25 Beautiful Yet Easy DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

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1. Easy DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

While flower markets are a little less colorful in the colder months, you shouldn’t make your table suffer because of that. Choose flowers that are in season to add a wow factor. Create a centerpiece with berried branches, tiny pumpkins, and leafy greens. Tuck these into a wooden bowl to make a showpiece that spells autumn.

2. Get Creative with Pumpkin Decor

Decorated pumpkin decor can set the tone for a lovely table spread. Embellish your pumpkins with fresh flowers and candles. To make your centerpieces last past thanksgiving, replace the fresh flowers and pumpkins with silk flowers and faux pumpkins. Attach the flowers to the pumpkins with hot glue before you add the candles. You can use the centerpieces throughout the year or store them for next thanksgiving.

3. Mini Pumpkin Tree Centerpiece Ideas

So simple and yet so cute looking! Just fill a few cylindrical vases with birdseeds or nuts, in order to keep the branches standing nicely. Take some good looking mini pumpkins and suspend them with twine. Now arrange them to hang on the branches and over an arrangement of other seasonal items, like pine cones, berries, branches, more pumpkins and candles.

4. Flowers And Fruits Centerpiece In A Wooden Vessel

Try making an eye-catching centerpiece, arranged with seasonal flowers and fruits, using autumn tones. Firstly, choose a beautiful, natural, wooden container to use as a vessel or you can make your own, by attaching birch bark on the sides of a pine box with heavy-duty staples. Next, line the box on the inside with some heavy duty plastic and add floral foam, in order to support the flowers. Use any suitable flowers, berries, branches and fruits, even vegetables in colors of your choosing.

5. Elegant White Pumpkin Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

For an elegant centerpiece for the Thanksgiving table, use a nice, slim wooden box and arrange in it some small or mini white pumpkins and small white flowers, like tiny roses and white calla lilies. A few pheasant feathers or some other matching decorations give this arrangement the final twist.

6. Candle Centerpiece

A centerpiece that is not too overwhelming, simple to make but remains a wonderful assembling, is the following one. Arrange some beautiful autumn leafs, pine cones and berries around matching candles. Use different sizes and types of fall candles and candleholders, which match with the placemats and napkins that will be used, and you will have a beautiful arrangement.

We love these fall table decorations on Stagetecture, too!

7. Use Herbs in your Thanksgiving Centerpieces

What better way to show your love for the season than to create a centerpiece comprised of your favorite autumn herbs? Herbs smell great and can bring to mind fond memories. To create your thanksgiving centerpiece, fill a glass vase with different types of herbs like rosemary, thyme, and sage. If your container is small, you can create several centerpieces and arrange them at the center of the table.

8. Create a Vegetable Thanksgiving Centerpieces

If you have an eye for texture and color, head to the vegetable aisle of your local grocery store. Here you’ll find purple cabbage, curly lettuce, artichoke, kale, and other colorful vegetables. You can arrange them on a shallow footed tray and surround it with floating candles. You can also remove the center of the cabbage and replace it with a jar of water or florist’s foam and put a few blooms inside.

9. Natural DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

A fun, very natural and original idea is to take a gathered tree branch and use it as a tea light candleholder by drilling some holes into it. This inexpensive idea can be completed by arranging nuts, leafs, various pumpkins, pinecones and flowers on the side of the branch. It will for sure be a special Thanksgiving centerpiece that would be ideal for an outdoor Thanksgiving table!

10. Personalized Place Settings

Everyone likes having a place at the table, just ask the kids when they get older and make it to the “Big People” table. Make everyone feel special this Thanksgiving evening with specialized table toppers. Pick any fruit, nut, pumpkins or paper craft of any item that represents the holiday and take little strips of paper, write the person’s name on, place each of those strips in the item and place them around the table next to the plates or in front of them. Not only will this add to the ambiance but make everyone feel included and for kicks you can add little quotes or jokes to the strips of paper for each person.

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The possibilities for creating a stunning centerpiece are unlimited. Draw inspiration from nature’s colors and use its gifts that are abounded this time of the year. You can also get ideas from your home surroundings and available decoration items and tableware as well. If you then put a great amount of love and care into this creation, it will for sure be a hit among your loved ones!

Need Thanksgiving leftover ideas? We have a whole bunch for you! Browse these Thanksgiving leftover recipe ideas on Stagetecture.

Fall DIY Craft: How to Make a Corn Candleholder (Video)

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Fall DIY: Corn Candleholder (Video)

Materials

• About 16 cobs of Indian corn (the actual number depends on the size of your vase)
• A sharp kitchen knife
• One pillar candle (about 4’’x12’’)
• A cylinder vase (about 17’’ tall)
• Hot glue gun and glue sticks or a rubber band
• Twine or ribbon

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Watch the video on how to make this easy Fall DIY: Corn Candleholder

You can find the link to the video here.

Directions

• Separate the leaves from the cobs, saving both for decoration
• Cut a small piece from the bottom of the corn so they have a flat end
• Place the candle into the vase and the vase on a plate or charger
• Hot glue 2 leaves on both sides of a cob, making sure that a good portion of the kernels are exposed. Repeat until all cobs have leaves. You can choose to not make this step and leave the cobs as they are, without the leaves.
• Put a little hot glue onto the kernels at the backs of the cobs and attach them onto the vase, vertically. Make sure that you level the cobs with the base so it will stand firm. If you don’t use a hot glue gun, wrap a rubber band around the vase at the middle and push the cobs and the leaves between the rubber band and the vase.
• Wrap the twine or ribbon around the center of your cobs. If you choose to use the rubber band, use this step to also hide the rubber band underneath.

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This easy Fall DIY is great to use as a centerpiece on a festive or everyday fall table.  You can use the vase to add flowers instead of a candle, to make a wonderful unique flower vessel. Also, you could omit the glass vase and glue the cobs directly onto the candle. In this case, make sure to be careful not to let the candle burn to near to the dry leaves and corn. It is better to not burn the candle at all in this case, or let it burn down only a little until a small votive candle fits into the hole formed on top of the candle. Use an electrical votive candle for even more safety but for the same great autumn look for your table.

For more Autumn DIY tips on Stagetecture, click here.

New Year’s Party: Easy DIY Clock Plate Decoration

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Supplies

Cardstock
Printed Clock Faces
Inkjet Printer
Mod Podge and brush or glue
Glitter or glitter glue (optional)
Gold or silver charger and clear glass plates (for the finish look)

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Directions

1. The first thing to do to make clock plates is to decide on the size of the clock faces you will need. You have to make sure that they are the correct size for your clear glass plates to sit on, so they will provide a good, sturdy surface for them.

2. After deciding on the size, you will need some clock faces. Those are available for printing all over the internet, all you have to do is to search them and adjust them so they will be printed to the correct size. Use cardstock to print on and cut the clock faces out.

3. Decorate your clocks with glitter or glitter glue for more spark if you like. Make sure to remove any excess glitter so it wont get all over the food.

4. You can make them sturdier by gluing them on thicker, pre-cut out cardstock or even plain, flat, plates, or you can use them as they are. If you want to use plain plates, you can use the Mod podge and brush to apply the images onto them.

5. Once ready, place the clock face between your charger and the clear glass plate, for a classy New Year’s Party table setting.

If you like, you can use old Cd’s and the Mod podge technique to make some fun timely decorations to decorate your home or table on New Year’s Eve. Just print the clock faces smaller, so they will fit on the cd.

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These Plate Clocks are great for New Year’s Party Décor, but save them so you can use them for a future Cinderella Party or a Halloween Party as well, by just changing the overall decorations to adjust to the new theme.

For more New Year’s Party ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

Fun Thanksgiving Table Settings for Kids

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Handmade Crafts As Thanksgiving Reminders

Kids love craft. So isn’t it a splendid idea to theme the table decor around handmade crafts? You could incorporate little DIY projects to highlight elements like plates, straws,  napkins etc. You can step aside from the autumn theme and bring in colors that your kids love. And as far as the Thanksgiving theme goes, try and use motifs that spell thanksgiving…In a child friendly way of course!

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A Table Especially For Kids

Setting up a thanksgiving table decor especially for kids might sometimes interfere with what adults plan too. That, however is no excuse for leaving out the kids. It can in fact be a blessing in disguise. Set a small table, suitable ergonomically for kids and decorate it just for them. Make use of buntings, streamers, autumn reminiscent brown paper and other thanksgiving reminders to set up a special place for them. They will just love a corner to themselves.

Autumn Themed Kids’ Table

Fall, autumn, fiery oranges and reds, earthly browns…these are terms that become so synonymous with November. Seeing adults being so passionate about these seasonal indulgences, kids too take a fancy to it at times. It wouldn’t be a bad idea after all to set up an autumn themed thanksgiving table decor for our little loved ones. Just bring a little fun to the table, thats all!

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It’s A Good Time To Introduce Healthy Food

Whilst kids are being pampered and treated with so much care, attention you could subtly introduce health foods in the thanksgiving table decor. Bring in the oranges and reds in the guise of carrots and apples, use walnuts to bring in the earthly browns and voila your kids will be feeding on good stuff before you know.

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Thanksgiving is such a special time, apt to thank our little angels for the cheer and joy they bring into our lives. Thanksgiving table decor for kids, is just a small gesture to make them feel extra special and loved. It would be great to hear from you on how you plan to make Thanksgiving special for your kids. Do share your table decor ideas and how to plan to incorporate children themes into your Thanksgiving Table Decor.

]]> https://stagetecture.com/fun-thanksgiving-table-settings-for-kids/feed/ 1 71487 https://stagetecture.com/thanksgiving-diy-idea-raffia-napkin-rings/ https://stagetecture.com/thanksgiving-diy-idea-raffia-napkin-rings/#respond Sun, 02 Nov 2014 18:26:20 +0000 https://stagetecture.com/?p=70814 Looking for thanksgiving DIY ideas that will turn your home into a showpiece? Here is one. Raffia napkin rings are easy to make and will bring warmth and cheer to your dining table. You can use them at your thanksgiving dinner party or any other occasion. If you love decoupage, you’ll be impressed by how you can use it to give shapes to fibers. You can pair the napkin rings with raffia placemats for the perfect look. Use these easy instructions to make them.

Thanksgiving DIY Idea: Raffia Napkin Rings

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Supplies

Raffia

Long balloons

Rhinestone leaf gems, buttons, or acorn tops

Glue

Hot glue gun

Foam brush

Scissors

Pin

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Steps

1. Inflate your balloon and tie the end shut.
2. Apply some glue around a part of the balloon.
3. Wrap one end of the raffia around the area. Continue wrapping the raffia onto itself and not on the balloon. The balloon’s aim is to support your shape. Apply more glue as you continue to wrap the raffia around the balloon. One strand of raffia is enough to create sufficient width for a napkin ring.
4.  Secure the end of the raffia with more glue. You can tuck the end into the fibers.
5. Wrap more pieces of raffia on the balloon and secure them with glue. You can make as many pieces as you want. Leave the balloon to dry overnight.
6. Use the scissors or pin to pop the balloon and release the napkin rings. It will peel right off.
7. Use the scissors to clean some of the hanging or loose raffia and dried glue from the edges of each ring.
8. Use the hot glue gun to attach the rhinestone leaf gems, acorn tops, or buttons. You can use your favorite jewels to personalize your napkins.

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These raffia napkin rings will make your dining room look like a fine dining restaurant. You can show your relatives how to make them when they come over for thanksgiving. You can also use the napkin rings during the holiday season and interchange them with your regular ones. Their material resembles that of corn husks and will give your table a rustic look. The raffia contrasts beautifully with the pretty jewel to produce a look that is simply unmatched.

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Will you be adding this to your list of Thanksgiving DIY ideas?

Eco-Friendly Wedding Centerpiece Ideas

Potted plants

From banzai to basil, potted plants make perfect wedding centerpieces. Cut flowers from florists are usually expensive and not very ecological. They are produced using harmful chemicals, and pesticides, and not to forget the transportation involved. So go local and opt for potted plants. They are not only a great alternative to fresh cut flowers but also double up as green wedding favors.

Soy candles

When it comes to wedding décor, you can never go wrong with candle centerpieces. However, be sure to choose soy candles instead of usual paraffin wax candles. They are eco-friendly, offer clean burning and best of all, manufactured from a renewable resource.

Recycled glass

Whether it’s a mason jar craft or old wine bottles, recycled or reused glass make perfect eco-friendly wedding centerpieces. Fill them with decorative items of your choice such as wildflowers, pine cones, candles, or branches. Make sure to choose a variety of sizes and colors to create an instant impact.

Fruit wedding centerpiece

Centerpieces made from fruits and veggies are perhaps the most eco-friendly table décor options. In a glass bowl or vase put bright yellow lemons, oranges or green apples for a visually appealing centerpiece. Make sure to use fruits that can stand up without browning or wither in warmer temperatures. Tie a complementing silk or organic cotton ribbon around the neck of the vase or add some twigs to create interest.

Eco-friendly does not mean boring, all it means is that you pledge to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Use these ideas and tweak it with your creativity to set a table that’s both beautiful and sustainable.

For more wedding ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

Spring is that time of the year when we like to begin our dinner parties. If you are hosting some this season, impress your guests with these attractive and welcoming centerpieces. From Easter themed to simple arrangements, we point you some fun centerpiece ideas that are not only inexpensive but also easy to put together. We all love gathering our friends and family to welcome in the new season, especially around food, drink and a gorgeous spring centerpiece. Take a look at how to creatively use fruit, flowers, and textures to awaken your party this spring!

Spring Centerpiece Ideas for your Next Party

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Fruity bowls

Fill a large odd shaped vase or a fish bowl with water and place some rocks or polished stones at the bottom. Top it up with sliced limes and lemons. This arrangement is simple but elegant, pleasing to eyes and smells wonderful.

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Edible centerpiece

Welcome spring with a table setting that is green, flavorful and fragrant. Instead of usual greens, use baby artichokes and asparagus. Add grapes in different colors with branches arranged inside the vase. Alternatively, a crystal bowl filled with red strawberries can make a beautiful decorative element especially when displayed among an all white décor.

Easter themed

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Grab a candle holder that has various different levels like a tree. Instead of candles place a colored Easter egg in each spot. You can either match the colors of the eggs with the rest of the décor or keep them in contrast. We bet your guests will love the creativity.

Spring nest

Grace your dinner table with a decorative nest centerpiece that signals spring season’s arrival. In a medium size bowl, put some dampened moss and insert small seasonal flowers around the edge. Finally, fill a separate small bowl with speckled candy eggs and put it in the center. Make sure the rim of the bowl is well covered with flowers and moss.

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When you think of a spring centerpiece, flowers come to mind naturally. But, a season inspired centerpiece can be much more than a bunch of flowers popped in a clear vase. Use the above ideas and tweak it with your creativity to wow your guests and make your spring parties stand out.

For more spring centerpiece ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

During the time where most of our days are chilly and a bit dreary it would be great to liven up and brighten our interiors with some beautiful inspirations.  Like fresh centerpieces to help give a revived look to our living spaces.  Centerpieces can be the focal points of the dining, kitchen or living areas.  You don’t have to put much effort into creating one just pick an idea and go for it.  Here are some tips to help you out with your very own Winter or Spring Centerpieces.

Spring Centerpieces: Transforming your Home from Winter

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Natural Naked Branches

Some of the most elegant and eye catching centerpieces have been made from just the bare naked branch of a tree.  Gather a few branches from off of the trees around you or you can purchase some from a local craft store and bundle them together.  They can be the same height or a variety of decent sizes and get a large vase that will be able to contain them and set them wherever you would like for them to be displayed.  You can also spray paint the branches different colors or metallic to enhance the decor.

Flowers and Candy

Put a sweet and flora twist to your D.I.Y. centerpiece.  That’s right!  Take a vase that has a cylindrical or square shape to it, then pick out your favorite wrapped candy and fill the base of the vase.  Go for candies that will have bold solid colors or designs for the wrapping.  Then start inserting the flowers into the vase, wrap the flowers with a ribbon and you can choose flowers that are the same color as the candy wrappers or mix and match the two the choice is yours. For example, peppermint candy with red tulips to top.

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Fruit Centerpiece Ideas

There’s nothing that is more organic and fresh than seeing a fruit filled centerpiece.  This is one of the most simplest and beautiful ways to enhance your interiors.  Just take a cylindrical glass vase and glue a thick ribbon around the glass.  The purchase some clear or lightly colored marbles and fill one layer of the base with those marbles.  Next, take the fruit that you prefer, such as pears, apples, peaches etc. and fill the vase with them.  Fill the vase with water after the fruit has been placed and will create a great soothing effect to your D.I.Y. centerpiece.

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Centerpieces illuminate the room in such an inspiring way that makes you feel rejuvenated.  Your D.I.Y. centerpiece will be unique and fit to your personal unique style.  You don’t have to go out a splurge or put in so much intense work into creating your centerpiece.  So take a look above at some of the ideas to use for your home and go for it!

For more spring decor ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

Bring in more color and difference into your summer dining table decor! From the table cloth runner to the glassware pieces, each table item can bring the perfect accents that will enhance your place. Let your summer dining table be focal point for your interior or outdoor dining table with a few neat tips on how to color it up for the summer you will be able to create a vibrant feel for you to enjoy!

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Begin with a Bare Table

Just like with any artist start off with a blank canvas or in your case a blank dining table.  Take the things that you might have previously had on it off make sure you get down to the bare necessities of the table, in a sense.  You are basically coloring from the bare table on up.

Choose your Table Cloth

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The first layer that you want to begin with is the table cloth.  Get the precise measurements and sizes of your dining table, this will help you get the proper sized table cloth that will fit your table appropriately.  A bold print or color would be a preferred choice just because of it being the first layer it will definitely pop out and not become lost once all the pieces have been put down.

Lay Down a Contrasting Runner

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Second layer would be the table runner.  Again, the measurements will be helpful in this case too.  You will be able to choose the right sized runner for the table.  A small tip get a runner that contrasts with the table cloth.  The contrast will can help to bring out other pieces within the room and more color.

Start Building your Centerpieces

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The third layer is to go to the center of the table.  Starting creating your center pieces that have a common color or design that doesn’t overpower the table again, we just want to enhance it.  The centerpieces can be flowers, wooden balls, candles, vases, etc.  You choose which way you want the design of your table to be.

Create the First Place Setting

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Now we have reached the place settings.  The place settings should fall under these categories the plates, bowls, and silverware.  Pick out different shapes and size for the plates and bowls yet make sure to choose the predominant color that is derived from the table cloth and/or runner.  You can have a different color for the silverware if you wish something that might in bring out the centerpiece, but if you prefer not to then don’t.

Add the Glassware

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The final pieces that you want to add to your dining table will be the glasses.  Again, you completely choose which glasses you would like to have and set on the table  for display.  Purchase a set that has a variety of different types of glassware. the variety will help to add more variety and elegance to the table.  Now that you have learned some new tricks to twist your dining room table, try it out and see how it works for you!

For more summer home decor ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

Easter is a great occasion to make the most of the early blooms of spring season. You can easily decorate your home for the big celebration with colorful and lively spring arrangements. You can either make the decoration just for Easter or keep them to enjoy throughout the spring.

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Front Door Decoration

The front door is a place that you must decorate for Easter. Pretty floral wreaths or a flower basket will be the best decorative pieces to give your guests a warm welcome. You can bring a novel look by using a watering can, some fresh tulips, and green plants for the decoration. Take a rustic watering can and fill it with tulips of varied colors, plants and foliage, and artificial colored eggshells. After that, hang the can on the front door by using a wire. You can use a ribbon to hide the wire.

Beautify the Dinner Table

One of the most suitable places for placing flowers is the dinner table. The simplest and the easiest way to give the table a festive touch is to place a big pot of fresh, bright flowers onto it. Think about two or three small pots full of tulips, some scattered eggs, and a few stuffed chicks around them. Now, place all of them on a large tray with its bottom swathed in moss. Besides placing on Easter table, you can use this decorative piece somewhere else in your house. A few flowering branches with a bowl full of varied eggs can also set a cheerful theme for the table.

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Decorating around the House

You can decorate every room of your house with flowers. A small posy on the breakfast table; a glass cylinder with alliums on the kitchen counter; a small vase of spring branches on the kitchen table; an empty perfume bottle with a bunch of hyacinths on the bathroom windowsill or sink; a pitcher of flowers and greenery in the living room; and a small vase of roses on your dressing area will be enough to brighten up the whole living place.

Match the Tone

The tone of the floral arrangements should complement with the tone of your living area. If the interior of your house is sleek and modern, a plain green bouquet in a sculptural glass vase will be enough to lift the mood of the place. Such a chic, modern look can also be uplifted with small vessels filled with blooms with supershort stems. On the other hand, a living place heavily decorated with layers of fabrics and antique patterns will be harmonized with a blossoming armful of flowers placed in antique vases.

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Spring flowers are well known for their brilliant colors and heady fragrances. This is the time when you will get plenty of options for creating floral arrangements for your Easter celebration. So, fill your Easter festivities and home with colors and aroma of these fragile beauties.

For more Easter ideas on Stagetecture, click here.