters are NERDS animated. So I drew out a few different [READ MORE]

Submitted by Jessica Hammond, Resident Assistant, Temple University Pick a theme then go to a teacher supply store and purchase already done figures. Since my wing is called b-wing I did the b-wing bees. I bought bees and I then did my bulletin board with the b-wing bees and I had a hive in the [READ MORE]

Supplies Needed: Map of US, Construction paper, markers Instructions: Go to http://www.50states.com/us.htm#.VCGIWZ3D-P8 and print out this page. Enlarge this picture until it is large enough for you to cut out the state where your university is located. Blow up a copy of the picture until it cannot be enlarged any more using an 8X11 sheet of [READ MORE]

Submitted by Jessica Hammond, Resident Assistant, Temple University Using a large stencil cut out letters that spell out the names of your residents. Using the letters, spell out the names of your residents and tape them vertically down each room door.

Supplies Needed: Contact paper, glitter glue or puffy paint, string, dry erase markers, cardstock or cardboard Instructions: To create a cheap memo board, you can use contact paper. Buy a patterned one or solid color. Obtain 8-1/2 X 11 card stock or cardboard (will last longer than regular paper) and cover one side with contact [READ MORE]

Supplies Needed: Computer, Printer Instructions: Go to http://www.behindthename.com/ and find out the meaning of your resident’s name. On the computer using a calligraphy type font, create a door tag (see sample) illustrating your resident’s name and the meaning. Where possible add clip art or pictures that show the meaning. Another option is to buy calligraphy paper [READ MORE]

Supplies Needed: Fuzzy Dice, Puffy Paint or Poster Board and Felt Instructions: To create your own dice, buy poster board and make square boxes. Glue felt (or fuzzy material from a material shop) on the outside. Cut out dots and glue them on to make the boxes look like dice. Attach the dice together with [READ MORE]

Submitted by Heather Behrens, Ramapo College My theme for door decorations this semester was an environmental one. I printed out 48 different pictures of endangered species from an online website. Each picture had the species’ name and physical breakdown, including an explanation of the body plan. I colored each picture and then posted it onto [READ MORE]