Tell your loved ones how thankful you are for them with a hidden note inside their Thanksgiving dinner place card. Use a craft knife to cut a triangle at the end of a paper strip, then make a slit in the pumpkin stem and slide it in. For the polka-dotted pattern, place small glue dots around the pumpkin and sprinkle with fine glitter. For the double-dipped pattern, apply spray paint to the pumpkin, then brush the bottom half with graft glue and gently press into a bowl of glitter.

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This centerpiece holds so much more than flowers — you can store your favorite family memories inside. Tuck a time capsule (see next slide) into the bottom of the basket and top with a bouquet of handmade crepe-paper flowers, pushing in a disc of floral foam first to keep the stems in place.

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Fill a decorative bowl with water and float fresh or artificial dahlias on the surface. It'll add a nice splash of color to your tablescape.

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This elegant white pumpkin and flower display is a great centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table.

Get the tutorial at Lolly Jane.

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Wreaths aren't just for Christmas! You can create this fall-inspired wreath from construction paper and wheat stalks spray-painted gold.

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Instead of a traditional flower vase, you can opt for a clear one and fill it with acorns spray-painted gold. Upscale and on-theme!

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To make this autumnal floral arrangement, you'll just need some pumpkins and some flowers. If you want to use real flowers, you can use floral wire and push them straight into the pumpkin skin, or you can use faux flowers and hot glue them on.

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Spice up your napkin game by adding personalized name tags to the place settings. They'll double as a helpful seating chart.

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If you're not as much of a flowers person, you can create a centerpiece out of pinecones and apples in a rustic wooden bowl. Serious fall vibes.

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This would be the perfect setup for a kids' table on Thanksgiving. Just roll out some butcher paper, hand them some crayons, and let them go to town. Plus, the brown paper has an autumnal, rustic feeling to it.

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Capture what the family is more thankful for from the past year. Fill a small jar with notes and tiny mementos tied with ribbon. Place it inside your cornucopia centerpiece, or display it alone.

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Instead of traditional place cards with people's names on them, try placing old photos of them on their plates. Such a conversation starter, and a fun way for the family to reminisce.

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There's something about paisley that just feels very Thanksgiving. Perhaps because of the fall-like colors and how the swirly pattern gives off some turkey plumage vibes?

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Like paisley, plaid is another pattern that goes really well with fall. You can easily pick up some checkered fabric to use as a tablecloth and napkins. This tablescape upped the ante with individual plaid place cards. You can replicate the look by ironing on your corresponding letters and placing the fabric in a miniature embroidery hoops.

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These rustic napkin rings were made from pinecones, twine, and leaf shapes cut out of plaid fabric. The best part about them? You can reuse them for Christmas dinner, too.

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Turn regular acorn squashes into festive "acorns" by wrapping twine halfway up the gourd. Then it really will look like an acorn!

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If you're going for a farmhouse theme for your Thanksgiving dinner, try putting a fall floral arrangement in a metal watering can you have sitting in your shed.

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A recipe that reminds you of a cherished person in your life can be transformed into kitchen decor for the holidays — or every day! With Avery Light fabric transfers just follow the instructions to print and then iron it onto a white tea towel. While the iron is hot, use fusible web tape to attach ribbon trim.

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Add some greenery to your table in the form of these cute succulent planters. You can hollow out real miniature pumpkins and fill them with dirt and real succulents, or you can hot glue fake succulents on top of craft pumpkins. Super stylish either way.

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Make this fall-themed wreath with dried or faux corn by arranging the cobs in a pretty circular pattern and hot gluing everything together.

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In a wooden box, arrange flowers (real or faux) with some colorful dried corn cobs for a centerpiece that will get everyone oohing and ahhing.

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Start a tradition your family is sure to love with this unbe-leaf-ably cute calendar. Outfit an empty frame with horizontal lengths of twine and clip-on numbered leaves (we used a gold paint marker and stencils). Each day of November, write something you're grateful for on a paper tag and put it behind the leaf that displays that date.

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While some people prefer rustic, farmhouse themes for their Thanksgiving decor, going glam is just as fun. You can easily make your own luxe decorations by spray-painting a few pumpkins gold.

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These look good enough to sell at a boutique, but they're just made by melting crayons! You can double boil or microwave some yellow, orange, and red crayons and then dip the ends of white tapered candles into the mixture.

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For this craft, you'll need a metal candle holder, a foam ball, and some nuts of your choice. Glue the ball to the candle holder and then glue nuts around the outside. You'll have a sleek topiary in no time.

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This compostable vase is made simply by carving out a pumpkin. It really is that easy! Add some fall flowers and you're done.

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These would make for great Halloween decorations too, in case you're looking to make your Oct. 31 decor last through November. Use acrylic paint to get your pumpkins to your desired color. Then apply glue to the stems and dip them in glitter. Once they dry, they'll be a perfect sparkly accent to any tablescape.

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Pumpkins get a lot of attention in the fall, but they're not the only food you can decorate your table with. This centerpiece of spray-painted, metallic pomegranates is just as festive.

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You can use stones you find in your own backyard to make name cards for Thanksgiving dinner. Just paint them half gold and write on them with a metallic marker. Plus, they make great weights for the napkins if you're eating outside.

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For a compostable candle holder, core an apple and stick a tapered candle inside. The apples will look so charming on your table and they don't need to end up in a landfill one day.

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Glue corn cobs (either faux, dried, or real ones that have been spray-painted) around the outside of a wide glass container. Then plop your flowers in and marvel at your new centerpiece.

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Decorate your home with this DIY rope cornucopia. Wrap thick twine in stacking circles, hot gluing as you go, and getting wider with your loops until you form the mouth of the cornucopia. Then you can fill it with anything you want to fit your holiday color-scheme.

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Arrange dried wheat stalks in a circle and secure with a colorful ribbon. Don't be afraid to use some hot glue to keep things together either. You can use the end product as a chair decoration as shown, or as a door wreath.

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Dried wheat makes for such a cheap and easy decoration, but you can make the stalks a little more upscale by placing them in glass cloches.

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Gather up your scraps of fabric and wrap them around foam balls (or balled-up extra fabric) to make these decorative pumpkins. Just add some faux stems with hot glue and you're set.

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