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    Home » Decorate

    Easy Thanksgiving Centerpieces

    by Patti Estep · Nov 3, 2024

    Thanksgiving centerpiece with faux pumpkins, real gourds and pinecones.
    Collage of pumpkin and floral fall centerpiece ideas.

    Be inspired by this list of Thanksgiving centerpieces from holidays past and create a beautiful tablescape with your own DIY arrangments.

    Collage of fall and Thanksgiving Centerpieces.

    We normally host Thanksgiving dinner at our house and I always enjoy creating a beautiful centerpiece for the dining room table. Most of the time I work with natural elements from the backyard. I also like to include seasonal pumpkins and gourds that are so beautiful and readily available this time of year. 

    Today I'm sharing centerpieces from recent years and I hope that they inspire you to create your own Thanksgiving table decorations to enjoy with your guests this holiday season.

    Pumpkins branches and gourds on a board

    Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

    Here's an example of a very simple centerpiece. I've reused a gray stained board from a Christmas centerpiece created a couple of years ago.

    The great thing about using a board is that you can easily move it from the table to another spot in your home during dinner. This is especially useful if you want to serve your food family style. However, I think I need to add some handles on the ends to make it even easier.

    This grouping of pumpkins, gourds, and clippings from the garden is low enough to keep on the table if you prefer a buffet style and don't need the table space.

    Fall colored foliage and berries in a white bowl as a centerpiece.

    This colorful table arrangement was created with fall foliage from our backyard. You might be surprised at what you can put together with branches, berries, and seed pods growing in the garden. Many are especially beautiful this time of year. See more details in the post, Fall Centerpiece Ideas.

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    Wooden crate centerpiece with white pumpkins, green gourds, pine cones and dogwood berries.

    Here's a fun centerpiece I made for my 2017 Fall Home Tour. It has one faux orange pumpkin mixed in with live white pumpkins and squash which can easily be found at the grocery store and farm stands this time of year.

    The small rustic box is the perfect container. I lined it with a colorful fall plaid scarf and tucked in pine cones and sprigs of dogwood berries. One of the best things about this centerpiece is that you can easily move it for dinner to make room for the turkey.

    Three large jars with colored popcorn kernels. The center has a smaller jar with sunflowers and the other two have pillar candles.

    This simple idea can be used as a centerpiece or placed on your mantel or buffet. A trio of apothecary jars filled with colored popcorn is festive and couldn't be easier. The middle one has a mason jar to hold sunflowers and the ends have candles. You can read all the details in the original post, Fall Decorating with Apothecary Jars.

    A large wooden bowl with fruit and whole nuts.

    After a huge Thanksgiving feast, you may not want pumpkin pie. Well, maybe a couple of people won't want a heavy dessert and that's where this simple fruit and nut Edible Centerpiece comes in. It's easy to put together and lasts for a few days so you can make it ahead of time. After dinner, you can set it back on the table with pumpkin pie as a lighter option for dessert.

    This one contains basic apples, grapes, and pears. However, I also added clementines and pomegranates fresh for the season.

    A wooden box with dried hydrangeas tall candles and carnival pumpkins.

    Here's another centerpiece from a Fall Home Tour. Here I've used another rustic box. I love the way they look and once again they are easy to move around making life a little easier. This one holds a few glass candles, plenty of dried hydrangea blooms, and a few colorful carnival green and white pumpkins.

    Thanksgiving tablescape with real fall leaves around a grouping of candles as a centerpiece.

    This Natural Fall Centerpiece highlights colorful fall leaves that have been pressed around a group of candles and are scattered on a burlap runner on a neutral tablecloth. Little apples have been turned into votive holders. Sprigs of pyracantha berries add a pop of color and texture as they are scattered on the runner and used to adorn the napkins at each setting.

    Grapevine cornucopia with fruit.

    Next is a handmade cornucopia with real fruit. I had it on my sideboard but it would look great as a Thanksgiving centerpiece too.

    Faux succulent pumpkin centerpiece.

    This DIY Thanksgiving centerpiece is made from a foam pumpkin as a base. Then you add pretty artificial succulents to create a pretty succulent pumpkin planter. A great simple arrangement that's easy and will last a long time.

    Decorated Thanksgiving table with pumpkin vase filled with flowers, a leaf runner and real oak leaves.

    Here's another use for a foam pumpkin. Gather old or new fall artificial foliage and florals to create a beautiful pumpkin planter centerpiece.

    Fall flowers in a vase filled with acorns.

    Last, but not least, use a vase filled with pretty fall flowers and set it into a larger vessel filled with acorns. You could also fill the vase with mini pinecones or colorful popcorn kernels as shown above. See the entire fall tablescape with this pretty and simple Thanksgiving centerpiece.

    Have you found a few ideas you want to use for your Thanksgiving decor this year? Let me know if you create your own special Thanksgiving table setting this year.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Carole West

      November 04, 2019 at 7:22 am

      All are beautiful and I'm especially drawn to that first one. Love your thought process for Thanksgiving by bringing the outdoors in. Just makes sense and always looks so elegant. I'm hoping for an outdoor thanksgiving under candlelight - it's just going to be Robert and I at the property. I'm counting down the days.

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      • Patti Estep

        November 04, 2019 at 7:28 am

        Thanks Carole. Thanksgiving outdoors by candlelight sounds wonderful!! Make sure you share on instagram because I want to see that!

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