Wanted: Welcome Home Ideas
Kate has sent in the following request. Do any of our readers have any ideas?
My brother is bringing his new girlfriend home to england from america both early 30’s
I would like to make the welcome home special - any ideas?
If you have any ideas please drop them in the box below.
Welcome home signs
One rather obvious way would be to post welcome home signs on lamp posts and at street junctions all of the way to the house. This way they would see them on their journey to the house.
Arrange a limousine
You could arrange for them to be picked up from the airport by a limousine. I always fancied having someone meet me with one of those airport signs at the airport. (Sent in by Amy)
How about a bottle of champagne on ice?
You could bake a cake and put the words “Welcome home” on top of the cake.
One thing to watch out for would be to not make a big meal. People could well have eaten on the plane, or feel very joggled after a long journey. Much better to have a light snack ready prepared and not have too high expectations of them needing to eat.
One thing to be particularly careful of is to cook a special meal
Ribbon on the dog
How about putting a ribbon on the dog? Odds on the dog may well be one of the first things that they see.
You could also decorate the house with baloons.
Take rose pedals and make a heart in their room. then write “welcome home” in the heart.
I took a post-it note and wrote:
Welcome home, I also made a card. It says:
Dad you rock. I have 1 thing to say…
Welcome home
You could give them a hug?
Have a photo album about your brother so his friend has a better understanding of his family.
throw a party
You can put some of you and ur brother old photos on a CD with music or song play as a slide show on TV when he come in the house.
I would like to have a 2 fold welcome home for my sister who will be bringing home her first child (adopted from Russia). We would like to start at the airport with a special hello and then have her house ready and “festive” for the occasion. Any sggestions?
Flowers are always nice.
Every woman loves the smell of roses!
Strawberries and wip cream and the rest is history!
make a good dinner
you could make a banner
If you have a driveway and sidewalk chalk you can decorate the drive way with welcome home signs!
I make custom welcome signs for any purpose, wheather it be a yard stake or to hang on the wall. i can make anything up to 4′ wide and 8′ long. “Welcome home” with both of there names on it with a cool scenery in it. email med at nipchips26@aol.com if you are interested. will ship anywhere. hope all goes well!!
you could play her favorite c.d. when she comes in she will hear it
you could make a dinner,
invite some close family friends round
make banners
baloons
lots oif things
well there coming home.. its nothing so WOO
the last thing ur brothers GF needs is to feel guilty about how much effort u made, and she may just want to rest after a long journey. So just stick to the normal WELCOME HOME banner, and make some English tea and bake a cake that also says WELCOME HOME, im sure she’ll be more grateful to you, rather than having baloons and silly string everywhere.. let her rest and for dinner make something VERY english, bangers and mash, i doubt she’ll want the usual USA food
good luck and remember not to over do it, you’ll only embarrass yourself