I am the “hostess with the mostess” on Thanksgiving. I host the entire extended family for a huge dinner, complete with turkey, dressing and all the trimmings. I want to set a lovely table, complete with cute fall decor, but I do not have the “crafty gene” that some people have. Sadly, I also lack the patience of people who can sit for hours making sure the craft turns out perfectly. I like crafts that come together quickly, do not require a PHD from Craft U and are low cost. These pumpkin place cards are low cost enough I can make one for every family member, even the kids table! Plus, each place card holder comes together in around five minutes. Don’t need place card holders? These can be transformed into a centerpiece by using three medium sized flower pots each topped by a larger pumpkin. Also, craft stores are clearing out their fall merchandise to make way for Christmas products, meaning it is a great time to buy fall decor and save money.
Here’s what you need to make a pumpkin place card holder:
1 mini flowerpot (I purchased mine for 22 cents each at Walmart)
1 floral stick (I purchased a package of 50 at Walmart for around $2)
1 small piece of floral foam (I found a large block at Michaels and chopped off a small piece)
1 mini pumpkin (I purchased a six pack at Michael’s for $2)
1 roll of Fall ribbon ($1 at Michael’s)
Shredded paper in fall colors (I used brown and red because I found some in my craft closet)
I began my project by cutting a small piece of foam to fit inside the flower pot. Using a floral stick, I pushed the top of the stick through the bottom of the pumpkin and then inserted the stick into the floral foam. I cut a six inch piece of ribbon and wrapped it around the floral stem, beginning at the bottom. I secured the ribbon with the attached wire on the floral stem and covered it with shredded paper. To make these into place cards, cut a 2″inch by 3″ inch piece of paper (use scalloped edge scissors if you want it to be fancy) and write a name with a silver marker. Use a hole punch to make a circle in the top left corner of the paper. Thread a six inch piece of ribbon through the paper and tie it onto the floral wire. The total cost of each pot was around fifty five cents, but could be cheaper if you find the supplies discounted.
What a fun craft! I’m going to have to add this to the line up. My kids would like to play around with this one, we can do it up for Thanksgiving
A cute and budget friendly craft? Awesome! We aren’t hosting this year but I will keep these in mind for next year. Thanks for sharing!
I like these! The are very festive and look like a lot of fun to make! They would be great for my Thanksgiving table decor!
This would make great table settings for my family dinner! thank you!
Those are cute and isn’t too expensive to make either. Such a great craft idea. Thanks for sharing.
These are really cute idea thank you for sharing i will have to give this a go at some point :-0
These are really cute and creative. I love the little pumpkins and they dress up any holiday meal with the family.
Those are super cute! I was looking for something fallish and Thanksgiving decor and these would work!
Those are the cutest pumpkin name holders I have ever seen
Super super cute idea!! I pinned it to my crafts board so I could make some for next year!
This is my kind of craft. Simple, easy but yet adorable. I will have to make these for our table this year. I don’t have a big crowd but I do like to be festive.
These are cute!! We aren’t going to be around family this year, but I am thinking about doing up the table extra nice for the family. My husband sees Thanksgiving as a time to just eat food that takes way too long to cook.. but I LOVE IT! and I want my kids to LOVE IT!! So, I’m thinking maybe these cute little guys will be on our table!
I love Fall decorations, the colors are my favorite! This is a very colorful and cute craft and would look terrific on any table.
that is a cute Ideal,,I let my grandkids make some out of their hands an construction paper,they made a little easy turkey
Those are really cute! I love the look of the pumpkins on the stick!
Those are so cute! I will have to try to make them for this year! They sound like a great conversation starter!
Love that the materials are at a low price. That’s a very cute decoration.
Those are super cute. Great idea for Thanksgiving.
These are really cute and inspires me to do some for some decorations around the house.
Oh those are cute! We are moving in a few weeks so our house is pretty bare, but obviously we’re still going to have the holidays here… so we definitely need cute/simple things like this to spruce everything up!
These are so cute! Thanks for sharing. I’m going to make these for Thanksgiving so its more festive at our house!
These are so cute and creactive. Well done for sharing! Great photo – it captures the Thanksgiving fun!
These are really cute! We have Walmart and Michaels near us so it will be easy to find the supplies.
What a unique idea-I love it! And you are correct-even clumsy non crafty at all me could put a couple of those together. I go elsewhere for Thanksgiving or I would certainly attempt to make these!
Those are super cute and wicked easy to make. Are those real pumpkins or plastic? I see that you got them at Michael’s, so I am assuming that they are artificial and you can use these year after year.
They are plastic pumpkins, Robin, so I can reuse them. I got the smallest size they had–the bag of six mini pumpkins.
I like that idea!! We are having our Thanksgiving celebration at a church hall so we really need something to spiff the place up. These would be perfect and also let everyone know where they should sit.