Handmade Thanksgiving Party Favors

Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, and your handmade party favors should be made with love. The centerpiece of this holiday food event should be eye catching. Include the bounty of the season, like pumpkin and other squash, the turning colorful fall leaves, and various flowers that will compliment the colors of these vegetables and leaves. Start with a basket, and add floral foam to the bottom. There are some foams that soak up water for real flowers, and placing the stems of the flowers and leaves into this foam will allow them to look alive for a longer period of time. Then place the squash all around the basket.

A pilgrim’s hat can be added to your centerpiece as another homemade party favor. Use some brown felt, curled into a cylinder, and glue the two sides together. A flat round piece will be used for the brim, and a smaller round piece for the top of the hat. A strip of black felt and a buckle will be the finishing touches of the hat.

To carry this theme your handmade party favors can include more of the various color leaves affixed to the vessels that will carry different food items. A basket of bread will be easy to decorate with the leaves. Just intertwine the stems of the leaves within the basket. Napkin holders can also be decorated with these leaves. And the leaves do not need to be real, they can also be silk from previous arrangements. Just insert a few leaves into the napkin holders you will be using, and that will add to the theme of the Thanksgiving Day feast.