Thanksgiving Decorating Ideas

I'm off on a trip to visit family over this Thanksgiving week.

I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday celebration filled with family, joy, laughter, and love.

As a parting post...(I'll be back in a week.)

I found some really cute Thanksgiving Decorations to share with you.

I really love this idea...

FLOWER POWER PUMPKINS

This is what happens when your pumpkins want to get all dressed up and come to the party.

What you need:

• Scissors
• Fresh or silk flat flowers
• Pumpkins and gourds
• Glue gun and glue sticks

Make it

1. Using scissors, trim the stems from the flowers.
2. Glue flowers on pumpkins with hot glue gun.

This craft is not intended for children. Always supervise and assist young children when they are working with scissors or small pieces of craft materials.

Great for appetizers...so cute and unique

VEGGIE BOWLS

Carry the harvest theme one step further with bowls made from fresh squash.

What you need:

• Winter squash such as butternut or acorn
• Olives

Make it

1. Cut squash so you are left with the ”bowl” of the vegetable to carve into a container.
2. Scoop seeds and stringy flesh from the inside of each squash.
3. Wash and dry well.
4. Slice a small piece off the bottom of each so they sit flat.
5. Place on a platter or tray and fill with olives.

Always supervise and assist young children when they are working with scissors or small pieces of craft materials.

This is wonderful for houses that have staircases...
I saw some cute wheat stalks at the grocery store yesterday
that would work great for this!

SHEAVES OF GRAIN

The harvest of grain gets the respect it deserves in this beautiful banister showcase. Make it rustically authentic by tying it up with twine, or a bit more elegant by using ribbon.

What you need:

• Dried grains from a farmer’s market or a craft store
• Twine or ribbon

Make it

1. Tie bundles of grains to each baluster on your banister.

Always supervise and assist young children when they are working with scissors or small pieces of craft materials.

articles from Kraftrecipes.com

This is the centerpiece for my table.  I just took a glass hurricane sleeve and filled it with pumpkins and gourds of all colors, shapes, and sizes, and added fall colored leaves as filler.

So much fun!

Here's another great earthy centerpiece idea...

and we can't forget a great place setting...

Hope this gives you some great ideas on how to start a decorating tradition and create memories that last a lifetime!

Happy Thanksgiving!