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The table's centerpiece sets the tone for your Thanksgiving meal. These colorful ideas show how you can decorate your table in style this holiday.
Don't let the turkey all the praise at this year's Thanksgiving dinner!
Create beautiful table decor that will wow your friends and family.
Below are 20 easy DIY craft tutorial ideas that are fun, simple, and elegant that YOU CAN MAKE!
Thanksgiving Dinner Table Decor:
Visit the website for the step-by-step tutorial.
1. French Farmhouse and Industrial Thanksgiving Table from Home Made Lovely
When I was planning this pretty table as a place to share a meal with friends, I chose mainly shades of white and cream, with just a little peachy-orange for accents and a bit of greenery and brown to ground the arrangement.
2. DIY Thanksgiving Tablescape from The Crafty Blog Stalker
This year DIY a beautiful Thanksgiving Tablescape with these 5 project tutorials. Pieces can be used alone as home decor, or together for a festive fall tablescape.
3. Thanksgiving Table Setting from Ashlee Marie
Free Printable Labels for your Thanksgiving food and name tags for place settings. Along with cheap and simple ideas for decorating your table.
4. White Pumpkin Fall Table from Your Cozy Home
This was a really fun design project with an emphasis was on ease, but, Warning, Bittersweet is messy but its beauty makes the clean up worth it
5. Giving Thanks Kids Table from Frog Prince Paperie
This little Thanksgiving table was designed to occupy the children and make them excited to have their own little place to eat at the kid's table. Don't forget the personalized place cards!
6. Apple Fall Tablescape from Julie Blanner
Simple and inexpensive dining table decorations for easy entertaining for fall. This apple table setting couldn’t be easier to make – it takes just a few minutes and no floral expertise is required!
7. Thanksgiving Inspired Gold Table Decor from A Pumpkin and A Princess
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I wanted to create gold Thanksgiving-inspired table settings and decor. My favorite were these DIY napkin rings made with Christmas floral picks.
8. Rustic Fall Thanksgiving Table from Uncommon Designs
The mix of this jute runner, the different woods, pumpkins, and dried hydrangea flowers is one of my favorites.
9. Cotton Thanksgiving Table from Cottage at the Crossroads
When planning our Thanksgiving tablescape, I knew that I had to use cotton in some way. I decided to center my whole table around cotton.
10. Corn Husk and Burlap Table from Amanda's Parties to Go
Today I'm sharing a fun tutorial on making your own BURLAP & CORN HUSK TABLE RUNNER for your Thanksgiving dinner tables. If you have a few sewing skills, you can whip this up in no time at all, and probably costs less than $15.00 to make.
11. Thanksgiving Table on a Budget from Decor by the Seashore
I can tell you that it’s really not necessary to go all out for your Thanksgiving table. Just a few accessories here and there can make your table look festive and gorgeous. And let’s face it, the most important part of the table is the food anyway, right?
12. Thanksgiving Tablescape Ideas from Clean and Scentsible
We actually celebrated our Canadian Thanksgiving at the beginning of October, so this kind of gives me the opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving twice. I usually keep my tablescapes fairly simple and always love to incorporate natural elements as much as possible.
13. Thanksgiving Tablescape with Free Printables from The Inspiration Board
I wanted to create a simple yet elegant Thanksgiving tablescape this year and I think it came together quite nicely. This table took me less than an hour to put together and it will take you even less time since you most likely won’t be hauling your kitchen table outside for a little photo session.
14. Fall Table Setting from Ashlee Marie
I was so excited for the chance to design a tablescape for our local Home Show this weekend! So if I’m going to take the time to set a table in a FANTASTIC way it’s going to be for Thanksgiving.
15. Thanksgiving Turkey Table from Bloom Designs
While I typically always use real china for dinner, I often pull out paper plates for leftovers and desserts. However, when I went out to purchase some Thanksgiving-themed plates, I didn’t find any that really coordinated with the simple gold and white color scheme I am trying to achieve this year. Solution? Thanksgiving Turkey Plates
16. How to Set the Ultimate Holiday Table from Apt. 34
So many fun and exciting memories happen around this time of year. So why make things stressful and complicated when it comes to putting together a beautiful dinner table?
17. Fall Tablescape Tutorial from Styling Suburbia
We’re hosting at our house this year, and there’s nothing I love more than creating a seasonally festive table setting. I’m going to share my layout strategies and show you how to create a simple but elegant tablescape with items you probably already have at home.
18. Elegant Farmhouse Thanksgiving Tablescape from Over the Big Moon
By adding these simple green colors, we brought nature indoors and created the perfect Thanksgiving tablescape!
19. Thanksgiving Tablescape Tutorial from Rooms for Rent
Today I’m sharing all the sources for my tablescape, and also a step-by-step guide for how I put it together. I hope it inspires you as you start thinking about special details you could add to your Thanksgiving tablescape this year as well.
20. Thanksgiving Table Decor Ideas from Joyfully Growing
Once I accept that summer is truly over, I immediately begin to start planning for holiday festivities. So let’s dive in – read on to see my rustic Thanksgiving tablescape ideas!
How do you like to decorate for Thanksgiving? Leaves and pumpkins or oranges and golds? Share and leave a comment below.
Crafting Essentials
- The Cricut Cutting Machine is easily my favorite crafting tool. We use it in so many of our tutorials!
- These MakerX Crafting Tools are perfect for keeping in the craft room and are always ready when needed!
- This Fiskars Paper Trimmer is easy to use and cuts nicely without frayed edges.
- These Scotch Precision Scissors cut like a dream, and you get multiple pairs in a pack!
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Christine
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing. Stopping by from the Let's Be Friends party.
Katie
Thanks Christine! I'm so glad I could send a little Thanksgiving tablescape inspiration your way.
susan Walsh
You gathered some amazing ideas! Thank you for sharing them with us, really inspiring post.
susan Hammond
You gathered wonderful and inspiring ideas, I love them all. I will definitely try some of the ideas this year.
Paula Barnes
So many wonderful and inspirational ideas! I love decorating with feather - lovely idea.
Katie
Thank you Paula!
Linda
Hello. Very creative . I was wondering where you found the larger white pumpkins. I have only found the small . Would love to the the larger to go with my blue, white and orange tabletop .
Thanks
Linda
Katie
Hi Linda,
I am sorry but I am not sure which Decorating idea you are referring to. If you click on the link it will direct you to the tutorial and hsould provide links for the items used. I hope that helps!