With autumn here and Thanksgiving fast approaching for our American friends you may find yourself thinking of finishing touches for your dinner party menu or deciding on your table settings. If you do, these leaf place cards will add a fun and whimsical touch to your table and they are eco-friendly. This fabulous autumn or Thanksgiving craft comes from the master of entertaining and crafts Martha Stewart. Let’s make some place cards.Tools and Materials:
Brown cover-weight card stock
Scissors
Dried leaves
White gel pen

How to:
Fold a piece of brown cover-weight card stock in half.
Write guest’s name with a white gel pen.
Cut 1 or 2 notches (about 1 inch wide) in card, at an angle.
Slide fallen leaves — fresh or dried and pressed — into each notch

Craft notes:
To make this craft you do not need to use brown cover-weight card stock, it is just what Martha recommends. You do need to use a paper that has some weight to it though because if you use regular computer paper they will fall over easily. I think a happy medium might be a good quality construction paper. Also the craft would look lovely using red, orange or brown, whatever you have or can find will work just fine. Try to choose a color that will coordinate with the leaves and your décor. Also, if you don’t have a white gel pen a sliver marker would work well or a black of you chose a paper color other than brown. If you are allowing children to do this craft, then they will need parental supervision because it involves the use of scissors.

A fun activity for the children would be going out in advance of Thanksgiving to collect leaves, come in have some hot cider and you make the place cards. In the end, these seasonal eco-friendly place cards are a nice touch to make your table special any day.