Door Signs

AXIDplace4me · #1 08-02-2006, 03:11 PM

Hey all! We are wanting to make door signs for all of the new members to give them on bid day so they can put them on their door in the dorm if they live on campus but could put up somewhere else. Does anyone have any ideas that don't cost that much to make?

tunatartare · #2 08-02-2006, 03:13 PM

Cut out a teddy bear silhouette out of colored posterboard and decorate it with paint pens/glitter glue and write a message to the new members on it. The Theta chapter at Columbia hangs black and glitter gold kites on all of their new members' doors and it looks really cute.

Drolefille · #3 08-02-2006, 03:14 PM

We tended to do simple construction paper ones. For us, Letters that fit into a heart and then one year letters with polkadots on them. It's time consuming but not that big of a deal.

Cutouts of a symbol with letters drawn on (by one of those girls that has the cute handwriting) or Cut out letters are fun.

We put our in our windows my sophomore year in the Greek dorm so all the freshmen next door could see them. And then they got their own on bid day.

kathykd2005 · #4 08-02-2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AXIDplace4me

Hey all! We are wanting to make door signs for all of the new members to give them on bid day so they can put them on their door in the dorm if they live on campus but could put up somewhere else. Does anyone have any ideas that don't cost that much to make?

We always did cut-outs, but we also used balloons as well, to give it a more celebratory feel. It helps if you have a helium tank on campus, which we did. Getting balloons is like having a birthday!

AlphaFrog · #5 08-02-2006, 03:27 PM

My door sign was just on posterboard, but it was cute.

It's easier to pre-make them now and add the new member's names as soon as you make last cuts (or recieve your new member list, however your PHC does it).

Drolefille · #6 08-02-2006, 03:35 PM

It's a good way to use up that last bit of helium from recruitment. Although my fingers hurt too bad by the end of the week to blow up more balloons

/cursed with the ability to tie balloons

AXIDplace4me · #7 08-02-2006, 04:05 PM

I am trying to get my idea finalized right now so i can go ahead and make them and not worry about them during recruitment.

LightBulb · #8 08-02-2006, 05:03 PM

Another way to go is cutting the letters out of posterboard and spray painting them. This is more for big window letters though.

You could also have a get-together with your sisters and paint letters so that they're more unique. Everyone could make a set or two, so it wouldn't take too long, and then you could go out afterwards.

LightBulb · #9 08-02-2006, 05:04 PM

One thing to keep in mind is that construction paper fades rather quickly in sunlight.