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If you celebrate the American holiday of Thanksgiving, I am wondering if you have any decorating ideas that you might be willing to share with others here? They could be do-it-yourself type crafts or even how you decorate the table and in and around your home for this holiday.
Pictures of your decorations; areas that have been decorated and even instructions for making certain types of decorations would also be great!
If you celebrate a holiday that is also about giving thanks of some kind, please feel free to post decorating ideas concerning that.
The more ideas and ways to decorate that we can see, do and think about, the more that we will all be enriched!
I made photo place mats last year. Take a family/animal/self portrait.
Get ....11 x 17 or smaller construction paper, glue stick, leaves, pictures, fingerpaint and markers.
Paste photo in center of construction page. Dip leaves in fingerpaint and press on construction page in random pattern around photo. Let dry. Add optional thoughts of thanks with markers. Laminate. Put on table.
It was a fun family project. I got it off familyfun.com last year....I think I'll go back and try a harder one this year
You know those General Foods International Coffee (various flavors) containers? I take them and wash them out and use them to make placecard decorations. Using wide Thanksgiving (works for any holiday actually) themed ribbon and some hot glue, glue the ribbon to the can. I take some florist foam and place inside the can and put some fall themed decorations in it - flowers, leaves, nuts - whatever jumps out at me when I am shopping at Hobby Lobby or Joanne's Fabrics. When that is all done, I take a placecard and put the name on it and just lightly tack it the ribbon.
I use the family fun site too - have done that to make birthday treats for my son's school - his birthday is nov. 25th. One year I made little turkeys out of oreos, creme drops, candy corn and frosting. Easy to do and cute.
I like easy and inexpensive things to do - emphasis on easy. lol. I have two black thumbs when it comes to decorating. Look at Martha Stewart's Living magazine. There is usually a section of not too expensive things to do, often even templates. One year she had a turkey centerpiece and matching turkey placecards - all downloadable.
They could be do-it-yourself type crafts or even how you decorate the table and in and around your home for this holiday.
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