Easy Thanksgiving Table Centerpieces

Cover all of your holiday bases this year with easy but brilliant Thanksgiving centerpieces. Focus your time and energy on food and guests, rather than the non-food elements such as centerpieces. With very little effort you can create easy Thanksgiving centerpieces and add to the warm, cozy feel of every great Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving centerpiece ideas:

• Pumpkin Centerpiece: First, find a colorful Thanksgiving plant or arrangement (mums are very festive) for Thanksgiving floral centerpieces. Next, pick a pumpkin wide enough to accommodate the plant or floral arrangement’s width. Cut off the top of your pumpkin, dig about halfway down and then carve some creative details along the top edge of the opening. Scalloped or triangular edges work particularly well to set off the gorgeous geometric shapes created by the homemade Thanksgiving centerpieces. Place your plant or floral arrangement in the pumpkin to create a beautiful exterior pot!

• Food Centerpiece: Use the best part of Thanksgiving as the centerpiece for your Turkey Day meal—food! Visit your local party store and purchase a few dessert display stands or trays with colors that echo the bright oranges, reds and yellows of Thanksgiving. Set your desserts atop the display stands and trays and decorate the spaces in between each display with apples, pears, oranges, pomegranates or grapes. Play up the sense of abundance and display your beautiful work throughout the meal as a visual promise of future treats.

• Pillar Candles: Focus your attention on the Thanksgiving meal and decorate with simple centerpieces such as pillar candles. Buy several white or off-white pillar candles and place them in a line or a circle at the center of your table. Take part in a Thanksgiving centerpiece craft and create a wreath-like arrangement of acorns, leaves, pine cones and berries around each candle. Find your supplies in the backyard or a nearby park. Have fun, and at the same time, complement the natural, rustic feel of Thanksgiving dinner.

Be sure to cover all the bases with these simple and fast Thanksgiving centerpiece ideas. Now, relax and enjoy the meal!