One year, one of our camp directors made little “Welcome Signs” for each of the girls and leaders. When we walked in the cabin our first day at girls camp, there was a little sign above each sleeping spot. She used the meaning of each person’s name, which was uplifting since the meaning is always positive (as far as I saw). 🙂 It’s also a good way to assign sleeping spots if you decide that’s necessary for any reason. It depends on the situation and inspiration.
Other years, I’ve seen people do cute signs with just the name in lettering, etc. Last year, we did magnet boards and were going to have them hanging as a welcome, but we decided we didn’t want girls banging their heads on the corners of the boards. 🙂
Of course, there have been plenty of years without welcome signs, too. It’s just a cute idea if someone wants to do it, has time and has an idea. I think it’s a nice touch for anyone who is feeling homesick.
Update: We did this again last year (2023), and it was really fun to find meanings for each girl’s name. In some cases, it was not easy! However, they turned out great, and we also printed small card-sized copies to go inside hanging shoe bags that we used for secret sister gifts. It made it easy for the girls to pop a little gift inside her secret sister’s “cubby” in the shoe bag. See the other name cards and shoe bags.
