Thanksgiving Food Ideas for Family Fun

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Thanksgiving Food Ideas – Festive Cookies:

Who doesn’t love cookies? Decorating them is just as fun as they are yummy. Use your favorite cookie recipe and some fall or Thanksgiving cookie cutters and decorate them with autumn color’s icings or sugar paste. Pillsbury as some cute turkey cookies treats to try here.

Turkey Cookie Treats

These are yummy and so easy to make. Just take your favorite round cookies, frost them with chocolate frosting and decorate with yellow icing, candy corn, candy sprinkles, candy-coated chocolate bits, black decorating gel and whatever else you can think of.

Thanksgiving Dessert Recipe: Turkey Cupcakes:

Everyone knows that cupcakes are fun all by themselves. But what makes them even better, is icing them and decorating them. Try decorating with this cute Thanksgiving turkey cupcakes recipe. With some chocolate frosting and decorations made of marzipan or sugar paste, you can create those cute little cupcake turkeys.

Take a look at our 35 Thanksgiving Dessert Ideas here:

Thanksgiving food ideas: Sweet Scarecrows:

They don’t seem that scary, do they? They are easy to make, too. You just need round cookies, white frosting, sugar wafers, candy corn and for the finer decorations some mini chocolate chips, bran cereal for the hair, chocolate sprinkles and whatever you think that will make these guys cuter. To stick the hat to the head ,use the white frosting.

Thanksgiving Dessert: Chocolate Cookie Turkey:

Those cute turkeys are quite simple to make, but patience is needed for them to dry. You will need chocolate vanilla crème cookies, candy corn, peanut butter cups – which must be cut on the one end so they are leveled – chocolate frosting, yellow and red frosting, whoppers  and some sprinkles for the eyes. To stick the candy corn, the peanut butter cups, the whoopers and the cookies to each other, you will need to use the chocolate frosting as glue. The turkey’s nose is made of the cut tip of a candy corn.

Thanksgiving Snack Recipe Ideas:

Need Thanksgiving appetizer and snack ideas?  To make them, you will need some cocktail pumpernickel bread and cream cheese. For the decoration you can use peas, red, green and yellow pepper, cheese, cashewnuts, almonds, parsley and all the things you can think of, that can make them yummy looking. We also love these 109 Thanksgiving appetizer recipes from Delish.com

Either sweet or savory, healthy or just a treat, creating Thanksgiving snacks and sweets is a joyful act, especially if they are made in a cheerful atmosphere with loving people all around.

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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.

Round Up Ideas: Our Favorite Fall Crafts to Try

3 Easy DIY Jar Projects

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Our post named Fall Crafts: 3 Easy DIY Jar Projects gives ideas on how to make the most of empty jars. If you have mason jars lying around, this is a great project to try. You can turn the jars into candleholders, decorate them with fall elements, or paint them bright colors. Mason jars are versatile and can be used in a host of projects.

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DIY Leaf Bowl

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One of the best things about fall is the leaves. They are not only beautiful to look at, they make stylish décor. If you love fall leaves, make a bowl using the instructions in this post: Fall Decor: DIY Leaf Bowl. You can make large bowls, small ones, and even plates. Look for leaves with the same color to create monochromatic bowls. If you want something more unique, choose those with different colors.

Fall Gourd Planter

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Whoever knew that gourds could make the most beautiful of planters? Well, they do and the best part is that the planters are simple to make. They will add pizzazz to your home and blend in with the environment. In this post – Fall DIY Planter: Using Gourds as Gorgeous Flower Displays – we talk about how you can easily turn your gourds into planters.

Sugar and Spice Garland Craft

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There is no denying it, sugar and spice make a powerful combination. If new inventions are your cup of tea, you’ll want to try this craft. The garland offers two great things: beauty and a lovely aroma. It can be used both indoors and out and infuses interiors with pungent fall flavors. Display it on your front door, on the mantel, or on a plain wall. Get the instructions in this post: Fall DIY Project: Sugar and Spice Garland Craft.

Fall, the season of falling leaves and refreshing colors, is a joy to behold. It offers many free elements you can use inside and outside your home. Try one of these crafts this season and enliven your dwelling. If you are a DIY aficionado, tackle all of them. You can tweak the crafts to create your own unique ones. Don’t let fall pass by without tackling a craft.

Will you try one or all of our favorite fall crafts?

Fall Decorating: Ideas to Update Your Bathroom for Fall

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Bath Accessories

Accent your restroom with coordinating fall vanity sets that includes a soap dish, toothbrush holder, and a lotion pump. Just in case, you prefer to stick by your existing accessories, consider adding some autumn accents to your vanity. A pumpkin garland, fall themed soaps, or a basket filled with artificial fall leaves are some quick and easy ways to bring fall flair to your bathroom.

Linens

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A quick swap of towels and rugs in your washroom are some great ways to display seasonal colors. Pick towels in shades of red, brown or orange or opt for printed ones with leaves or pumpkin designs. Also, don’t forget the shower curtains and team them up with decorative shower curtain hooks.

Fall Decorating With Wallpapers

When it comes to wallpapers, bathroom is the best place to experiment. Since, there aren’t many colors and furniture pieces in the bathroom, busy wallpapers really seem to work. Though make sure to stick by fall themed prints and colors.

Decorative Wreaths

Why limit the wreaths to your main door only? Add a simple grapevine wreath on your bathroom door for a beautiful autumn look. Or if you are crafty enough, buy a simple grapevine wreath and decorate it with dried flowers, pine cones, oranges, twigs, and feathers.

Candles

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Candles are beautiful and inexpensive way to add the fragrances of the season to your bathroom. Pick cinnamon, pumpkin, or apple aroma candles and line them on a tray with nuts or mini pine cones. An arrangement of candles can be placed anywhere in the washroom, including the back of the toilet seat. Spread faux leaves around the candles to give it a more finished look.

Now that you have some fall decorating ideas for your bathroom, go get started! Imagine your guests being amazed when they discover it as seasonally decorated as the rest of your home.

For more fall decorating ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

Updating Your Home with Autumn Accents

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Use Bright Throw Pillows to Enliven Furniture

If your seats look old and you can’t afford to buy other ones, don’t despair. Decorate them with bright pillows in colors like yellow, orange, pink, and red. You can swap the pillow covers seasonally to change the look of the room. Another great idea is to make pillow covers with silhouettes of family members. It is a simple DIY project you will enjoy.

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Don’t Forget Window Treatments

Many people tend to forget their window treatments when decorating. Don’t be one of them. Drapes and curtains take up a lot of space and can dictate the look of a room. In order to create a coordinated look, choose window treatments which have at least one common color with the other accents.

Paint an Accent Wall

Bright paint can wake up a wall. If you want to emphasize a theme or draw attention to your treasured features, paint a single wall in a room. It is an excellent way to add vibrant color to your home. You can create a striking effect by using a fun pattern like polka dots. If you really want to be creative, try an ombre design.

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Many people would love to change the look of their homes but feel that it is a costly undertaking. This isn’t true. Thanks to the above home décor ideas, you can improve the look of your space inexpensively. As most designers will tell you, a few accent pieces can transform a space in an instant. Furthermore, you don’t have to decorate all the rooms in your home. You can start with the living room and work your way around the house. Set aside a weekend or a day for this project and you’ll be surprised at how much you’ll accomplish.

What are your “go-to” autumn decor accents this season? We love pumpkins!

Happy DIY Saturday! Thanksgiving Day is approaching and everything is planned in detail, from a great menu, beautiful tableware and up to an amazing table setting. The one thing you could add to make this Day even more memorable is to offer your guests a little, yet meaningful gift, which you or your family can prepare with care and love. It doesn’t need to be something fancy or extravagant. Only a small token of your appreciation of your guests and something for them to take home, so they can prolong a little more this wonderful Thanksgiving celebration. Some of these favors could even serve as placement card holders or for decoration until your guests are ready to take them home.

Thanksgiving DIY Favors For Your Guests

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Mini Pumpkin Candy Basket

These are so cute and simple to make. Use some beautiful mini pumpkins and bendable branches or some vine for making the handle. Empty the inside of the pumpkins, pierce small holes to push the branch through and add some nice candies for your guests. They are so adorable that they are easily used as decoration until the feast is over!

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Rosemary pots

A clever way to upcycle your soup cans and displaying your recycling spirit. Just wrap some clean soup cans in burlap or upholstery tape, and tie it with some twine. Next, place small rosemary plants in the cans and ready are these eco-friendly favors! The plants can be used either to flavor your guest’s food over the coming days, or to be planted in another pot or their garden. Using different sizes of cans, they could even be a centerpiece for your table or you could use them as placement card holders!

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Felt Cutout Coasters

So nice looking and easily personalized! They need a little bit of preparation, but your guests are going to enjoy them for a long time. To make, use some rectangle shaped felt in colors that will match the rest of your home’s decoration. Cut out on one end of the felt a little thumb notch and a small window, in any shape you like. Then, fold the rectangle so you have a square and stich or glue the sides together. Next, print out some words or images, or even your guest’s names on some matching card stock, and cut it to fit into the coasters, while your design will show in the window you made. Slide the printed cardstock into the coaster and you have a wonderful favor for your guests, which can be used perfectly as placement cards.

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This Thanksgiving show your guests how much you appreciate them with these creative holiday favors. This can start becoming a new tradition in your Thanksgiving holiday home!

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Trying to decide on the perfect Thanksgiving dining room table centerpiece? Your holiday table will be the center of attention and choosing the right centerpiece can create a beautiful ambiance for all! This is where you gather with your loved ones to eat and share unique experiences together. In fact, dining room can definitely make an immediate impact in your home interior this autumn season.

Thanksgiving Dining Room Table Centerpiece Ideas

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Designing your dining room to complement the season is a popular routine. It makes your home interior and exterior look vibrant, fresh and voguish. This autumn, you can take advantage of stylish dining table to highlight your design.

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You can start with these autumn dining room table ideas to pump up your interior:

• Prefer a natural and eco-friendly setting

Having a nice piece of dining table is one thing but having it all natural and eco-friendly is another. A nice wooden table can actually do the trick. You just have to complement it with your available linen or drapes and surround it with wooden chairs. As for the utensils, plain ceramic plates and silver dishware can change the looks of your table settings and achieve the autumn look that you wanted.

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• Do some repurposed wrapping

This isn’t just another eco-friendly idea but rather making use of what you already have. It’s a quicker way to start the table makeover this season. To do this, you can retrieve your gift boxes and bags to be placed as decorative items on your table. You can use craft paper to make a design pattern and have them distributed all around the table.

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• Include children’s crafts on your table

Isn’t it exciting to print out your kid’s artwork and make it as your placemats? This will add personalized touch in your table setting and will definitely provide a positive impact to your kid. A set of crayons tied with a name tag of the person sitting in the specific area should make it more exciting. Of course, encourage your kid to have his or her illustration related to the autumn season.

Now that you see how it works, you certainly have all the reasons to design your own autumn dining room table.

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Today we continue Stagetecture’s feature ‘Olioboard Inspiration‘. Before you were inspired by – ‘Inspiring Contemporary Thanksgiving’ from Tabitha Loudon . Today, I feature Cari Murphy who is a member of the Facebook Olioboard Fan Room group and she gives us creative outdoor ideas for Thanksgiving decorating. Whether you’re looking to add festive color, natural elements or festive cheer for the upcoming holidays, take a look at these creative outdoor additions.

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Olioboard Inspiration #50

‘Creative Outdoor Thanksgiving Decorations’ – Cari Murphy

Thanksgiving is fast approaching and nothing welcomes your family and friends more than a beautifully decorated yard and entry. Your neighbors and passers-by will also benefit from the visual delight you present them with. Make your yard and entry way a welcoming place that kicks off the holiday season and honors the time you will be spending with family and friends. This is a time of festivity, coming together and expressing gratitude for the blessings we have received.

Think ahead to the holiday season

Thinking ahead for the whole of the holiday season can also save you some valuable time and money. If you plan in advance you can go ahead and put out some decorations that with a few modifications can be used for the Christmas holiday too.

Go ahead and hang up some garlands with lighting or rope lighting which you can then spruce up when you are ready to decorate for Christmas. When hanging your lights make sure they are safe and working before putting into position, also purchase some spare bulbs just in case.

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Autumn colors to your Thanksgiving outdoor home

Think of the colors of autumn when putting outdoor Thanksgiving decorations out and the time of year and place wreaths or swags on your doors and windows. Create little vignettes in your yard and on your porch that express your personality. Highlighting these with a spotlight can create a dramatic effect at night. Hay stacks, pumpkins, turkeys,cornucopias  and gourds are very popular decorative items. Hang a decorative flag from your front porch or put one in a planter in your yard. There is an abundance of decorative wooden signs too that you can add in to your décor and don’t forget to  place  a new seasonal door mat in front of your door.

For apartment and condo dwellers, just because you don’t have a yard doesn’t mean you to have miss out on getting into the holiday spirit. If you can’t paint your door, hang  pretty paper on it and place a sign, wreath or swag on it framed with led lighting or a garland. Place a door mat outside and create a little vignette with pumpkins, gourds, hay bales or cornstalks, be sure to include some of the beautifully colored mums that are available this time of year. Your only limitation is the extent of your imagination and maybe your pocket. There are many budget friendly decorations on the market today thus making a little bit of money go a long way in creating a festive atmosphere.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year. It is a time to create new memories and to cherish old ones. What can be better than sitting around with family and friends and eating a fabulous meal. Enjoy the day and the kick off to the rest of the season. In the words of John F. Kennedy, “ As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

About Cari Murphy

I am a forty-something mother of three young men who has had a lifelong passion for interior design. I am currently studying Interior Design through the Interior Design Institute. I discovered Olioboard during this past year and spend time daily there between the site itself and the fan room. I currently sell gift baskets and you can also find me on Facebook. 

To decorate your home for Thanksgiving is a wonderful way to get into a festive mood. Using natural materials and the gifts of autumn, you can create a warm and cozy holiday atmosphere. There is no need to buy expensive decoration items. With a little bit of imagination and taste you will have a beautifully decorated home in no time. Draw inspiration from the available items, create wreaths and garlands with them, or use them as they are to decorate candles and fill bowls and vases. Here are some simple ideas to inspire you and show you how easy it is to create wonderful and festive decor for your home with these DIY Thanksgiving decorating ideas.

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DIY Decorating Ideas for Thanksgiving

Decorate Your Shelves

If you have some shelves that are just waiting to be decorated, use them to display a variaty of natural items that represent the time of the year. Use items of different heights and materials and fill bowls and vases with mini gourds, fruit and berries, branches and leaves, and you will soon have an eyecatching corner.

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Display A Wheat Bundle

On a nice table, arrange seasonal items in autumn colors and bowls with fruits, and create a large wheat bundle by tyingthe wheats with a nice ribbon of a matching color. Add some beautiful candles in unique candleholders and you will have a wonderful decoration for a niche in your home.

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Make A Thanksgiving Leaf Garland

A very easy and beautiful decoration for any free wall is to cut different shapes of leaves from autumn colored paper and hang them on strings to make a charming Thanksgiving leaf garland.

Decorate your fireplace

A fireplace is an ideal opportunity to decorate with Thanksgiving items, which will add additional warmth to the room. Display different sizes and types of pumpkins and other Thanksgiving-spirit items. You can make your own burlap garland, which you can decorate with pinecones. To complete the decor, use gathered items, such as cut wood, pinecones and branches, and arrange them in rustic buckets and baskets.

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With little effort and expense anyone can create beautiful decoration for the Thanksgiving celebration. Just use your creativity and imagination, and all of the amazing items that nature generously offers on this joyful season and you will soon have a wonderful looking home!

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They may be small, but they have a special place in our hearts. Why not having a special Thanksgiving kids’ table? It will give them a feeling of independence and this is definitely something they will love. To keep them busy until the menu is served, you need to provide them with things to do and craft supplies. For the table’s decoration, you can use fun and colorful centerpieces and placemats, and also tableware and plates to match.

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Creative Thanksgiving Kids’ Table Ideas

One can find nowadays wooden or plastic, yet grown-up looking tableware, such as tableware with a silver-metallic finish, fancy-looking glasses, and colorful unbreakable plates to accompany them. Don’t forget to place a cute placement card for each kid, napkins and a fun centerpiece and you will be for sure be their favorite person of the Thanksgiving Day.

Here are some fun ideas to get your imagination going.

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Cornucopia Kids’ Table

Line your table with kraft paper and place some nice brown trays on it. On the trays, arrange simple cornucopia treats, using ice cones filled with snacks, and a box filled with either candy to take home, or craft supplies. The box can also be used for placement card holders. For the rest of the decoration, use some bright colored flowers and matching pumpkins.

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Cupcakes kids’ table

A cupcake stander with lots of fun cupcakes on it serves as a centerpiece. Line the table with kraft paper and draw placemat borders on it, one for each kid. Place the dishes and tableware and a simple decorated mason jar on each plate. With a colorful napkins, you can complete the setting.

Pumpkin kids’ table

With nice autumn colored plates, cute pumpkin- and leaf shaped bowls filled with treats, every table can be turned into the nicest setting. Lined with kraft paper and with lots of drawing equipment, the kids are sure to stay busy. A nice touch would be to paint glasses some windows with chalkboard paint and use them as placement cards.

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Chalkboard kids’ table

Using some chalkboard placemats would give a unique look to the kids’ table. Of course you need to provide chalks to color with. Compliment the setting with cute printable owls holding mini ceramic pots, which are filled with treats and mason jars with straws as glasses, and it is sure to be an entertaining place for the little ones.

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Children are really not that difficult to please. If they feel that they are taken serious and an important part of the celebration, all it takes is to give them a few things and treats to keep their hands busy and they will be the soul of the party!

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