Thanksgiving is just a week away and being a holiday all about food, the table setting is the first impression your guests get before the actual meal is served. There are creative, yet simple ways to make your table warm and welcoming for the people joining together for the holiday feast in your home.
Pumpkin and squash vases are an extra festive touch to decorations or table settings. You simply find the right sizes, cut off the tops and carve them out to place anything from fall flowers to cranberries for a beautiful centerpiece.
Another good use of fall nature for decor is pumpkin votive holders. Instead of using pumpkins for just jack-o-lanterns, they also make a luminous candle holder. Cut off the pumpkins top, pull out the materials inside and it’s ready for a candle to give off a soft light in your home.
Wishbone napkin charms are a perfect little addition to each individual place setting. Many follow the tradition of making a wish on the wishbone of the turkey, so putting it in the decor is very appropriate. Use fall colored napkins of your choice and tie wishbone charms with kitchen charms around the napkins.
Cork-board leaf trivets are a thanksgiving decoration that can be reused year after year. In hardly any time at all, anyone can make cork board leaf trivets to hold the food at the dinner table. Just trace a leaf design on a square piece of cork board with marker, place the pieces on a cutting board and cut the shape out with a cutting knife, then turn them over to show!
Pear place cards are a unique way for everyone to find their proper seat on this busy thanksgiving holiday and they are so easy! Find a small pear for each name card, cut the name card into a leaf shape to look apart of the pear, hole punch the name card and tie it on the pear stem with ribbon or twine.