Residence hall doors across campus are getting a face-lift from their festive residents for the upcoming “spooktacular” holiday.

While whiteboard sketches of pumpkins and messages wishing for a happy and safe holiday weekend are common to see on residents’ doors, some residents are getting even more creative with their door decor.

Psychology and neuroscience junior Kate Rentschler said she enjoys being creative and making many of her own decorations, like the garland of ghosts and the paper candy corns that frame the top of her door.

“I think Halloween’s my favorite holiday ... I just like dressing up and being silly,” Rentschler said.

Especially around the holidays, creativity proves to be an opportunity to bring students together. Prenursing junior Erica Brockway said Rentschler helped her put up some of her decorations and make it look nicer.

Brockway said she also enjoys expressing her creativity, carving her own pumpkin and spider decorations.

“I love fall ... festivities and ... decorating for holidays,” Brockway said.

Other students, like agribusiness management junior Nicole Pinage, decorate for reasons related to family tradition.

“My grandma mails me ... decorations pretty much for every holiday,” Pinage said.

Pinage said she gets a box of decorations a few weeks before a given holiday and puts them up around the first of the month. While she did not pick out this year’s Halloween decorations, she does appreciate them.

“We always decorated at home, so ... you (have to) decorate while you’re here,” Pinage said.