Things You'll Need:
- turkey and all the trimmings
- family and friends
- candles
- pretty plates- china or very high quality disposable
- placecard materials
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Step 1
Go straight to the source. Why not go directly to America’s main holiday source for all your Thanksgiving decorating, cooking, and craft ideas? Martha Stewart’s website thankfully offers many excellent ideas for preparing a perfect harvest celebration at your home. Martha Stewart conveniently organizes her Thanksgiving creations in three categories: recipes, crafts, and decorations.
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Step 2
Try a new recipe. Tired of the same old-same old Thanksgiving meal? Try something new this year. Martha's recipe section offers four entirely different menus: Fried Turkey Dinner, Classic Thanksgiving, Colonial Thanksgiving, and of course, Martha’s own Thanksgiving Dinner menu. If you just want to update one or two of the items on the traditional Thanksgiving menu you already have, check out some of the individual, unique special recipes like Celery-Herb Stuffing, Garlic mashed potatoes, Cranberry Marmalade, Heirloom Squash Tartlets, and many more delicious, creative Thanksgiving recipes sure to delight your guests. Yum!
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Step 3
Consider a Thanksgiving craft. At almost every Thanksgiving gathering, there are children on hand. To keep the little ones busy (and out of your way in the kitchen!), it’s a wonderful idea to offer one or two easy, fun, creative Thanksgiving crafts as part of your celebration. Martha Stewart, not surprisingly, has collected some of the best ideas, including a Mayflower centerpiece, Pinecone Turkey placecards, and adorable Paper Squirrel favors for the children to help prepare. Of course all of the Thanksgiving craft ideas on the Martha Stewart website offer detailed instructions and templates which make it easy to create them.
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Step 4
Add a dash of glitter to your centerpiece. Popular for the Thanksgiving table right now are glitter decorations including gold spray painted, glittered turkeys and gold-accented Horn of Plenty décor. Whether it’s copper leaf bobeches or pumpkin container flower arrangements you’d like to make, Martha Stewart’s website is one-stop shopping for all of your Thanksgiving décor. Easy, creative Jewel Tone Swags, harvest centerpieces and gorgeous leaf motif decorations are just some of the many Thanksgiving ideas available.
