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Do you want to decorate your home for the Thanksgiving holiday but can't afford to spend a great deal of money? There are numerous items you can find at your local thrift store that can be transformed into creative autumn decorative pieces. Check out the following quirky Thanksgiving decorating tips to see which ones you can use in your own home.
- Pour un-popped popcorn into the bottom of small glass vases from the charity shop. Nestle tea light candles into the popcorn kernels. Secure a colorful autumn leaf to the side of each glass container with raffia ribbon. Place a series of your newly created decorative containers in a row on your dining room table or fireplace mantle.
- Coffee beans and orange candles make terrific decorative elements. Pour coffee beans into small canning jars and then add an orange tea light candle. Tie off-white lace around the rim of each jar and arrange your jars on a thrift store platter or silver serving tray.
- Creating autumn candles is a fabulous craft to do with your children. Spend time outdoors picking fall leaves that are colorful yet not too big. Using cream colored candles from the thrift store, place a series of leaves around each candle and secure with raffia twine (be sure leaves are NOT too dry). Once your children have gone to bed for the night, use the back of a hot spoon to melt the leaf into the candle wax. Your children will wake in the morning to find their candle creations magically transformed for the Thanksgiving table. Can you say memory maker?
- Another great Thanksgiving craft idea is to make place-mats with your children. Purchase burlap pieces or neutral-toned place-mats from the bargain store. Paint the palm of each child's hand with water-soluble paint and have them place their hand face down on the place mat. Once the paint has tried, you can paint a tiny beak on the bottom of the thumb print and tiny legs on the base of the palm print. Your child can now enjoy their own hand print turkey place mat (don't forget to frame and save after the turkey dinner is finished).
- Thrift store picture frames make terrific Thanksgiving art. Purchase three small wooden frames in different sizes and spray paint them off-white. On colored paper (orange and neutral tones work best), print words like turkey, thankful, or blessed. Place the printed paper inside each picture frame and distress the frame edges slightly with sand paper or steel wool. Hang your new artwork in a vertical row for maximum impact.
Decorating your home for Thanksgiving doesn't have to include a trip to an expensive craft store or big box retailer if you're willing to think creatively. You can find plenty of quirky options at your local charity shop or dollar store. Do you think you will be attempting any of these DIY Thanksgiving crafts with your family this year?
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