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Nothing completes a Thanksgiving table like a beautiful fall centerpiece, or a basket of colourful fruits of the season. Decorating your home is an ideal way to celebrate the festivity of any season. Here are some great Thanksgiving decorations ideas.

Thanksgiving Table Decorations

Set up your Thanksgiving table with an autumn theme. Place silk leaves around a centerpiece of gold, yellow and red flowers. Or, opt for a fun turkey themed setup – a paper turkey decoration surrounded by turkey-shaped confetti. Fall is a time of rich, deep colours, so use berries, candles, and flowers that are vibrant and really reflect the season.

Don’t forget a Thanksgiving tablecloth and napkin set. You can buy Thanksgiving decor kits, or find colourful table accessories online or in stores.

You can also make placecards for your guests by folding small squares of paper and writing their names on them, decorating with stickers or small flowers and leaves.

Thanksgiving Decorations for the Home

You can buy a cornucopia – a horn-shaped basket where you place fruits, nuts and vegetables of the season. A cornucopia is a traditional part of Thanksgiving history, and can be placed on the table or around the home.

Use things like pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, and berries in the entranceway to your home. Set pretty baskets up filled with them on end tables and in corners. Buy yellow or gold lights and twine them through plants inside the home, or on bushes and trees outside. Use rich fabrics – wine coloured velvet, gold brocade, earth-toned cotton – to tie bows on baskets or to line baskets.

Get creative and make a warm, Thanksgiving-themed home with Thanksgiving decorations this year!

Want to get in costume this year? Read our post on Thanksgiving costumes.

It’s never to early to start planning costumes (I’ve learned this from the few times I’ve been desperately looking through my closet or standing in the aisles of a thrift store at 5 pm before a Halloween party). Thanksgiving costumes are fun whether you just want to liven up a family dinner, theme party, or if your child needs one for a school pageant. Some ideas for a Thanksgiving costume are:

Native American – man or woman
Pocahontas
Pilgrim
Soldier
Tradesman
Turkey

It’s fairly easy to create some Thanksgiving costumes with craft items like stiff paper, feathers, fabric, paint, felt and leather. However, you can easily find an assortment of Thanksgiving costumes for less online.

If you don’t want to do the whole shebang and dress from head to toe in a Thanksgiving costume, you can just go for accessories. Put on a turkey hat or a feather headdress.

Get into the spirit of Thanksgiving the next time you sit down to turkey – or Tofurkey – dinner!