Thanksgiving is just around the corner and with it the holiday season. It’s hard to believe how fast the year has gone by. While we spend at lot of time planning our holiday menus, simple Thanksgiving centerpieces are often an afterthought yet they add so much charm to the meal. And if your meal falls short, at least the table will be pretty.

1. Winter Lush Spread

This centerpiece is simple and can carry you through until Christmas. Simply place pine branches across the table and meticulously add pomegranates, apples, and clementines around candles and votives. This will add warming cheer to your table.

2. Simple and Sweet

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All you need is a few metal bowls, votive candles, and sweet peppermint candies. If your table is long, place votives in sets of three in various places along the table.

3. Modern and Eco-Friendly

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Succulents rock because you hardly have to water them. This simple Thanksgiving centerpiece is a good fit in the warmer, drier parts of the country. Place your succulents and then sprinkle white beads and Christmas balls (even if there’s no real chance for a White Christmas).

4. Give Thanks with Citrus

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A few placed flowers amongst a slew of citrus is all you need for this simple Thanksgiving centerpiece. It’s bright yet warming and simple to pull together.

5. Heirloom Pumpkin Varieties

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I love this centerpiece because it uses varying levels to place heirloom pumpkins along with greenery and a few candles. A stemmed cake plate is all your need to add height and texture.

6. Southwest at Thanksgiving

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I do not recommend hurting any animals for the making of this centerpiece (obviously) but if you can find fake antlers or find them reused this can be a cool centerpiece to pull together. It has a southwest feel that’s slightly modern.

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10 simple holiday centerpieces that will outdo your cooking.

There’s more to Christmas than St. Nick and a Christmas tree. Case in point, the people who come over to your house to break bread and who will most likely sit down at a table to do it. You’re going to want to keep them there, enraptured with your superlative cooking. That’s where interesting centerpieces come in and keep them fastened in their seats.

Here are ten DIY table-top stunners that will make them want real estate in the very chair you assigned them.

Take a tip from Sweet Paul and spray paint wine bottles white. Pick some greenery from your yard and set the table with blues and whites. (top image)

Grab a branch or a piece of  driftwood and just add succulents.

Candles in a bucket with sand. Don’t forget the ribbon.

Bring on the ambiance with punched paper wrapped around glass vases.

Spray branches gold and insert them in a block of wood for a modern table. 

Any ornament or toy becomes special under a cloche bell jar. Just add snow.

Gather mason jars with a ribbon and keep the colors unified for a sweet look.

No need for a florist. Just gather winter greens and add a garland. Scatter pine cones and candles. Don’t forget the plaid tablecloth for a rustic feel.

Add some bling with ornaments and silver branches. Green, blue and silver lend a sophisticated look.

A Rosemary topiary tree from the home improvement store with homemade bunting is as easy as you can get.

Wrapped gifts make a clever centerpiece when covered in moss.

See also…

5 DIY Alternatives to Holiday Gift Wrap
DIY Alternatives to Traditional Holiday Gift Tags
11 DIY Alternatives to Traditional Christmas Trees
The Perfect DIY Gift: Mason Jar Photo Candles

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