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Gilded Turkey Centerpiece Photo: Maura McEvoy
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Gilded Turkey Centerpiece

Large resin turkeys that were gilded with faux gold leaf create a centerpiece, while smaller plastic ones, similarly treated, preen around the table with molded beeswax turkey candles.

Centerpiece How-To
Oak Leaf Napkin Ring Photo: Maura McEvoy
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Oak Leaf Napkin Ring

At the Thanksgiving table, a napkin and a handwoven sparkling favor echo a cornucopia's shape, while more gilded leaves and acorns festoon the napkin and the place card.

Napkin Ring How-To
White Pumpkin Centerpiece
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White Pumpkin Centerpiece

Give thanks with style. Here's a harvest of ideas for creating a festively dressed affair.

Centerpiece How-To
Pinecone Candle Vine
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Pinecone Candle Vine

These climbers include flowers made from Sabulosum cone scales, buds from the tamarack tree, and leaves, which are really single Norway spruce cone scales. The finished vine can be tightly coiled around a candlestick.

Candle How-To
Cranberry and Rose Bouquet
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Cranberry and Rose Bouquet

Cranberries are a staple of the holiday table, but few of us know them other than as a relish or jelly. Keep these native fruits in view by using them as a flower frog instead of pebbles or marbles; they will hold stems in place for about a week. Use hard cranberries; wash them well before submerging in water.
Fringed Runner Photo: Laura Moss
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Fringed Runner

When the air turns chilly, reach for something warm and soft -- for your dinner table. A fringed tweed runner instantly adds an inviting air to any table and is a cinch to make.

Runner How-To
Rustic Place Card
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Rustic Place Card

The Thanksgiving table should reflect the relaxed elegance of the meal: It's draped in a semolina-yellow linen, and rustic place cards -- wedged into slits cut into wine corks -- make guests feel welcome right off the bat.

Place Card How-To
Leaf Trivets Photo: Laura Moss
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Leaf Trivets

Large trivets in leafy shapes add seasonal style while protecting your dinner table from piping-hot plates.

Trivet How-To
Speckled Place Card
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Speckled Place Card

Flecks of paint on paper foliage mimic the mottled appearance of real leaves.

Place Card How-To
Paper Turkey Centerpiece
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Paper Turkey Centerpiece

Getting these brilliantly feathered friends to the table requires pasting (but no basting) and some cutting and folding. For a gobbling-good centerpiece, set out two or three in the middle of your holiday table.

Centerpiece How-To
Mayflower Centerpiece
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Mayflower Centerpiece

A miniature Mayflower sets sail on a map tablecloth, while paper-boat place cards guide young guests to their seats.

Centerpiece How-To
Pom Pom Tom
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Pom Pom Tom

The only turkey you won't want to gobble up this holiday? One of our comely yarn-and-felt creations. Perched on a mantel or arranged on a straw-covered tray on a sideboard, they are a fun, fanciful touch.

Turkey How-To
Turkey Trivia Cards
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Turkey Trivia Cards

Print out our template. Trace the shapes onto heavyweight paper, and cut out one body and five feathers for each bird. Write a question (see examples below) on one side of each feather and the answer on the other side.

Triva Card How-To
Finger Puppet Favors
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Finger Puppet Favors

Felt finger puppets placed atop candy sticks and arranged in containers make a sweet and simple Thanksgiving centerpiece that will keep kids entertained long after the meal ends.

Puppet Favor How-To
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BusyPam

11 Nov, 2009
We all love Thanksgiving. It is such a wonderful holiday. We have tried some of these projects in the past and have added wishbones that we found online at LuckyBreakWishbone.com Everybody loved them. We ordered them again this year and they just arrived yesterday. I'm so excited. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope all your wishes come true.

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knittingcontessa

11 Nov, 2009
Oh good grief, I clearly need to check supplies and order things I need. Now! Cute ideas, love them all!

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Marko_Polo

17 Nov, 2008
I am going to use two of these ideas for my Thanksgiving this year by doing the centerpiece of white roses in a cranberry "frog" and the standing paper turkeys. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

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Tetonia

11 Nov, 2008
I love the 'pom pom tom's'! They're so fun and cute :0) !!!

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Goldlife

9 Nov, 2008
very nice i love them all,good ide too

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Thanksgiving Tables for Everyone

Gilded Turkey Centerpiece

Oak Leaf Napkin Ring

White Pumpkin Centerpiece

Pinecone Candle Vine

Cranberry and Rose Bouquet

Fringed Runner

Rustic Place Card

Leaf Trivets

Speckled Place Card

Paper Turkey Centerpiece

Mayflower Centerpiece

Pom Pom Tom

Turkey Trivia Cards

Finger Puppet Favors

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