Holiday Crafts - How to Make Your Table The Centerpiece of the Holidays

If you're hosting the holidays this year, use it as an opportunity to let your creativity shine. Holiday crafts are a special way to celebrate the holidays and save money. Your holiday table is going to be the centerpiece of your party, especially if you're hosting Thanksgiving. By development your holiday table shine, your guests won't observation the mess in your kitchen or the fact that you spilled cranberry sauce on the carpet.

A beautifully decorated table can set the mood for your whole party and give guests something to talk about while you are cooking. The first thing to do is to select a theme or color project for your table. If you are celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, try using unexpected color combinations. You will be surprised how festive you can make your table without using red and green. Holiday wrapping paper can serve as inspiration if you get stuck.

Snowflake Ornament

Some festive and non-traditional color ideas include:
Navy blue and burgundy Gold and green Pink and green Black and white Blue and silver

Once you have decided on a theme for your party, you can start purchasing arts and craft supplies. For centerpieces, use vases of pears, apples and other fall fruit or invest in cardstock and make your own fall floral bouquet. For something truly unique you can buy floral supplies and craft tiny floral trees that match your colors and theme.

For table settings, use plates you already own and use napkins and name cards to accentuate the theme. At local craft stores you can buy reasonable beads and wire to originate napkin rings and decorations for your guests' wine glasses. Ribbon is another festive way to make napkin rings and theme-oriented table decor.

Name cards are where you can in effect let your imagination run wild. Use snowflake ornaments created with paper and ribbon or buy fruit and make tiny name tags that you can pin on the top. There is no limit to what you can originate with a itsybitsy creativity and some craft supplies.

Holiday Crafts - How to Make Your Table The Centerpiece of the Holidays