How Do You Make A Decorative Table Centerpiece Out Of Paper?
When making a paper centerpiece for Thanksgiving, you want to try to not make it look too home-made or too cheesy and keep some sort of elegance. A great way to do this is to create a few turkeys out of tissue paper. You can fan different colors (warm colors like red, orange, yellow, etc.) for the tail and mold a body out of brown tissue paper.
You can also make paper flowers out of tissue paper, or even a cornucopia. Mix it up and keep it classy. You don’t want it to look like your 5 year old child made your table scape.
Mix your paper decorations on the table with pumpkins, candles and flowers. Your table scape will look beautiful, simple, and elegant. Be careful not to put your candles too close to your flowers or paper decorations.
Thanksgiving is a good time to make a table centerpiece out of paper with your child. The materials can be found around the house. Just follow the step-by-step instructions below. Cut out a paper plate in a flower shape. Paint it red, and let it dry. Measure and glue a piece of brown construction paper around a toilet paper tube. Let it dry. Cut out six feather shapes: two orange, two green and two brown. Write six things that you are thankful for on the feathers. Lay them aside. Also cut out a 2-by-2 inch yellow square, and write “I am thankful for …” on the square. Glue this square to the craft stick. Let it dry. Cut turkey feet and a beak from yellow construction paper. Also cut a waddle from red construction paper. Glue the feet together as shown in the figure here. Set aside to dry. Fold one part of the painted paper plate backwards so it creates a flat surface so it can stand up. Glue the toilet paper tube to the center of the paper plate. Let it dry. Glue the feathers around t
