Thanksgiving is a very cozy holiday, and décor should be corresponding. Today we’ll talk about front door décor – on of the most important places to decorate and one of the easiest ones! You don’t need much to decorate it well, just a wreath, a garland and maybe some luminaries. Make a cool distressed sign...
Thanksgiving is just round the corner! Let’s make an original and simple craft to decorate your home for the holiday. You’ll need a branched sphere, burlap paper, a gold filled pen, twine, scissors. Cut out circles from the burlap paper. I used a small bowl to cut out one circle and used that as a...
Thanksgiving is near and I’m sure you’ve already started getting ready to this occasion. Choose the style of your Thanksgiving and the color scheme you’re looking for: black and white, burgundy, pastel or checked. Use these colors and some simple things you have at hand to decorate your table. Make some napkins and a table...
Placeholders are necessary for any occasion – from a formal dinner to a wedding. That’s why today we’ll look at some ideas to make rustic placeholders. Use some log or wood slices for your placecards; you can gather some rocks or pinecones and spray paint them the way you like – they are perfect as...
2 x 4 pumpkins are ideal as a Thanksgiving centerpiece or for mantel décor, so let’s make them! The supplies are sandpaper, Folk Art Multi Surface Satin Acrylic Paint, a paintbrush, Wood Grain Stencil, plaid spouncers, a dry branch, a hot glue gun, ribbon, leaves, raffia, berries, a paper shipping tag. Cut 3 pieces off...
Let’s make some wood letter art for the coming Thanksgiving! You’ll need wood letters, acrylic craft paint, scrapbook paper, Mod Podge, wood glue, a sanding tool, wood board. Paint the sides and back of the letters. Paint the wood board. Trace the letters onto the scrapbook paper and cut out. Apply Mod Podge to the...
The cornucopia (from Latin cornu copiae) or horn of plenty is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, nuts, other edibles, or wealth in some form. Originating in classical antiquity, it’s now a symbol of abundance in Thanksgiving décor. You can easily make one to decorate the...
We need more and more original pumpkins for this fall! We’ve already told you of chalkboard ones, burlap ones, marbelized and rolled book paper ones. Today we’ll make a diorama pumpkin! The supplies are a plastic pumpkin, an X-acto knife, a pencil, moss and woodland creatures. Sketch a triangular shape with a pencil and outline...
Thanksgiving is a beautiful and cozy fall tradition and we all love to gather with our families and the décor is very important for creating that special atmosphere. We’ve rounded up several DIY Thanksgiving centerpieces that you can easily make of the materials you have at hand. I think that pumpkins and moss can be...
Making a modern harvest centerpiece for the Thanksgiving table is a very easy task. All you need is a modern dish that will hold all decorative leaves, flowers and pumpkins. Some 3-tier serving dish would be perfect. All you really need to do is to arrange all these decorative gifts of Autumn and you’re done.