There are many holidays during the year that are perfect for decorating your home.  Thanksgiving is another great holiday for decorating your home with things from both nature and items from the craft store.  Therefore, if you are wanting to make your home look and feel festive this Thanksgiving holiday, we have some tips on how to make Thanksgiving decorations the Oklahoma way. 

 * Table Centerpiece - Everyone loves a beautiful centerpiece on their Thanksgiving table and it's very easy to make one.  You can easily take a beautiful basket or bowl and fill it with mini pumpkins, fall flowers, herbs or pieces of beaded fruit.

* Autumn Wreath - These wreaths give a warm welcome feel to every home.  You can simply start with a plain grapevine wreath and use a glue gun to attach fake fall flowers, mini pumpkins, berries and other fall foliage.  To make your wreath really pop, you can hot-glue a Thanksgiving themed bow to it.

* Place Cards - For a more formal Thanksgiving setting, you can add place cards to your table.  To make your place cards, you will need to cut pieces of card stock to the desired size you are wanting and fold them in half so the cards will stand up on the table.  You can use Thanksgiving themed stickers or stamps to decorate your cards.  The name of each dinner guest needs to be on the front of each card.  You can use a marker, letter stickers or templates to do your writing.

* Napkin Rings - Napkin rings really help give off a festive feel.  A simple way to make napkin rings is to use items from nature, such as acorns.  Or make them out of card stock by cutting a piece of colored card stock into 2" wide x 6" long strips.  Loop each strip and staple them.  Using a hot glue gun to glue acorns or other fall décor to the napkin rings.  Be sure to allow your napkin rings to dry completely before using.

If you are pressed for time and still want to decorate for Thanksgiving, no worries.  You can still do it.  Simply write your guests' names on napkins or mini pumpkins and use those for your place cards.  Use fake fall leaves and throw them around your table or group a bunch of mini pumpkins together for a festive feel.

We hope you enjoy these Thanksgiving holiday decorating tips the Oklahoma way. For more ideas, visit the DIY website.

 Happy Thanksgiving to you all from Realtors® Tom & Bev Herring