Pretty Harvest Place Cards for Thanksgiving
- Table knife
- 2-inch plastic-foam balls
- Marbles or washers (to weigh down the balls)
- 2-inch-wide plaid ribbon cut in 14-inch strips (2 strips per place card holder)
- Scissors
- Wheat
- Florist's wire
- Wire cutters
- Brown raffia
- Cream-color cardstock
- Small paper punch
- Paper leaf embellishments
- Glue dots
- Use a table knife to shave off a small slice from each foam ball so it sits flat and does not roll.
- Press a marble or washer into the flat side of each foam ball to provide extra stability for the place-card holders.
- Place two lengths of plaid ribbon overlapping in an X on a flat surface. Place the foam ball, flat side down, onto the center of the ribbon X.
- Cut a stalk of wheat about 2 inches below the bud. Press the wheat stem into the top center of the foam ball so just the wheat is poking out.
- Bring the ends of the plaid ribbon up around the wheat stem, wrapping the entire foam ball in ribbon. Tie the ends together with a short length of florist's wire.
- Tie three or four stands of brown raffia around the florist's wire. Trim the tails of the raffia if desired.
- Cut the cardstock into small rectangles. Punch a hole in the corner of each cardstock rectangle. Write a guest's name on each card.
- Embellish each card with a paper leaf and secure it with glue dots.
- Slip each name card onto a single stalk of wheat through the punched hole.
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