5 (Budget-Friendly) DIY Ways to Colorize your Dinner Table

Break out the sunglasses because this is probably going to exist the near colorful Thanksgiving celebration you'll see this year. There'southward not a spec of brown to be found. But there is a whole lot of neon!

I teamed upward with Astrobrights over again this twelvemonth to bring y'all an culling Thanksgiving celebration, filled with DIY paper ideas and loads of…well…color!

If you don't know about Astrobrights already, it's an crawly line of vibrant color paper products. I apply their paper for lots and LOTS of craft projects, not but for the holidays. Only I particularly love using them this time of year because you tin can make such a big bear upon with paper, without having to spend a ton of money on decor.

With that in mind, here are five (budget-friendly) DIY ways to Colorize your Thanksgiving dinner table…

1. DIY Placemats and Paper Runner

Using larger sheets of Astrobrights paper (12.five x xix inch), we created pattern placemats and a tabular array runner. The grid placemats were created using a pigment pen and a straightedge. And the table runner was done with acrylic paint and a paint brush to create an abstruse pattern of shapes.

2. DIY Hanging Chandelier

My favorite piece! The hanging chandelier is made from rolled up pieces of paper, that were then hot glued together, over and over again. I call back we used nigh 250 pieces of rolled paper (all different heights). Afterward the structure was completed, we used fishing line to hang it over the table. FYI, the string was threaded through cardboard 'buttons' underneath (so that it doesn't stress the newspaper) that we placed equidistant the length of chandelier and string through the tiptop to hang.

And if you want to add together flowers to the acme of the chandelier, grab some test tubes (mine are from Amazon), fill them with water, and add your flowers. They fit actually well in the rolls of paper, but only exist conscientious to cull ones that are a snug fit because if you have a roll that is too big, the exam tube will autumn right through.

iii. DIY Place Card Favors

Create custom wrapping paper for small gifts for your guests to take dwelling later on the Thanksgiving feast is over. Simply write each guests name, with a paint pen, over and over again on colorful paper and wrap equally usual. So rest ane wrapped gift at each place setting to signal where each guest should sit.

4. DIY 3D Confetti

Cutting leftover paper rolls from the chandelier into smaller pieces that can be used a iii dimensional tube confetti. Super like shooting fish in a barrel!

five. DIY Pop Out Carte du jour

This is a fun ane! Using a stencil as a guide (or freehand it, if you feel comfortable), cut the discussion MENU in the top center of of at least 6 different colors of paper, with a abrupt blade. Be sure not to cutting the very summit of each letter of the alphabet, and so that y'all tin get a pop up expect. In one case the cutting outs are done, fluff upwards the layers by slightly folding them upward. Then write your card underneath and glue the pages together.

I realize that a super colorful Thanksgiving table isn't for everyone, but I love the cheerfulness of it. If nothing else, it would be a great Friendsgiving selection.