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5 Tips for Thanksgiving Decorating

Remember pressing leaves when you were a kid? There is such simple joy in finding those colorful fallen leaves and putting them between sheets of paper carefully inside large books, weighed down with more books. Then leaving them alone until you’ve forgotten about them. What a fun surprise it is to look for those pages marked with the now flattened leaves, still holding their color. My 5 year old grandson and I found some huge maple leaves on a walk last year that we pressed just that way.

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Here are 5 tips for Thanksgiving decorating, including a fun use for those pressed leaves…

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1. Use pressed leaves on the table with personalized messages.

On Thanksgiving, I laid the leaves around on the table with a few markers. Everyone wrote on a leaf things they were thankful for.

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Then the leaves with messages of thanksgiving were scattered through the remaining plain leaves. Simple, but still effective to get our heads thinking about all the things we have to be thankful for, instead of only how good the roasting turkey smells. 😉

2. Make a centerpiece by grouping natural and artificial items in a large wooden tray.

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By mixing natural and artifical, you can get the color accents that artificial offers, but the natural items, like willow and moss balls, wood stumps, and hazelnuts keeps it real looking and offers texture that artificial seems to lack.

Speaking of hazelnuts…

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They looked pretty in this ceramic covered ‘squash’ bowl on the built-in buffet too.

3. Use wood mini-logs to create height differences in a vignette.

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I’ve used these little log chunks, my husband cut for me several years ago, in just about every display, from Christmas with many votive candles, to a lift for bunnies at Easter and now for the Thanksgiving decorating… I love the natural texture and charm they bring to just about any arrangement.

4. Start a turkey collection!

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One year, a few years ago, I was on a search for turkeys. I bought just about every turkey I found at occasional sales, flea markets and anywhere I could find them. I think total I must have close to 20. Some are vintage, like the two you see in front with holes on top for plants or a floral arrangement. But some are just second hand…

The original year I bought most of them, I used them for a long centerpiece on the huge dining table we had at our former house.

Now, in our new 100 year old house, I scatter them around the house. Most of them do find their way into the dining room, but they’re not all together on one spot.

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I love how this little vintage grey turkey looks sitting on top of the black plate cupboard.

Now for the last of these 5 tips for Thanksgiving decorating…

SimpleDecoratingTips.com 5 Tips for Thanksgiving Decorating

5. Use easel type picture frames to spread a meaningful Thanksgiving message.

I printed Bible verses off the computer, but you could hand print them too.

I selected gold or gold accented frames for the verses to be show-cased in. Get creative… I think simple wood frames with chalkboard inserts would be cute… Or what idea can you come up with?

SimpleDecoratingTips.com 5 Tips for Thanksgiving Decorating

I love decorating for the seasons, and I hope these 5 tips for Thanksgiving decorating will inspire you to add a new element to your Fall decor.

Happy decorating! If you think of it, comment back and let me know what you came up with!

Here are more fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving decorating ideas:

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Halloween Confession
Halloween Centerpiece
Fall Porch Ideas title page
Autumn Arranging
Simple Fall Centerpiece
Thanksgiving Decor Recap
Finding Historical Graves on the Family Farm
5 Tips for Thanksgiving Decorating
This Year's Simple Thanksgiving Chalkboard Message

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Frame and Frills is in Wisconsin. I stock amazing DIY products! Fusion Mineral Paints, ReDesign Transfers, Decoupage, Waxes, loads of DIY Goodies, re-done Furniture and more! Even if you're not close to where the shop is in Wisconsin, good news... I ship nationwide, (USA) daily! Check out the link here and let's get your DIY on!


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