How to Decorate a Thanksgiving Coffee Table

Series Summary

Planning a party can be a daunting task. There are many details to account for like desserts, decorations, cocktails, menus and entertainment. Most importantly, planning a party requires tying all of the individual aspects together into a cohesive theme. Themed parties offer a chance for the host or hostess to personalize their event with something special and unique. In this free video series on holiday parties, an event coordinator discusses throwing a Thanksgiving party. Find out how to create unique centerpieces and table decorations, and set up an interactive children's table. Get tips on planning ahead, shopping early and composing a Thanksgiving menu. Entertain guests and get ideas for memorable place settings. Host a successful Thanksgiving dinner party, complete with intimate toasts and apple cider.

Video Transcript

"So it's Thanksgiving time, and you're looking to decorate your coffee table, and you're not sure exactly what you want to do. Well, my name is Lori Randall with Simply Divine Events, and I'm an event planner, and I'm going to tell you how to decorate a Thanksgiving coffee table. First thing that you're going to want to do is, find a platter at your home, and place this on the middle of your coffee table, and then you can get some different leaves, and you can find these at craft stores, and just go ahead and sprinkle the leaves all around the platter. Basically you're just wanting to find something that has to do with fall and Thanksgiving, you want to look for your oranges and your yellows, so go ahead and spread that around. You can find a nice pillar candle, you probably have this somewhere in your home, maybe in one of your hurricane vases, if not, you can always go out to a craft store, or anywhere really to pick up that, stick that in the middle, find some pine cones, you might even be able to find these out in your yard, or again, you can get them in a craft store. and then, just get some pumpkins, go to the pumpkin patch, go to the grocery store. Get some pumpkins, pine cones, you can even get apples, that's like a fall fruit, put those around, and basically, you're just decorating this platter, and making something fun and festive. You can also get gourds, you can light your candle, you also can put a nice vodas and tea lights around as well. So that's one idea you can do for your Thanksgiving coffee table, just nice and easy, grabbing some nice fresh natural elements from your yard. Or you can bring in a hurricane, you can sprinkle some leaves in the bottom of here, you can get real leaves, or you can just get some leaves that you buy from a craft store, and just plop a candle in it, that can just can be a nice center piece there, you can sprinkle some more leaves around it, like that. And another idea, is to get rid of the leaves and the candle in here all together, and you can even just put the apples in here too if you want, you can get red apples, you can get green apples, just think of it- any kind of fruit, that sort of thing, stick that in there, and that could be another center piece as well. So, those are some ideas on how to decorate your coffee table for Thanksgiving."