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DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces: Top 20 Step-by-step Guide (Part 1)

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces: Top 20 Step-by-step Guide. A grateful heart! Looking for inexpensive Thanksgiving table decor ideas? Artificial thanksgiving centerpieces? Rustic Thanksgiving table decorations? Decorating the Thanksgiving table? Want to recreate beautiful Thanksgiving centerpieces you saw online? Still, deciding on how to decorate your Thanksgiving table? Want to stick to super easy DIY Thanksgiving table designs? In this guide, we are sharing DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces: Top 20 Step-by-step Guide.

You probably browsed for hours, looking for the perfect, beautiful, inexpensive, and affordable Thanksgiving centerpiece. And yes, you might have found a few you would like to try and do on your own. But it can be a lot of work. You have to look up the products, find where to get them, and work with them to achieve a similar look that you have envisioned.

Well, in this guide, we made it super easy for you. We’ve collected beautiful Thanksgiving centerpiece ideas that have been popular online, and we broke them down with a step-by-step guide for you to follow. Easiest ways in decorating the Thanksgiving table! The best thing? We’ve linked where you can get the products. Add them to your cart, and voila! You will officially become a DIY Thanksgiving centerpiece CHAMP!

Here is a gallery of the beautiful, easy, and affordable DIY thanksgiving table decor!

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When you find the one you like from these DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces, click on the photo caption to take you right to its step-by-step guide. If you want to see all of them, you can start here.

  • >> 1. Play on blue <<
  • >> 2. Copper and Navy <<
  • >> 3. Auburn Vibes <<
  • >> 4. Orange you glad <<
  • >> 5. Orange and Gray <<
  • >> 6. Neutral Love <<
  • >> 7. Black and White <<
  • >> 8. Classic Rustic <<
  • >> 9. White and Green <<
  • >> 10. Pastel Dream <<
  • >> 11. Lavender Love <<
  • >> 12. Herbs & Pumpkins <<
  • >> 13. Gold Details <<
  • >> 14. Purple Beauty <<
  • >> 15. Bright & Light <<
  • >> 16. Adorable & Cute <<
  • >> 17. Monochromatic <<
  • >> 18. Classic Feast <<
  • >> 19. Orange, Brown & Gold <<
  • >> 20. No Pumpkin Vibe <<

Let’s get crafty and creative!

1. Play on blue

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces - blue
Photo from Wilshire Collections.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE: (we love this pumpkin centerpiece!)

  1. Start by looking for different-sized faux (plastic or styrofoam) pumpkins. White pumpkins are easier to paint on so you can get the “true” blue shade better without priming. We love these white pumpkin miniature ones!
  2. Purchase small bottles of acrylic paint. Choose your shades of blue. The ones in here are mostly navy blue, deep blue and a combination of white and blue to add that rustic feel. Add that gold paint to lighten up the stem. Also, choose matte paint instead of shiny so it will look more “pumpkin-ish”.
  3. Choose your paint brushes. To achieve the rustic look, use a “fan brush” (included in this kit) and lightly brush on the pumpkin. You can add more layers until you get your preferred design.
  4. Find a wooden board or tray. Also, if you have a wooden chopping board, it will work great as well! Consider using wooden or rattan chargers for extra savings!
  5. Add faux potted greenery, preferably something with a mint color to offset the deep blue colors.
  6. For your dinner parties, add some votive candles to elevate the look and feel of your beautiful table setting!

2. Copper and Navy

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces - blue and white and orange
Photo from Noting Grace.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE:

  1. Start with, of course, your faux (styrofoam or plastic) mini (or large) pumpkins. White pumpkins are easier to paint on. This set-up also includes orange pumpkins. We love these white pumpkin miniature ones!
  2. Purchase small bottles of acrylic paint. This setting has copper, rose gold, navy blue, and some sage minty green. Use easy-to-use paintbrushes.
  3. If you have a plain white or deep navy table runner at home, it will also work with this.
  4. Use napkins with a checkered blue style to use as a table mat. To pocket extra savings, you can use paper napkin instead.
  5. You can tell that the plates are all mismatched – which is super cute. You can purchase or find plates that have blue or navy details and pull off this look!
  6. To add in more fall feel, it also shows some orange leaves tucked in between the pumpkins.

3. Auburn Vibes (if you’re looking for rustic DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces, then this is for you!)

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces - auburn
Photo from Tischleindeckdich.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE:

  1. This setting does not show a table runner, but we would suggest adding a white runner to ensure the dried flowers and greenery does not stain the linen.
  2. Start with your pumpkins. White pumpkins are easier to paint on. We love these white pumpkin miniature ones!
  3. Find easy-to-use paint brushes.
  4. The pumpkins here are painted mint sage green with gold stem tips.
  5. You can purchase auburn hydrangeas dried (preserved) or faux.
  6. For the eucalyptus, you can also purchase it dried (preserved) or faux.
  7. There are also small pots (paint them using gray or green acrylic paint) with mini floral arrangements made with auburn and white daisies as well as more (seeded) eucalyptus greenery inserts.
  8. Using some gold candle holders elevated the look of this setting.

4. Orange you glad

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces - cute
Photo from Mode and The City.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE:

  1. Start with a round wooden slab. If you have a wooden chopping board, it will work great as well! Consider using wooden or rattan chargers for extra savings!
  2. Of course, you will need your pumpkins. Choose white, orange, and green.
  3. We love these white pumpkin miniature ones!
  4. Add a pot of either fresh, faux, or dried blossoming orange flowers with greeneries.
  5. Finish off the look of your holiday table with votive candles.

5. Orange and Gray

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces - wooden rustic
Photo from Rooms for Rent.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE:

  1. Here’s a major trick- purchase a throw blanket with your fave black and gray pattern. Or if you have one lying around, you can also use it. Lay over this scarf on top of your white table linen. Even if it doesn’t cover the whole thing, as long as the top part shows the pattern, it will still work.
  2. You will notice the wooden chopping board right in the middle used to place the pumpkins of different sizes in white and orange. Purchase large pumpkins and a variety of small ones so you can stack them together. Larger pumpkins are always better off bought from your local grocery store.
  3. We love these white pumpkin miniature ones! You can use these to insert in between.
  4. There is also some dried rice straw peeking through in between the pumpkins.
  5. Wooden chargers with gray napkins (you can use fabric or paper) are placed on the table. **TIP: Choose shades of gray that are close to achieving a monochromatic look.
  6. This setting used a mix of gold or rose gold flatware and napkin holder, as well as gold rimmed glasses.

6. Neutral Love

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces - neutral
Photo from CozyLinen.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE:

(this is one of our favorite DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece ideas with candles!)

  1. The beige linen and napkin are what set the tone for this setting.
  2. Use light orange (paint with peach or light orange acrylic paint) and white pumpkins in different sizes.
  3. We love these white pumpkin miniature ones!
  4. Find easy-to-use paint brushes.
  5. Birch candle holders in different sizes add texture to the design.
  6. Add inserts of white dried flower stems in a small bud vases to create some height and length (since everything is round-shaped)

7. Black and White

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces - black and white
Photo from House on Longwood Lane.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE:

  1. Purchase large and medium white pumpkins. Larger pumpkins are always better off bought from your local grocery store.
  2. We love these white pumpkin miniature ones! You can use them in between or as guest favors!
  3. There is a long wooden board right in the middle where the pumpkins are set. You can definitely purchase this or also skip it altogether if you don’t want to. **TIP: You can use long wooden trays as well!
  4. Use matte black acrylic paints to paint some of the white (you can also paint the orange ones white!) pumpkin black (the balance is up to you.)
  5. Find easy-to-use paint brushes.
  6. Instead of painting on the detail (unless of course you really want to!), a trick you can do is to purchase white and black lace applique and use a paintbrush to paint on clear glue and stick them around the middle of the pumpkin. Use black lace on white pumpkins and of course, white lace on black pumpkins.
  7. Add a mix of dried eucalyptus (small and medium) in between the pumpkins.
  8. Line each plate with a wooden charger or a trick is to cut kraft paper in circles (trace a larger plate) and create that “rustic effect”
  9. Use a white napkin and top it off with small eucalyptus greenery to tie everything together.
  10. Finish with chalkboard paper with names written on it to use as place cards.

8. Classic Rustic

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces - orange pumpkin
Photo from 1905 Farmhouse.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE:

  1. This is probably an easy Thanksgiving table design. Start by laying out your burlap table runner.
  2. Of course, add your orange pumpkins in different sizes. You can also add Thanksgiving fruit centerpieces.
  3. Add a long white berry stem/garland (you can purchase them shorter and tie the ends together) around the pumpkins. Notice how the stem of the berry is deliberately left to almost “float” and not lay flat. This adds dimension and height. The more fluid and uneven, the better.
  4. Finish off with votive candles.
  5. If you are looking for a fuller look, you can achieve it by using a thicker white berry stem garland, and adding more pumpkins and votive candles.

9. White and Green (this is one of the easiest DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces)

DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces - white pumpkins
Photo from Liz Marie.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE:

  1. If you already have a wooden table, you can skip the burlap table runner altogether. But if not, adding a rustic table runner creates texture.
  2. Use silver trays and place them on top of the runner.
  3. Add white pumpkins, mostly large and mediums ones. You can stack some of them on top of each other. Larger pumpkins are always better off bought from your local grocery store.
  4. You can also purchase orange ones and paint them white! Perfect homemade thanksgiving decorations!
  5. We love these white pumpkin miniature ones! You can use them in between or as guest favors!
  6. In between the pumpkins, add greeneries to make the table lively.
  7. Tapered candles in silver holder to finish the look.

Looking for the rest?

Check out part 2 of this 2 part post!

Table design 10-20, is discussed further in Part 2. Read more about them here.

There you are! DIY Thanksgiving Centerpieces + Ideas: Top 20 Step-by-step Guide!

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