Happy Monday friends! These DIY Thanksgiving place card holders are a blast to make! George and I sat down yesterday after church and put these nature inspired place card holders together. The best part is 2 of them could double as a Christmas ornament. What better way to kick off the holiday season than to send your Thanksgiving guests home with a pretty ornament.
Last week G and I headed to our favorite park to pick up pine cones, acorn tops and pretty leaves. For the pine cone place card holder, you just will need twine or ribbon for the bow on top, glue and glitter. I used a hot glue gun to glue the ribbon on top but regular glue for the pine cone it self. G had the best time using glitter. We won’t talk about the mess it makes! 🙂 It’s the holiday season so every mess is worth it.
Another DIY Thanksgiving place card holder idea is taking your favorite fall leaves and press them in a heavy book. This insures that the leaves do not curl up as they dry out. This place card holder is definitely the simplest. The only item you add is a pretty name tag with twine. I love the simplicity of this Thanksgiving place setting. I will never get tired of all the gorgeous leaves this time of year. It seems fitting to give them one last hurrah before winter sets in.
The final DIY Thanksgiving idea is taking acorn tops and glue them to a ball. I used a Styrofoam ball. I topped the finished product off with glitter and a pretty ribbon. After I finished, I wished I would have used either a moss ball or wicker ball. Regardless, you get the idea. The acorn tops make a gorgeous nature inspired place card holder and a pretty DIY Christmas ornament for your guests. This place card holder is a bit more time consuming but I can assure you, your little one will love the task of finding the acorn hats!
I hope simple Thankgiving place setting ideas give you a jump start to your holiday table setting. The best part about this DIY is that you can make memories while putting these together and pull them back out the next year! Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great Monday.
