37 Easy Thanksgiving DIYs

From beautiful tablescapes to autumnal decor, Thanksgiving presents a wonderful opportunity to spruce up your home. You'll find ideas for centerpieces, place cards, menus, leftover take-out boxes, garlands and more to create your best holiday home yet. 

Announce the feast you prepared for Thanksgiving by creating a menu on a pumpkin by hand writing all the dishes on the front.

DIY Pumpkin Menu from The Merrythought

Help everyone find their seat for Thanksgiving with these super easy to make pine cone place cards that you can make inexpensively by gathering pine cones outdoors and using small pieces of paper to write each guest's name one.

D​IY Pine Cone Place Cards Tutorial from​ Squirrelly Minds

Dress up your table by painting several small pumpkins gold and arrange them down the center of your table this Thanksgiving for an easy seasonal centerpiece.

DIY Mini Gold Pumpkin Table Decor Tutorial from A Pumpkin and a Princess

This easy paper pumpkin DIY is a quick and inexpensive way to decorate your home and tablescape with seasonal squash. Each pumpkin will only take you about 5 minutes!

Paper Pumpkin from The Spruce

For the finishing touch to your pumpkin spiced cake this Thanksgiving, make your own falling leaves cake topper that showcases the beautiful fall colors of red, yellow and orange.

DIY Falling Leaves Cake Topper Tutorial from​ The Sweetest Occasion

Pumpkin pie is a Thanksgiving staple, so whether you bought one or made one at home one easy way to make the pie extra special is to make your own stencil and some icing sugar to write give thanks and eat pie for a photo worthy dessert that everyone will want to post on Instagram.

DIY Pumpkin Pie Stencil Tutorial from Stephanie White

Set the table with your own set of give thanks napkins with a free iron-on transfer template that you can be used on a set of plain white napkins for quick holiday decor.

DIY Give Thanks Napkins Tutorial from ​Squirrelly Minds

Learn how to re-create this stunning pumpkin and sunflowers centerpiece that will stretch across the length of your table. Even if you have no previous experience in flower arranging this do it yourself centerpiece is something everyone can do on their table.

DIY Pumpkin and Sunflowers Centerpiece Tutorial from​ Poppytalk

Let the kids help to decorate the table by having them paint leaves with the help of a stencil onto a large piece of paper to make a falling leaves table runner perfect for Thanksgiving.

DIY Falling Leaves Table Runner Tutorial from​ Design Improvised

For an original centerpiece idea for this Thanksgiving create a succulent planter out of a pumpkin to sit in the center of your table.

DIY Succulent Decoration from​ Simply Happenstance

Get stamping and create your own set of turkey napkins to use this Thanksgiving by stamping a turkey design in your favorite colors. 

DIY Turkey Cloth Napkins from Imagine Gnats

Encourage your family to take a moment and write down what they are thankful for on small note cards that you can leave beside everyone's place setting. Over dinner, everyone can then share what they wrote down to get the conversation started.

DIY Thankful For Cards Tutorial from Lovely Indeed

Soft candle light is a simple yet elegant way to make any dinner table more lovely, and these copper striped candle holders would be perfect at a fall dinner party.

DIY Copper Striped Candle Holders Tutorial from Homey Oh My

Print this lovely label to go over the bottle of wine you will be serving this Thanksgiving to make it seem extra festive.

DIY Thankful for You Wine Bottle Label from Sarah Hearts

Showcase the beauty of fall gourds by turning them into small vases perfect for displaying a few fresh flowers on your table.

DIY Gourd Vase Tutorial from The Merrythought

Keep bottled drinks such as a beer or wine cold and easily accessible for guests at your Thanksgiving celebrations by serving them in a homemade pumpkin cooler.

DIY Pumpkin Drinks Cooler from Stephanie White

Stamp your own geometric table runner to add some pattern to your table with this affordable DIY idea.

DIY Geometric Table Runner Tutorial from Sarah Hearts

Transform regular small pumpkins by dip dying them in metallic paint to create decorative vases.

DIY Dip Dyed Pumpkin Vase Tutorial from Homey Oh My

Send guests home after the dinner is over with an extra slice of pumpkin pie in this cute printable box.

DIY Pumpkin Pie Slice Box from Stephanie White

Showcase the beauty of fall by hanging leaves with reasons why you are thankful written on each leaf as beautiful backdrop for your thanksgiving meal.

DIY Falling Leaves Display from The Sweetest Occasion

Leftover wood pallets used for shipping are easy to find for free, and the scrap wood is the perfect thing to be repurposed into a rustic artwork perfect for your home this Thanksgiving.

DIY Thanksgiving Pallet Art from Pitter and Glink

Create your own muslin and orange fabric thankful banner that you can re-use everything thanksgiving by hanging it over your fireplace mantel or in your dining room with clothespins.

DIY Thankful Banner from Vicky Barone

Pick up a few packages of corn husks from the grocery store and glue them around a straw wreath to create a stunning way to dress up your front door this fall.

DIY Corn Husks Wreath from Design Improvised

Pick up an inexpensive framed artwork at the thrift store and paint the artwork with chalkboard paint and decorate it with a custom thanksgiving message using chalk for a spectacular way to dress up your home for Thanksgiving.

DIY Give Thanks Chalkboard Art from The Sewing Rabbit

Attach a small Thanksgiving card along with the hostess gift you bring to the Thanksgiving dinner you are invited to this year with the help of this free printable card template.

DIY Thanksgiving Card from The Sweetest Occasion

Inflate a large balloon and write on it what you are thankful for and tie the balloon to a weight on the floor for a quick decoration for Thanksgiving this year.

DIY I Am Thankful For Balloon from Studio DIY

Print one of the three Thanksgiving chalkboard artwork designs that you can frame for easy last minute Thanksgiving decor.

Printable Happy Thanksgiving Chalkboard Art from A Simple Pantry

Dress up your fireplace chalk deer that is perfect from Thanksgiving all the way to Christmas as you can write a Thanksgiving message one side and Christmas-themed message on the other.

DIY Thanksgiving Chalkboard Deer from Tried and True

Tie together some gold tipped feathers to create an elegant garland perfect for Thanksgiving.

DIY Gold Dipped Feather Garland from Simple Stylings

Pies are a popular dessert choice for Thanksgiving, so for the grand finale of your family meal enhance your homemade or store bought pie with a beautiful floral wreath pie topper that you can make yourself. The extra fancy pie is certain to impress everyone at the table.

DIY Floral Wreath Pie Topper Tutorial from Proper

If you are looking for some modern ways to decorate your home this Thanksgiving try making your own simple give thanks garland with simple black letters that you can hang on your walls.

DIY Give Thanks Garland Tutorial from Homey Oh My

Transform plastic toy turkeys into the perfect Thanksgiving place card holder with a toothpick, gold paint and some paper with this DIY that looks professional that your friends and family will be surprised you did not buy the place card holders at a store.

DIY Turkey Place Card Holders Tutorial from The Sweetest Occasion

After a huge feast on Thanksgiving, not everyone might have room left in their stomach for dessert, so send guests home with an extra slice of pie in a handmade take home box that will perfectly fit one slice of pie.

DIY Pie Leftover Take Home Box Tutorial from Studio DIY

Help ensure you are not left eating Thanksgiving leftovers all week by sending each guest home with some of the leftovers in a stylish leftovers take home bag that you can make by printing the design template on a paper bag.

DIY Thanksgiving Leftover Take Home Bag from Pizzazzerie

Remind your guests in a subtle way to think about what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving by making these simple napkin rings which you can make by printing the template onto premade tags.

DIY Thankful Napkin Ring Tutorial from Almost Makes Perfect

Make any dessert you serve look instantly Thanksgiving themed, such as cupcakes or slices of cake by sticking in a printable cupcake topper into the top.

DIY Thanksgiving Cupcake Topper Tutorial from Sarah Hearts

Give plastic pears a stylish new look with a bit of paint to craft some timeless place cards that you can reuse year after year for Thanksgiving to help guests find their seat at the table.

DIY Gold Dipped Pear Place Card Holders Tutorial from Almost Makes Perfect