Thanksgiving Tips & Tricks >Decorating

Pots of Gold!
Decorate plain terra cotta pots with festive fall colors - reds, oranges and golds - and create a little artwork of your own in the process! Visit Party City for lots of Thanksgiving napkins in great autumn colors and prints! Tear several napkins into medium-sized pieces - no need to be exact - and decoupage your pieces onto the pots using decoupage medium, creating a mosaic look! Be creative and mix and match patterns! Fill pots with colorful mums and use as a centerpiece or to decorate your front steps!

Artistic Animals!
Get your little artists talking turkey! Waddle into Party City for orange or brown paper plates and plastic spoons. Glue the plastic spoon to the face down to the center of your plate. This should resemble a turkey body with the spoon resembling your turkey's neck and head. Glue black felt eyes, a beak and a red waddle to the back of the spoon to give your turkey a happy face! Use colorful construction paper or cardstock to cut out beautiful fall feathers and glue them around the edge of the plate like turkey feathers! Don't forget to save some paper to cut out the best part - the turkey legs! Display your new feathered friends on the kitchen refrigerator or even in your windows!

Bountiful Baskets
Fill colorful fall baskets with artificial leaves, apples, dried fruit slices, mini pumpkins and even cinnamon-scented pine cones! Add festive-colored paper shred to fill the spaces in your basket and add a colorful fabric bow for accent. Think of your favorite fall reminders - scents, sights and colors - and fill your home with your favorite Fall things!

Pretty Pumpkins
Decoupage your holiday pumpkins! Either cover them completely (like the planter pots), using Thanksgiving napkins or Fall-colored tissue paper pieces or create jack o' lantern faces or festive designs! Use your imagination and get creative! Surround your decoupage pumpkin with several mini pumpkins sprinkled with festive glitter! Place them all on a festive serving platter for a stunning centerpiece!