40 Thanksgiving Table Settings That Will Wow Your Guests

Use the season's harvest for one-of-a-kind vases. When paired with beautiful bright blooms, these squashes and pumpkins — in lumpy, bumpy texture and odd shapes — add character to your table.

These seasonal pumpkin candleholders are a nice alternative to jack-o’-lanterns. Plus, they're easily made in three steps.

These festive napkin charms give your whole dinner table a chance to make a wish. Plus, they could not be easier to make.

Fabric glue, glitter, and masking tape are all you need to add understated glamour to your Thanksgiving table runner. Gold and copper glitter also add sparkle to the dried corn centerpiece.

Bring rustic elegance to the dining room with a combination of store-bought and hand-crafted decor. Find instructions for bedecking a willow branch wreath with pom-poms and covering trivets with lush velvet.

Dress up inexpensive glass candleholders with real fall leaves. Kids will have fun helping to gather leaves for this craft.

Use a nutcracker to open whole walnuts just enough to slip in paper flags bearing guests' names. Coordinate the colors of the paper and ink to match your tablecloth or centerpiece.

Small pears hold paper name tags punched with holes and tied in place with ribbon or twine. Any small fruit or vegetable, such as crab apples or jack-be-little pumpkins, can be used.

What year did the Mayflower arrive in Plymouth, Massachusetts? What do you call a male turkey? What was the pilgrims' name for boiled-corn pudding? Stump guests with a little turkey trivia!

Fallen leaves are abundant at this time of year, and their graceful silhouettes and tawny colors make them a natural theme for seasonal linens and decorations you craft yourself.

To make "silver" napkin rings, save wishbones from roast chickens, wash and dry them thoroughly, and spray them with chrome paint. On each one, string silver cord from tip to tip; wrap it six times around the bone, and tie it off.

This distinctive contemporary table begins with an emphasis on light and form. A homemade Ultrasuede table mat adds color and interest; it's cut with a rotary cutter just smaller than the table to create the illusion of a border. Sleek hurricanes filled with fallen leaves show off colors that contrast with the otherwise monochromatic palette. The clear glass of the goblets and hurricanes keeps the look clean. A leaf in the folds of a napkin and a handwritten place card -- a strip of paper inscribed with a white-gel pen -- welcome each guest to dinner.

For pretty napkin ties that evoke the harvest season, attach store-bought acorns to satin ribbon.

Direct guests to their seats with name cards topped by leaves that look like they just blew in.

Inspired by the early American craft tradition of making dolls from cornhusks, our cornhusk flowers -- mimicking apple blossoms -- are both elegant and simple to create.

Wrapped in dried cornhusks, votives cast a soft glow and serve as a reminder that corn was part of the first Thanksgiving feast.

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

Set a celebratory table with bold splashes of color from the garden or farmers' market; gourds, fruit, and nuts come in golds, yellows, oranges, and a range of browns and greens.

The jewel tones and cascading abundance of these arrangements are an ode to autumn.

These customizable place mats use our turkey and pumpkin pie clip art to decorate the Thanksgiving table.

Remember the Mayflower? With a few ideas, you can give the little ones a fun way to play out scenes from the first Thanksgiving including this ship-inspired centerpiece (psst: it's actually made from watercolor paper).

It's easy! All you need is a scroll of Kraft paper and some crayons to keep the kids occupied until the turkey is done.