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25+ DIY Thanksgiving Place Cards and Holders for Perfect Table Setting

Charm your guests
Atish SharmaBy Atish SharmaNovember 25, 2025Updated:November 25, 20259 Mins Read
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Thanksgiving is all about laughter, celebration, and growth together in the hope of a bright future. Thanksgiving is a day when families and friends gather to count their blessings over a traditional meal. While every host plans an extravagant the Turkey Day menu, place cards and holders are another stylish addition to the table layout. They ensure complete control over the seating arrangement without any drama.

If you have a creative hand, you can try some pretty place card crafts for your big holiday dinner. Now we understand that your turkey will be the star of the night, but DIY Thanksgiving place cards and holders have a distinct way to charm your guests. This fall, welcome your guests with these DIY Thanksgiving place cards and holders.

Table of Contents:

  • Place cards
  • Holders

DIY Thanksgiving Place Cards Made of Different Materials

Cork and Feather Place Card

Brace your guests with this cork and feather place card for the grand dinner party. A feather placed inside an old rum cork is a really adorable way to direct guests to their seats. Full tutorial at Carolyns Home work.

DIY Cork and Feather Place Card for Thanksgiving
Image: Carolyns Home work

Golden Colored Leaf Place Card

Spruce up your dining with the gold leaf place cards this holiday season. The faux magnolia leaves in golden shade add an elegant touch to your place. The full tutorial is available at Jennifer Maune.

DIY Gold Leaf Place Card for Thanksgiving
Image: Jennifer Maune

Eucalyptus Pumpkin Place Card

Halloween may be over, but you can still charm visitors with this eucalyptus pumpkin place card. Hit your nearby grocery store and grab a pumpkin, some thread, and a card stack to celebrate the occasion. Read the full tutorial at A Night Owl.

DIY Eucalyptus Pumpkin Place Card
Image: A Night Owl

Clay Place Card

A clay place card with the name of the guest written with a metallic marker is truly intriguing. It will extend a warm welcome amidst your table setup. The full tutorial is available at Making Home Base.

DIY Clay Place Card for Thanksgiving
Image: Making Home Base

Agate Slice Place Card

There is nothing fancier than finding your name card on a dinner plate. These little plate cards are really pretty and will fascinate your guests. Agate, gold liquid leaf, and a paintbrush are all you need to bring this project to reality. Read the full tutorial at Doodle Craft.

Gold Leaf Agate Slice Place Card
Image: Doddle Craft

Riverstone Place Card

This may look absurd, but a rock place card is a cute and simple way to thank your family and friends. The supplies you would require to pull this off are rocks of any size, a paintbrush, and chalk. The full tutorial is available at Take Time for Style.

DIY Riverstone Place Card
Image: Take Time for Style

Rosemary Wreath Place Card

The rosemary wreath place card is neat, clean, and very soothing to the eye. Nothing beats the grapevine when it comes to decoration. Combined, they add a natural element to your place and make everything look fresh. Check the full tutorial at Camille Styles.

Rosemary Wreath Place Cards
Image: Camille Styles

Gilded Pear Place Card

Glitter your pear in golden color and wrap a flag around each pear stem to offer a perfect setting for your guests. Tell your loved ones how thankful you are to them with a kind and sweet note on that wrapped flag. Read the complete tutorial at Freutcake.

Gilded Pear Place Cards
Image: Freutcake

Computer-Printed Place Cards

In case you have bad handwriting and you are worried about the prospect of writing your guests’ names on the paper, do not worry. Use your computer and word processing program, and simply print the names and offer your guest a warm Thanksgiving welcome. Read the full tutorial at Awesome Alice.

Computer Printed Place Cards
Image: Awesome Alice

Acorn Emoji Place Card

Put together these simple place cards with acorns, glue, and spray paint. These acorn emojis are so darn cute that your guests will absolutely be in awe of them. Moreover, you can match the emoji that best suits the personality of an individual guest. Check the full tutorial at Bustle.

Acorn Emoji Place Card
Image: Bustle

Corn Husk Place Card

Use corn husk and gold glitter card stock to create this fancy place card. They are an absolute show stopper and a great way to welcome guests to your home. The complete tutorial is available at Satsuma Designs.

DIY Corn Husk Place Card
Image: Satsuma Designs.

Also Read: Easy DIY Thanksgiving Decoration Ideas

Chalkboard Place Card

A chalkboard decorated with corn husk makes the perfect place card you will ever see. The corn husk frame acts as a perfect keepsake for your guests. These little corn husk loops will remind you of old Thanksgiving dinners you’ve had at your grandparents’ house. Hop on to Domestically Speaking for the complete tutorial.

Corn Husk and Chalkboard Place Card
Image: Domestically Speaking

Cinnamon Stick Place Card

Simple, sophisticated, and serene would come in the anatomy of this Cinnamon stick place card. Easy to make, the place card will be a perfect welcome gesture for your family and friends. Add a little embellishment to the place cards with some berries alongside the names of the guests. Check the complete tutorial at The Cofran Home.

Cinnamon Stick Place Cards
Image: The Cofran Home

Embroidered Leaf Place Card

This is one of the most intriguing yet difficult DIY Thanksgiving place cards to be made. You would require magnolia leaves, plastic yarn needles, and gold marker to pull this off to perfection. The full tutorial is available at Martha Stewart.

DIY Embroidered Leaf Place Cards
Image: Martha Stewart

Toilet Tube Haystack Place Card

Toilet tube haystack place cards are a complicated setting, but worth spending your time over. Paper tube, color twine, and tags are the essential items you require to make this DIY place card and holder. Read the full tutorial at Nellie Bellie.

DIY Toilet Tube Haystack Place Cards for Thanksgiving
Image: Nellie Bellie

Turkey Feather Place Card

A cork, a toothpick, and paper would be enough for you to make this DIY Thanksgiving place card. Impress your guests with this feathered piece and bring a bright smile to their faces. Read the full tutorial at Almost Makes Perfect.

Turkey Feather Place Card
Image: Almost Makes Perfect

DIY Thanksgiving Card Holder Crafts

Starbuck Bottle Card Holder

Help guests find their seats with these pretty place cards hanging on upcycled Starbucks bottles. All you’ll need is some old bottles, name tags, and lace tape to decorate and wait for the holiday season to strike. Read the full tutorial at Mom Makes Dinner.

DIY Thanksgiving Place Card holder
Image: Mom Makes Dinner

Twig Place Card Holder

If you are looking for something quick, easy, and rustic, gather a few fallen twigs and eucalyptus from your backyard and tie them with glue and twine. Write the names of your guests on cards and place them between the twigs. Follow the complete tutorial at Serendipity refined.

DIY Thanksgiving Twig Place Card Holder
Image: Serendipity refined

Golden Pine Cone Card Holder

Undoubtedly, this has to be one of the easiest DIY place cards and holders. Cardstock, pine, and golden glitter are all you require to pull this off. The full tutorial is available at Squirrelly Minds.

DIY Golden Pine Cone Place Card Holder for Thanksgiving
Image: Squirrelly Minds

Sailboat Card Holder

These sailboat holders double as a treat holder and a place card holder. They look super cute and can be gifted to children as well. Make your own sailboat place card from brown felt, a wooden dowel rod, and some additional help from scissors and glue. Read the full tutorial at Sheek Shindigs.

Sailboat Place Card Holders
Image: Sheek Shindigs

Clay Bowl Card Holder

A clay bowl place card holder is a great idea that can indeed be used as a trinket when hosting a holiday dinner. The styling done on air-dry clay looks really fantastic and will charm your guests. The full tutorial is available at Alice and Lois.

DIY Clay Bowl Place Card Holder
Image: Alice & Lois

Place Card Using an Apple

You can create this simple and adorable place card by tying a DIY name tag onto an apple stem and placing it nicely around your Thanksgiving table to greet your guests. You can use any paper or any discarded cloth piece to make these cute nametags. Find the full tutorial here.

Place Card Using An Apple
Image: Marian Parsons/Mustard Seed Interiors

Watercolor Place Cards

Show your creativity with watercolors and DIY these watercolor Place Cards with gold leaf to jazz up the place. All you need to do is take a cardstock and add watercolor to the bottom half of the premium cardstock and let it dry. Once dried, write your guest’s name and add beautiful gilding. You can find the full tutorial here.

Watercolor place cards
Image: Opal & Onyx Photography

Simple Printable Thankful Place Cards

If you don’t want to go overboard, then you can keep it simple with these lovey printable thankful place cards. Start by writing your guest’s name on any printing paper and cutting it out. Now, it is time to create a gorgeous setting with napkins and plates for your guests. Find the full tutorial here.

Simple Printable Thankful Place Cards
Image: almost makes perfect

Bountiful Bunting Place Card

When you are running out of time to think of anything better for Thanksgiving, then this adorable bunting will save you the trouble. Use any writing template for the letters and print them out. Fold each letter in a diamond shape across a twine and secure it with glue. That’s it, your place card is ready to make your table feel fresh and joyful. Find the full tutorial here.

Bountiful Bunting Place Card
Image: HGTV

Turkey Place Card Holder

This Turkey place card holder is quirky and festive at the same time. You need five fabric leaves, construction paper, googly eyes, a marker, scissors, and more. Give your creativity a run and create this amazing place card holder. You can follow the full tutorial here.

Turkey Place Card Holder
Image: One Little Project

Pumpkin Pie Place Card

Why not delight your guests with warm wishes and this decorative place card? All you need is a cardstock in orange and brown colors, a glue gun, scissors, pom poms, and place card templates. Cut out your shapes and arrange them using glue. Next, add embellishments, and you’re done. You can get the full tutorial here.

Pumpkin Pie Place Card
Image: A Beautiful Mess

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Atish Sharma is a seasoned journalist, theatre director, and PR specialist with over ten years of experience in print, electronic, and digital media, based in Shimla, India. He's played pivotal roles as a field journalist at Hindustan Times and currently serves as the Managing Editor at Homecrux, where he writes on consumer technology, design, and outdoor gear. When not working on his writing projects, Atish loves to explore new Kickstarter projects, watch cult classic films, interview designers, and ponder existential questions.

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