subject: Décor for Your Thanksgiving Day Feast… A Warm and Festive Holiday Atmosphere on a Budget [print this page] Dcor for Your Thanksgiving Day Feast A Warm and Festive Holiday Atmosphere on a Budget
Your guests are invited, you have a great big turkey thawing in the refrigerator, and the side dishes are either made ahead or planned. The pies are just about out of the oven and will be ready to cool. You even have a special welcome cocktail in mind for your guests. What else does a good hostess need?
Here are some great economical party planning dcor ideas and tips!
Party dcor is a must. Every successful hostess will tell you that party dcor is an important part of party planning.
What makes you, your family, and friends think "Thanksgiving"?
Turkey, of course! And gourds, corn stalks, Indian corn, rust colored mums, and shafts of dried wheat.
Colors Vibrant oranges, browns, deep reds, bight yellows, and cream.
Fall leaves
The fall harvest Corn, cranberries, apples, and pumpkins
Family and friends
All sorts of delicious goodies!
These are, of course, traditional ideas. Maybe you have a unique and creative idea that's special just to your family and friends! Don't forget, it's your party! Be brave enough to think "outside of the box."
Inexpensive party dcor for the table is fun!
Dollar discount type stores are a treasure trove of affordable party planning dcor: Colorful paper napkins, silk fall leaves, fall colored candles, plates and platters shaped like turkeys or pumpkins.just because it costs a dollar doesn't mean it's "cheap"!
Hollow out different varieties of squash and use them as vases in the center of the table. They look lovely filled with grocery store mums in Thanksgiving colors!
Tiny pumpkins, hollowed out, also make fun individual vases or candle holders. And guests can take them home!
Get your kids involved in the party planning dcor
Kids can have great fun making place cards, setting the table, and helping with the table dcor. They'll love shopping for party planning dcor. Those tiny turkeys made from little handprints and decorated by the kids with crayons and glitter make adorable invitations or place cards!
An inexpensive party punch, using orange soda as a colorful base and a decorated ice ring is always a hit at the kids table. And the kids can lend a hand and make the punch and ice ring too! Depending upon the ages and abilities of your kids, they can be a great help.
Decorating with Thanksgiving food
Serve a special welcome cocktail. A sparkling cider or champagne cocktail with a splash of cranberry juice will start your day of giving thanks with a blush of color and flavor.
Shape cheese ball mix into a turkey and decorate with sliced almond "feathers" and a red bell pepper wattle. Cheese ball mix can be shaped into little pumpkins with green pepper stems also. Use your imagination!
Make individual cakes, or one big cake, shaped like a pumpkin! It'll make a great dessert centerpiece.
Family memories entertain and create a festive air
Leave old photo albums in strategic places. People love to look at old pictures of themselves, family and friends.
Run old videos or filmstrips on the wall, muted, during dinner.
Ask each guest to share a funny holiday memory.
Play On My Way to Thanksgiving dinner The first person says "On my way to Thanksgiving dinner I..and adds something. The second person has to say what the first person said and add his or her own little something, and so on. The game will get everyone laughing during dessert!
Use some of these tips and you will have thrown a party that people will be talking about for weeks! Use your imagination and creativity.
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