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Step 1
Make or purchase an appropriate autumn-themed or Thanksgiving centerpiece. Use a traditional cornucopia centerpiece or an autumn floral arrangement. Scatter fall leaves and nuts around your centerpiece.
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Step 2
Use autumn-colored candles set in wooden or rustic metal candleholders to decorate your table and to use as a centerpiece. Arrange fall foliage, wheat sprigs, clusters of berries, nuts, and mini pumpkins and other seasonal vegetables around the base.
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Step 3
Use a large, hollowed-out pumpkin instead of a vase to display a fall floral centerpiece. Scatter sprigs of wheat, clusters of berries, nuts and autumn leaves around the base of the pumpkin.
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Step 4
Set your table with a tablecloth, table runner, place mats and napkins done in autumn-themed prints and coordinating solids. Use prints sparingly to avoid giving your table a "busy" look and to keep attention focused on your centerpiece.
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Step 5
Use napkin rings that reflect the season as well. Hand-paint leaves onto plain wooden napkin rings or use purchased napkin rings that have a similar motif.
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Step 6
Use your good china or dishes done in autumn motifs and/or colors that coordinate with the colors used in other elements of your table's decoration.
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Step 7
Use clean autumn leaves as place cards. Rinse leaves and pat dry. Write each guest's name on a leaf with a black or gold felt-tip pen. Place one leaf in the center of each plate.
Comments
grammastacie said
on 10/26/2009 Very good ideas, thank-you!!!! 5*
fundecor said
on 11/21/2008 My favorite fall table decoration is to get small acorns cut a slit in the tip and place either a place card there or a leaf (that has been ironed flat)in the slit and that will act as a place card. Also I like to cut branches and berries off of the tree and bushes and use them as my centerpiece inside of a an amber or reddish maroon vase.
1trout said
on 11/16/2008 err sorry for the long post. On the Fall candleholders, surround the candle on the inside of the glass with small polished pebbles. You can get them in crafts stores. Tie a length of Fall colored raffia around the outside of the glass. I have had friends and family ask for the candle holders after a dinner.
1trout said
on 11/16/2008 Collect pretty Fall leaves and put them individually between sheets of wax paper. Iron them flat. About an hour or two before dinner, peel off the waxed paper and put the flat, soft leaves on the table for decoration. If you collect leaves and do not iron them, a fw days later you'll have a box of crinkly and broken leaves. If you put the leaves out too soon, they will start to crinkle. Have not tested how long the leaves will stay flat before they revert to their original state.
You can make inexpensive votive holders by buying inexpensive wateer glasses with straight sides (about the 6 oz or 8 oz size is good). Put a little floral tape or even a bit of melted wax on the inside bottom of the glass. Place in a votive candle in a fall color. Add a layer of small polished pebbles you can find at crafts stores inside the class around the candle. You usually can see them in small mesh ba
kohuether said
on 11/15/2007 My favorite centerpiece is to place squash or a small pumpkin on a platter and surround it with nuts and fresh flowers. I also include a nutcracker in case people want to help themselves. Great tips.