|
Program
Title: "Paint
Night" or "Door Mat Program*"
or "Pet Rock Program" (be creative!)
Description:
This program will help to build community, allow
residents to interact, and give them a way to
decorate their homes! Residents get together
to decorate carpet squares and/or doorstops
(rocks or wooden doorstops). The carpet squares
serve as welcome mats. While the residents are
creating their doorstops & welcome mats,
there is food available for them to snack on.
This creates a great atmosphere for the residents
to get to know one another.
Instructions:
- This
program is ideal for early in the year, or
at the beginning of a new semester, although
you may wish to do it at any time to build
community.
- Visit
a local carpet store and ask if they would
be willing ot donate carpet squares for the
program. You may also wish to check with a
hardware store. Most will have scraps of carpet
or pre-cut squares they would be willing to
donate.
- If
you decide to make doorstops (check with your
supervisor/housing department*), obtain large
rocks or wooden doorstops (these can simply
be triangles cut from 2x4s.
- Purchase
puffy and acrylic paints.
- Purchase
a variety of brushes, sponges, and styrofoam
plates.
- Use
newspaper or plastic to protect the existing
carpet from the paints.
- Have
cups of water available for cleanup.
- A
bucket or tub may also be useful for rinsing
in case people want to put foot or hand prints
on their mats.
- Paper
towels and rags
- Prizes
(if it is a contest).
Considerations:
To encourage even more people to participate
I would consider making it a small contest for
creativity. However, overall this program went
great and the mats have received a lot of compliments.
Originally
submitted by:
Melissa R
Cornerstone Univeristy
*Editor's
Note: Be sure to check with your supervisor
regarding this program. Depending upon the fire
code in your building, doorstops may be considered
to be a fire hazard. If that is the case, just
stick with the door mats!
Door stops may also be construed as a safety
and security risk if student's leave with their
doors left open.
|
