This week on WDRB in the Morning, Craft E Magee and I collaborated to create an easy kids’ Thanksgiving table. The idea was to create something fuss-free, entertaining for kids, and easy for adults to clean up.
Instead of a traditional tablecloth, Liz used brown kraft paper and set out adorable branch colored pencils so kids could easily draw on the table as they waited for food to be brought out. At each place setting, she set out mini pumpkin pies, flanked by a feather name card. To create the names on the feathers, she used kraft and letter stickers found at Target dollar-spot. Simple and super cute!
Keeping with the kraft paper theme, we filled small paper bags with Thanksgiving trail mix made by mixing popcorn and candy corn. We used stamps and bakers twine to decorate ours, but you can also use these as name/place settings.
Finally, we used my Thankful Tree as the table’s centerpiece. Set out leaves at each place setting for kids to write (or help them write) what they are thankful for this year. Be sure to add a date on these to keep as mementos each year.
After dinner, you can roll up the kraft paper tablecloth and recycle. Easy!
You can find more details and photos at craftemagee.com.
Do you create a special table for the kids at your Thanksgiving dinner? Any additional tips for keeping kids busy while they patiently wait for dinner to be served?
Happy Thanksgiving, DIY’ers!
