How to Make Christmas Place Card Holders for the Table

Many festive symbols of Christmas can become clever place card holders. Here are a few ideas for inspiration.

Things You'll Need

• Place Cards
• Raffia
• Ribbons
• Recycled Christmas Cards
• Christmas Tree Ornaments
• Cellophanes Wrap
• Felt
• Glitter
• Glue Sticks
• Low-temperature Melt Hot Glues
• Paints
• Pine Cones
• Small Artificial Poinsettias
• White Glues
• Apples
• Candy Canes
• Icing
• Sugar Cookie Dough
• Construction Paper
• White Notebook Papers

Instructions

1. Purchase a small artificial poinsettia for each place and write the person's name on one petal with a pen or marker.

2. Cut a Christmas stocking shape from felt or construction paper and write the person's name in white glue. Cover the glue with glitter and let it dry.

3. Bake sugar cookies in Christmasy shapes and write each person's name on the cookie in icing. Wrap each cookie in clear cellophane and tie with a small bow of ribbon or raffia.

4. Write the person's name on an ornament (plastic-apple ornaments or homemade salt-dough ornaments work well) that will become a party favor and can be used on the guest's tree next year.

5. Cut a slit in a shiny red apple and slip in a plain or Christmas-themed place card. You could make the place card from the fronts of last year's Christmas cards.

6. Hot glue a Christmas place card on a pine cone. The pine cone can be painted in festive holidays colors before the card is attached if you wish.

7. Cut out small, white-paper snowflakes and set them on the table above each place setting. (This is a great project to occupy children on holiday from school while you tend to other tasks.)

8. Put two wrapped candy canes nose to nose and trace the heart-shape perimeter on white paper. Write the person's name on the paper and attach the wrapped candy canes with a glue stick or low-temperature melt hot glue.

Resources

• Letters From Santa
• Christmas Recipes