12 DIY Thanksgiving Place Cards

3 min read September 13, 2026 Daylee Olson
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Craft the cutest place cards for your Thanksgiving dinner. Your guests will love sitting down to a personalized place setting. You can customize any place card to fit your theme this year. Check out our 12 Thanksgiving place cards! 

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DIY Pumpkin Place Cards

These place cards can serve as napkin holders and favors for your guests to take home too! It is easy to adapt these place cards to your theme, just change the color! They will give your Thanksgiving table a modern touch. 

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DIY Clay Wishbone Place Cards

Add a fun twist to breaking the wishbone tradition with these place cards. Everyone gets their own wishbone this Thanksgiving! These come with free printable place card tags too!

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Simple Thanksgiving Place Card

These place cards look so elegant, but are so simple. Just add gold letters to each feather and lay it across a napkin. So easy, yet so beautiful.

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DIY Fall Pumpkin Place Card

These fall pumpkin place cards are just the cutest! Just take kraft paper and hot glue the pumpkin to the card. Perfect for small and large gatherings alike. 

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Leaf Place Card

These place cards go great with any place setting. You only need three supplies to create these stylish leaf place cards. 

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Gold Pumpkin Place Card

Make place cards and gifts for each of your guests with just one craft. The gold of these pumpkins will make each place setting pop! Your guests will love having these to take home and use in their own homes.

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Hand lettered Acorn Place Card

Use calligraphy to add elegance to each place setting at your Thanksgiving table. Then add an acorn to each place card to add a pretty fall touch. 

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Black and White Place Card

This place card is a FREE printable. Print out the place cards, then place it in a place card holder of your choice. 

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Ceramic Leaf Place Card

Create these ceramic leaf place cards to add a touch of sophistication to your Thanksgiving table. Your guests can take them home to use as a piece of decor!

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Marbled Coaster Place Card

We love this marbled coaster place card. Marble is so on trend and adds such an expensive look to these place cards. You could marble any color, but this copper color adds a beautiful fall feel. 

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Hand-Lettered Wooden Place Card

Make your guests feel welcome with these wooden place cards. The natural look will go great with any Thanksgiving theme. 

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Copper Accented Place Card

This place card doubles as a favor box. Your guests will love sitting down to find treats inside their place card. It also comes with a free printable tag to add a earthy tone. 

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