DIY Pumpkin Placemarkers

An inexpensive, festive way to decorate your Turkey Day or Halloween dinner table.

Get some mini pumpkins. I chose these Baby Boos. 

And something to create a tag with. I hit the dollar store looking for little die-cut cardboard circles, tiny gift tags or stickers. Then this felt placemat caught my eye! You may have seen it in photos of my Thanksgiving Soup post here:

 https://hotandcoldrunningmom.blogspot.com/2021/10/thanksgiving-soup.html

The leaves were just the size I was looking for. I tried sharpie marker to write with which didn't work out very well. But this dimensional fabric paint did the trick! Then it was just a matter of snipping each leaf off the placemat and sticking each leaf/name tag on each pumpkin with a straight pin. Of course, if you're a real keener just get a piece of felt and cut out each leaf by hand. (I don't have that kind of time or patience!)

And don't forget... these are pumpkins and quite edible. Google some mini pumpkin recipes once they have done their placemarking duty.

Here's my Mini Stuffed Pumpkin recipe:

https://hotandcoldrunningmom.blogspot.com/2021/10/mini-stuffed-pumpkins.html