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70+ Easy DIY Thanksgiving Decoration Ideas for Your Home

Get ready for Thanksgiving with these delightful DIYs
Happy JastaBy Happy JastaNovember 22, 202517 Mins Read
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Gobble Gobble! Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and you must be busy browsing through Thanksgiving food and decoration ideas to create a warm environment to wow your guests. Set the mood for the holiday celebration by making Thanksgiving decorations yourself. This allows you to adorn your home in holiday cheer and also add a personal touch to it.

Decorating your home for the holidays doesn’t mean you have to spend a large money on fancy objects. You can collect natural and artificial items around your home, and use some cheap decorations to create a festive environment for the occasion. Here are a few DIY Thanksgiving decoration ideas you can try out this holiday season.

Table Runner

A beautiful table runner forms the centerpiece of your dining table. While serving Thanksgiving dinner, make sure you have the best-looking table runner that looks intriguing from a distance as well. Making a table runner by yourself will allow you to save bucks and also charm your guests with its personalized appearance. Table runners can be crafted out of paper, napkins, clothes, etc.

Make a simple and sweet Thanksgiving table runner with a roll of butcher paper and craft paint. Find the full tutorial.

Thanksgiving table runner with a roll of butcher paper and craft paint
Image: Rachel Hollis

Different colors of paper leaves are arranged into a quirky Thanksgiving table runner. Find the full tutorial.

DIY Table Runner from paper
Image: Momtastic

If you want something sweet and simple, then try making this adorable burlap fall table runner. All you need is a little piece of burlap and fabric scraps. It’s the Perfect DIY table runner to decorate for fall or Thanksgiving. Find the full tutorial.

How to Make a Fall Table Runner
Image: The Seasoned Homemaker

Thankful Banner

Well, Turkey Day seems incomplete without a Thankful banner in the center of your decorations. If you have a creative hand, it won’t be hard to craft a holiday-themed banner. And even if you are not very creative, you can buy a few things and create a simple banner yourself.

Craft a banner using unfinished wood banner squares that you can get from any shop. You could paint on them a variety of Thanksgiving phrases. Find the full tutorial.

Thanksgiving wood banner
Image: Design Improvised

Cut out felt letters and paste them over a burlap banner to make it look really attractive. Use felt leaves for decoration. Find the full tutorial.

Easy DIY Thanksgiving burlap banner
Image: Handmade in the Heartland

You simply tie a bunting onto a grapevine wreath along with some jute string for this DIY. Find the full tutorial.

bunting on a grapevine wreath
Image: Make It and Love It

Looking to make a wonderful holiday craft? Then try this plaid thankful banner and get your family to help you with it. Decorate your mantel, shelf, and walls in cozy festive touches and extend your gratitude. Find the full tutorial.

Plaid Thankful Banner
Image: Crafting Chicks

Thanksgiving Wreaths

Wreaths are one of the most common holiday decorations. You can make one using a wreath base, which you need to cover in several materials like burlap, mesh, paper, etc. Keep adding other decorations as per your desire; you can even add flowers or leaves to it to make it more beautiful.

Wrap the base wreath with burlap and decorate with rolled burlap flowers. Glue the Scrabble tiles last. Find the full tutorial.

burlap wreath for thanksgiving
Image: Tatertots and Jello/Living Locurto

Make a simple harvest wreath with autumn leaves and silk flowers arranged in different ways. Finish with a themed sign and ribbon. Find the Full tutorial.

simple harvest wreath with autumn leaves and silk flowers
Image: Busy Creating Memories

Use a store-bought fall wreath and decorate with Hydrangea flowers. Add a Thanksgiving sign in the center. Find the full tutorial.

Thanksgiving wreath made from Hydrangea flowers
Image: The Turquoise Home

Make this beautiful Thanksgiving wreath with mesh curls. It’s a super simple DIY and will look amazing on your front door. Find the full tutorial.

make Thanksgiving wreath with mesh curls
Image: Down Redbud Drive

You can make a Thanksgiving wreath with leaves cut from paper in various pastel colors and metallic shades. It will be a gorgeous seasonal work of art. Find the full tutorial.

Easy DIY thanksgiving wreath from paper
Image: Lia Griffith

Make this rustic Thanksgiving wreath and invite the warmth of the season into your home. Making the wreath is easy and fun, but decorating with it is even more fun. Find the full tutorial.

Rustic Thanksgiving Wreath
Image: How to make a Burlap Wreath

Thanksgiving Decorations from Mason Jars

Create striking decorations for the occasion using legendary mason jars. You just need to decorate the jars uniquely. You can also paint them in fall colors. Place a candle or some other light source inside the jar to scatter a soothing ambiance of light throughout your room.

Take some fake autumn leaves and glue them on a mason jar in a creative pattern. Raffia tied at the top finishes off the fall craft. Find the full tutorial.

DIY Thanksgiving mason jar lights
Image: Spark and Chemistry

Hanging mason jars filled with dried fruits for fall décor. Add votive candles or tea lights and you’re done! Find the full tutorial.

mason jars filled with dried fruits
Image: Live Laugh Rowe

Use a vinyl leaf decal to add a pattern while you hand-paint the mason jar in your favorite color. Add a final touch with a twine ribbon on the top. Find the full tutorial.

Painted mason jars with ribbon on top
Image: Sugar Bee Crafts

You are going to love this beautiful Mason jar craft for Thanksgiving décor. The jar is painted white and is filled with wheat spikes. Find the full tutorial.

Mason jar craft with wheat spikes
Image: The Country Chic Cottage

Decorating Mason jars for Thanksgiving is a fun family activity. To make these painted Mason jars, all you need to do is cover the jars in chalky paint, sand them to distress the edges, and that’s it. Now, add a bunch of flowers and display them on your Thanksgiving tabletop as a stunning centerpiece. Find the full tutorial.

Painted Jars for Thanksgiving
Image: Sustain My Craft Habit

Wine Bottle Crafts

Dash your house with wine bottles for your Thanksgiving dinner. Make sure you don’t forget to give an artistic touch to your wine bottles. It is totally up to you whether you want to paint them completely or write something partially on them. Do not forget to add some faux flowers inside the bottle to make them look fancy and attractive.

You can easily make this turkey wine bottle for Thanksgiving decor. Attach a couple of autumn leaves to the back of the wine bottle top and then add two googly eyes, a red felt wattle, and a yellow felt beak to complete the project. Find the full tutorial.

Wine Bottle turkey thanksgiving DIY decor
Image: East Coast Mommy Blog

Recycle wine bottles into Thanksgiving décor with spray paint and twine. Letter stickers are used to spell GIVE THANKS. Find the full tutorial.

wine bottle decorated with paint and letters, feathers
Image: Anders Ruff

Turn your empty wine bottles into beautiful home decor with some craft paint. It would make a fantastic flower vase. Find the full tutorial.

wine bottle into flower vase
Image: Crafts by Amanda

The frosted wine bottle and some greenery will make a cool centerpiece. Add twinkle lights inside the bottle to make it feel cozy and elegant. Find the full tutorial.

frosted wine bottle with greenery and lights
Image: Sustain My Craft Habit

A wrapped wine bottle in decorative embellishments such as beads, fabric, maple leaves, and other natural elements makes a great hostess gift for Thanksgiving. Find the full tutorial.

Wine Bottle Décor
Image: Gina Tepper

This simple Turkey wine bottle will take no time to whip up and will look beautiful on your dinner table. Find the full tutorial.

Turkey Wine Bottle Décor
Image: Mainly Homemade

Instead of throwing away your empty wine bottles, turn them into a festive décor. You’ll have a great time doing the craft, all you need to do is create a tipsy turkey Thanksgiving wine wrap and wrap it around your favorite wine bottle to decorate the space for hearting, humorous laughter. Find the full tutorial.

Tipsy Turkey Wine Wrapper
Image: Creative Fabrica

Floral Attractions

You can never go wrong with flowers, be it’s any holiday. They not only fill the place with fragrance but also elevate the aesthetic beauty as well. You can put vases on the center table, or try different materials as vases for your colorful flowers.

Create a beautiful pumpkin vase using a faux craft white pumpkin, dried flowers, grass, pinecones, and fall berries. Find the full tutorial.

pumpkin vase
Image: A Pumpkin and A Princess

You can start with a small pumpkin and a bunch of flowers to make this centerpiece. Fill the pumpkin with water to keep the flowers fresh for longer. Find the full tutorial.

small pumpkin filled with a bunch of flowers
Image: On Sutton Place

Make a mini pumpkin flower arrangement for a fall dinner party. You can use white pumpkins, white berries, russet mums, and rosemary for the project. Find the full tutorial.

mini pumpkin flower arrangement for dining table
Image: Simple Joy

This DIY Thanksgiving floral centerpiece looks simple and elegant on the dining table. You can simply place some roses, red mums, and other flowers in a pumpkin vase. Find the full tutorial.

Thanksgiving floral centerpiece with pumpkin vase
Image: Jenny Steffens Hobick Blog

This golden-hued Thanksgiving floral centerpiece amalgamates traditional fall flowers with unexpected elements. The flowers are showcased in a modern vase. Find the full tutorial.

Thanksgiving dried flower centerpiece
Image: jojotastic

Thankful Tree

If you don’t like the idea of a simple message board, then you can create a fancy thankful tree to hang paper with messages using a thread. Use dried sticks of tree branches to form an artificial tree decoration that can be placed on a shelf or tabletop. Give your guests a piece of paper to write down their messages and tie them on different branches.

Take a peek at this DIY thankful tree with colorful paper rounds featuring beautiful patterns. Find the full tutorial.

thankful tree with colorful paper rounds
Image: Simply VintageGirl

Make a gratitude tree for Thanksgiving Day that is decked with paper maple leaves. A bonus element in this craft is acorns. Find the full tutorial.

Thanksgiving tree decked with paper maple leaves
Image: The House That Lars Built

It is a simple Thanksgiving activity and craft for kids. They will love making paper leaves, writing notes on them, and pasting them to a tree branch. Find the full tutorial.

Thanksgiving tree with paper leaves
Image: The DIY Mommy

Create this nicely decorated tree with maple leaves that celebrates the spirit of Thanksgiving. It’s a fun project for the whole family. Find the full tutorial.

nicely decorated tree with maple leaves
Image: Sarah Maker

Let the spirit of autumn and Thanksgiving take over with this mesmerizing thankful tree. Featuring a lot of wooden elements, this thankful tree will be a great reminder of your blessings. Find the full tutorial.

Thankful Tree for Thanksgiving
Image: Simply Vintagegirl

Express your gratitude this holiday season with this thankful tree. You just need a few basic supplies, such as fall stems, twine, tags, a flower bucket, and more, to create this thankful tree for Thanksgiving. Find the full tutorial.

Fall Stems Thankful Tree
Image: Simply 2 Moms

You don’t need a reason to be thankful. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t DIY some holiday crafts to show your happiness and excitement for the festivity. In that case, you can try this easy-to-make thankful tree to remind you that the jolliest season is finally here. Find the full tutorial.

DIY Thanksgiving Branches
Image: Dream Green DIY

Pinecone Thanksgiving Decorations

Using pinecones, you can make a garland or wreath for Thanksgiving decor. You can color these pinecones into different shades or glitter them up. These decorations can be placed inside or outside your house to embellish the look of your home for the holiday.

Simple pine cones can be a cool addition to the Thanksgiving table decoration. You can also group them into a centerpiece. Find the full tutorial.

pinecones for dining table centerpiece
Image: A Piece of Rainbow

This painted pinecone turkey is a fun decoration for Thanksgiving. You can make the face with felt and googly eyes and even add some feathers on the back. Find the full tutorial.

painted pinecone turkey
Image: Live Craft Eat

Make a colorful paint-dipped pinecone wreath. It is an easy-to-make fall-themed DIY craft. Find the full tutorial.

paint dipped pinecone wreath
Image: Sarah Hearts

Neatly paint some pinecones with acrylics and tie them up in a group with a ribbon and hang them on the door. Find the full tutorial.

painted pinecone hanging on door DIY Thanksgiving decoration
Image: The New Wittys Blog

Did you know that you can create a natural and cozy Thanksgiving décor using pinecones? If you didn’t, then check out these inexpensive and quickest nature wall hangings, made from pinecones. On top of this, pinecones are easily found; you just need to do a nature hunt. Find the full tutorial.

Pinecones wall hanging
Image: Meri Cherry

Creative Candle Holders

This fall, create fancy candle holders using simple glass bottles, wine glasses, or tree branches. Fill the glass bottles with sand or dry pulse beans and place colorful candles on each bottle’s opening. You can also add colorful ribbons on bottle necks to spruce up the decoration. You can also give a different take to the candleholder decoration by putting stuff on it.

Use a birch branch to make a candle holder. The top is colored for a vibrant look on the dining table. Find the full tutorial.

birch wood candle holder
Image: A Kailo Chic Life

Turning a wine glass into a candle holder is an easy project. You just need to wrap a wine glass with twine and place it upside down when using it as a candle holder. Find the full tutorial.

wine glass candle holder
Image: DIY & Crafts

Create a log centerpiece that functions as a candle holder. You need to drill holes where you put candlesticks. Find the full tutorial.    

tree log candle holder
Image: Jenna Burger

Pumpkins can also be turned into lovely candleholders for your dining table. Each pumpkin holds a single candle. Find the full tutorial.   

pumpkin candleholder
Image: Modern Glam

You can transform a fresh apple into a unique candleholder in minutes. It will be a stunning fall-themed addition to your tabletop decoration. Find the full tutorial.

apple candleholder
Image: My Garden Life

Since it is the season of warmth and joy, why not turn small gourds into lovely candleholders? After seeing your candleholder, your guests will be inspired to make one for themselves. Find the full tutorial.

Gourds Candleholder
Image: EEP

You can use any wine glass and create this effortless candleholder. All you need to do is fill your glass with store-bought popcorn kernels, add your candles, and light them to create a cozy Thanksgiving atmosphere. Find the full tutorial.

Popcorn Kernel Candleholder
Image: The Yummy Life

Turkey Craft

Turkey is the favorite meal of Thanksgiving; the occasion is almost incomplete without it. You can create handcrafted Turkeys using yarn balls and a few colored papers to decorate your house with. Attach one small yarn ball to one side of a bigger yarn. Now create and fix its eyes, beak, as well as feathers, using colored paper patterns.

These pom-pom and felt turkey decorations for Thanksgiving are a lot of fun to make. They are also perfect gifts for children. Find the full tutorial.

pom-pom and felt turkey decorations for Thanksgiving
Image: Running With Sisters

You can easily make a ball of yarn turkey for Thanksgiving. It is a great project to make with the kids! Find the full tutorial.

yarn ball turkey
Image: Create Craft Love

If you are looking for a fun craft to make with your kids, try this yarn and ribbon Thanksgiving turkey craft. The turkey legs are made of clothespins. Find the full tutorial.

thanksgiving turkey decor with yarn and ribbon
Image: I Heart Crafty Things

Be a little different and make a turkey for Thanksgiving décor using a repurposed golf ball. Use googly eyes and golf tees for further decoration. Find the full tutorial.

golf ball repurposed as thanksgiving decor
Image: Craft Klatch

For this DIY, you can indulge your kids in helping you with this fun and playful paper plate turkey craft. You can adorn your walls with this DIY and get everybody excited for Thanksgiving. Find the full tutorial.

DIY Turkey Craft
Image: DIY Cand

Fancy Napkin Rings

Create decorative napkin ribbons using different materials. These simple yet fancy napkin ribbons will add a unique touch to your feast table. You can also use fake berries and leaves.

Use fresh leaves, flowers from your garden, and a few other supplies to create these pretty napkin rings. This floral napkin ring is perfect to elevate your tablescape. Find the full tutorial.

floral napkin ring for thanksgiving
Image: homedit

Make cute napkin rings from a toilet paper roll, burlap, pinecones, acorns, etc.  You just need to glue them around a toilet paper roll. Find the full tutorial.

pinecone napkin ring
Image: Stone Gable Blog

You can make this napkin ring using an old paper towel tube, burlap, twine, and wooden leaves. It will add a rustic appeal to your dining table. Find the full tutorial.

burlap napkin ring
Image: Home Cooking Memories

These napkin rings are super easy to make and will spruce up your holiday table. You need to wrap a berry garland around a mini grapevine wreath, add a few maple leaves, and it’s done. Find the full tutorial.

napkin rings from berries
Image: Make Life Lovely

Simply glue up small felted wool balls onto acorn caps, as well as some felt leaves. These autumn acorn napkin rings are the perfect accent for a Thanksgiving table. Find the full tutorial.

felted wool balls thanksgiving decoration
Image: The Girl Inspired

Get crafty this Thanksgiving and DIY these exciting fall leaf, pumpkin, and turkey napkin holders, and let the jolly vibes surround your dinner table. Find the full tutorial.

Turkey, Pumpkin, and Leaf Napkin Holders
Image: Gina C. Creates

Chalkboard Art

A simple chalkboard can also be used for Thanksgiving decoration. You can also create a simple message board where your guests can express their feelings and pen down the reasons they are thankful for.

Just frame a board using simple wooden planks, paste a simple chart paper on it, and fix some animated images on it to make it more attractive. You can also use a readymade chalkboard. Find the full tutorial.

Chalkboard Art DIY Thanksgiving decoration
Image: This is Our Bliss

Sometimes, simple things leave bigger impacts. Easy to make, this chalkboard décor with quilling paper is all you need to feel blessed this holiday season. Find the full tutorial.

Chalkboard Décor With Quilling Paper
Image: The Papery Craftery

If you need a simple project to decorate your home for Thanksgiving, then here’s a simple chalkboard art for you that you can effortlessly make with a few supplies, including a white gel pen, chalk, eraser, a piece of black cardstock, and more. Find the full tutorial.

Thanksgiving Chalkboard Art
Image: Real Life at Home

Festive Cloches

Cloches can be used most impressively when it comes to easy Thanksgiving decor ideas. You can group pieces of wheat, wrap them with a ribbon, and place them under cloches. Or you can pile miniature white pumpkins under a cloche. For dramatic effect, you can place them on cake stands on varying heights.

Pumpkin and berries can be used for glass bell cloche decor for Thanksgiving. They look really elegant and will spruce up your dining table. Find the full tutorial.

Pumpkin and berries inside glass bell cloche
Image: A Wonderful Thought

Wheat spikes displayed inside a cloche will induce a fall vibe to the space. Pair with metal candleholders for a chic contemporary look.

Wheat spikes displayed inside a cloche
Image: Brain Woodcock

Add sparkle to your Thanksgiving celebration with this DIY holiday sparkle glass dome. It’s an easy craft that will bring the warmth of the season. Just get a few supplies, which include a glass bell jar dome, string lights, a pine tree, and more. This will make a whimsical centerpiece for your festive dining. Find the full tutorial.

DIY Holiday Sparkle Glass Dome
Image: A New Bloom

Cornucopia Décor

The cornucopia is used purely for Thanksgiving decoration. It continues to symbolize abundance, a bountiful harvest, and, largely, an appreciation for both of those things. Small pumpkins, gourds, and other vegetables and fruits spilling out of a cornucopia create a lush seasonal look on your tabletop.

You can make a cornucopia with chicken wire and burlap. Decorate it with an assortment of flowers, fruit, and veggies. Find the full tutorial.

cornucopia with chicken wire and burlap
Image: Home is Where The Boat Is

If you are a baking fan, you can also make a makeshift cornucopia with bread. You can decorate it with fruits, nuts, and some sprigs of herbs. Find the full tutorial.

bread cornucopia
Image: Chica and Jo

Take a wicker cornucopia with a plastic bag and fill it with different types of succulents. It’s the arrangement that will take time in the DIY succulent cornucopia project. Find the full tutorial.  

cornucopia decked with succulents
Image: Debra Lee Baldwin

Make a centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table using paper. You just need different colors of origami paper that can be folded into different fruits and vegetables. Find the full tutorial.

origami paper DIY thanksgiving table decoration
Image: The House That Lars Built

Dive into the spirit of thanksgiving with this festive cornucopia décor. It features a wire tomato cage, tiny pumpkins, autumn leaves, twigs, and more. Find the full tutorial.

Cornucopia Décor With Pumpkins
Image: Homewardfound Décor

Let us know which of these DIY Thanksgiving decoration ideas you are trying this year.

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