I love a good craft project, and this time of year lends itself to a lot of indoor crafty time. But in full disclosure, I also love when craft projects are easy to do and fairly inexpensive. With Thanksgiving already next week (WHAT), I thought I’d share a fun little project that’s both practical and cute. Bonus: if you’ve got little ones, it’s so easy, they can join in on the fun too.
I’m a sucker for pumpkins – traditional orange carving pumpkins, ugly warty pumpkins, fantasy Cinderella pumpkins – all of ’em. And these mini white pumpkins are so pretty, I’ve had them scattered throughout our kitchen. Now that Halloween is over, I was thinking about how I could recycle them for the Thanksgiving holiday. Enter: Thanksgiving place cards.
Supplies:
- miniature pumpkins (any color will do)
- foraged leaves (this is the best part!)
- paint and a small paintbrush
- hot glue gun and glue sticks
Steps:
- Paint names of dinner guests on each leaf.
- Hot glue the stem of the leaf to the stem of the pumpkin.
- Display on each guest’s dinner plate. That’s it!
I really can’t believe Thanksgiving snuck up so quickly, but I’m 100% ready for the holiday break – to go back home, spend time with family, and eat A WHOLE LOT OF FOOD.
Also, a Thanksgiving weeked in Big Bear and New York City, plus another Thanksgiving kids craft.
-wonderland sam
Cute cute idea!
Aw, lovely! Wish we had colorful leaves down here.
-Rebecca | http://www.paperwhiskey.com
Thank you! 🙂 These leaves are from the only tree in my neighborhood that has changed colors/started dropping them. I’m in LA, so seasons are, unfortunately, pretty non-existent. Where do you live?