Quick Thanksgiving Decor Tips

Thanksgiving decorating isn't usually considered elaborate but you'd be surprised at what a tab you'll run up if you go out and purchase even a small amount of Thanksgiving decor items brand new. You probably have lots of things at home that you can use for decorating and don't even know it. If not, there are some inexpensive things you can do that will look like you've spent quite a lump without actually doing so.

For Thanksgiving and general autumn decor consider the beautiful reds, oranges and yellows of the falling leaves. Rake piles of leaves then scoop them up and throw them around on your front porch. Call farms in the area to get a bale of hay delivered - or save by picking it up yourself. Place the hay bale on the porch with the leaves. The same farmer may be able to sell you a few pumpkins and other items that you can set around the bale of hay. Farmers and home gardeners are often very inexpensive on their pumpkin prices - much cheaper than at a grocer. Decorative corn, gourds and colorful squash are other ideas for the porch. Halloween is over so don't carve faces on the pumpkins.

Inside the home there's much you can do with little money. Purchase one or two flat sheets, in a pumpkin color, brown, burnt orange, or yellow. With the sheets and a tube of fabric glue you can redecorate the entire house in little time. Cut a table runner from one sheet. Hem the table runner with fabric glue, allowing enough fabric to where the runner will hang over each end of the table and come to a point. To spruce it up use fabric paints to draw on leaves or to write "Happy Thanksgiving".

You can also use the entire sheet to make a tablecloth. Hang the sheet over the table and trim to proper size. Purchase decorative autumn-theme ribbon or cord to sew onto the edges of the tablecloth, after hemming with fabric glue.