Keep your table chic and sweet with these simple and affordable holiday ideas for Thanksgiving decor on a budget. You’ll have tons of tasteful decor inspiration, so you can pull that table together just in time for the big holiday! Here’s a quick list of easy ideas loaded with lots of budget-friendly looks you can copy (without breaking the bank)!
1. Easy DIY White and Green Thanksgiving Centerpiece
This simple Thanksgiving centerpiece is decked with white candles and framed with simple greens on a cake stand. It’s made with simple items you can probably track down at your local dollar store and comes together in minutes.
2. A Fruit centerpiece makes Easy thanksgiving decor on a budget
A crisp and fresh white autumn pumpkin is nestled in with grapes figs and pears to create a simple yet stylish Thanksgiving dinner centerpiece with none other than natural, fresh produce. This is a great idea for those of you who enjoy Thanksgiving centerpieces inspired by natural elements.
3. Easy Fall Fruit Wreath For A Front Door or Table
The great thing about fall wreaths is their versatility. You can create this simple diy fall fruits wreath and use to adorn a front porch door or place it face up on a dining table and put simple white pillar candles inside or even a thin vase filled with fall flowers. This next idea is also a lovely wreath laden with spiced autumnal tones…
4. Elegant DIY Pumpkin Wreath with Fall Spice Colors
Create this simple fall pumpkin wreath to add the warmth of fall to your home. All the items used can be purchased from the artificial floral section of your local craft store or even your local dollar tree store. Easy diy fall wreaths like this make simple budget-friendly ways to decorate for fall in minutes.
5. DIY Fall Leaf Table Runner with Colorful Autumn Leaves
This easy fall leaf table runner is another great idea to create simple Thanksgiving decor on a budget with simple items. Add a pop of color to the dinner table with this easy table runner made with a bag of faux autumn leaves, burlap ribbon, and glue!
6. Natural Pumpkin and Pinecone Thanksgiving Table Runner Decor
Create a warm, welcoming, and inviting table for your guests with this rustic Thanksgiving table runner decor. You can style this simple Thanksgiving or fall decor with simple items like pine cones, wooden mini pumpkins, and artificial floral stems.
7. Easy Fresh Small Pumpkins on Pillar Candle Holders
Bring the warmth of autumn to your table when you style these simple fall table decorations with pumpkins on old wooden pillar candle holders. This another great way to style Thanksgiving decor on a budget. All you need is a roll of glittery mesh ribbon, a few fresh pumpkins or gourds from the grocery store, and tall pillar-style candle holders. You might already have candle holders like these at home, but if not, you can usually find them at the thrift store, or even local Goodwill store at a heavily discounted price. Top them with pumpkins and use the mesh ribbon to dress up the candle holder.
8. Easy Thanksgiving Centerpiece with a Wood Box, Candles, and Fall Leaves
This easy DIY Thanksgiving table centerpiece is made with just a handful of simple items to add touch of warmth to your Thanksgiving tablescape in minutes. To start, you’ll just need a rustic wooden box to hold it all together, but it adds another great touch to our list of DIY Thanksgiving decor ideas.
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9. Painted Pumpkin Centerpiece
This easy idea is another great addition to our list of easy DIY Thanksgiving decorations. You can paint little real pumpkins or small craft pumpkins from Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Choose paint in shades of pink and red to create a bold ombre effect cascading down the center of your Thanksgiving table.
10. DIY Candle Holder with Industrial Metal Hardware
Yet another genius and tasteful idea that is completely homemade and beautiful. This simple candleholder centerpiece is made by putting together a few pieces of metal hardware that serve as the candleholders. It’s finished with a lovely table runner and sprigs of pine.
11. Simple Thanksgiving Table Settings with White Pumpkins and Gold Silverware
Here a few Thanksgiving table decorations come together in shades of warm white with fresh white pumpkins, white hydrangeas, and white candles.
12. Easy Thanksgiving Table with Dark Blue Candles and Craft Pumpkins
Next on our list of elegant yet cheap Thanksgiving decorations is this easy table decor you can set up in time for Thanksgiving day. This easy look is done by painting a few small craft pumpkins with chalk spray and setting them atop what looks like mini wood cheese boards. It makes a beautiful display to easily slip in your place cards.
13. Rustic Thanksgiving Table with Wood, Pinecones, and Pumpkins
Here an easy Thanksgiving tablescape is set natural elements inspired by the autumn seasons. Linen napkins tied with dried leaves complete the look for a simple yet festive feel.
14. Thanksgiving Table Decorations with Pears
All this talk about pumpkins is enough to distract anyone from the other ‘p’ word: pears! You can also use pears to create beautiful centerpieces for your own Thanksgiving table. Again, using fresh fruit and fresh produce in your decorations is a wonderful and elegant way to achieve cheap Thanksgiving table decor (without looking cheap). Here fresh pears add a rustic touch to the table while serving as the perfect vessel to hold name cards.
15. Nature-Inspired Decor also makes easy thanksgiving decor on a budget
Here a simple wooden dough bowl is filled with all natural elements like Spanish moss, eucalyptus branches, pinecones, and gourds for a beautiful DIY thanksgiving centerpiece idea in minutes. True proof that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a gorgeous look.
16. Warm Thanksgiving Table Decor with Taper Candles, Flowers, and Brown Glass Bottles
Brown glass bud vases with twine carry warm spice colored fall foliage. A simple burlap cloth table runner adds a neutral feel beneath the vases. This is a festive look that can be used as easy fall and autumn table decor that will actually carry all the way through Thanksgiving. It can be used to liven up your dining table or console table.
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17. faux pumpkins and a Dough Bowl create thanksgiving decor on a budget with just a few items
These fall pumpkin dough bowl decor ideas are an easy way to make a few glittery crackle pumpkins the center of attention in this quick, colorful Thanksgiving table that can also be used throughout the fall season.
18. Festive White Thanksgiving Pumpkins Wrapped in Bittersweet Vine
Simple white pumpkins are wrapped in rustic bittersweet vines dotted with orange and spice-colored berries. A lovely Thanksgiving festive decor idea for those of you who enjoy incorporating natural elements into your home decor.
19. Beautiful DIY Pumpkin Vase Centerpiece
You can create this beautiful and natural looking pumpkin floral centerpiece using a white craft pumpkin and artificial flowers from the crafts store or the artificial floral section at the dollar store. A bit of floral foam holds the flowers in place and creates a stunning centerpiece in light cozy colors that commands attention.
20. Easy Copper Pitcher Dried Floral Arrangement creates elegant thanksgiving decor on a budget
A lovely old-fashioned copper pitcher makes the perfect vessel to hold bunches of dried eucalyptus stems and pheasant feathers. The rest of the table is dotted with matching glassware and votives in soft rosy colors that create warmth with natural elements.
I hope some of these simple and colorful decor ideas will help you style and shop for items to create your very own Thanksgiving decor on a budget.
