{DIY Party} Get Bewitched With These Halloween Placards and Table Setting

Sep 172010

When the witching hour approaches, you want your table to look its booootiful best. Here is a quick and easy table setting to give your table the Halloween “BOO” factor! This is a fun way to decorate your table even if you are just having a few guests over or a full blown Halloween party.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED :

Wood hats, small laser cut
Craft paint
Heavy cardboard (I used the back of a writing tablet)
Toothpicks
Miniature pumpkins
Tea lights or tea candle
Rubber skeletons
Cloth napkins
Foam core, black (Optional)
Glue
Paint brushes
Water dish
Knife
Scissors

HERE’S HOW TO MAKE IT:

Paint the hats front and back as shown in the example, (solid purple on back and purple, bright green and orange paint on front) Cut out some small strips from cardboard, paint and glue the painted name placard on the front of the hat. Write the name of each guest on the cardboard strips. Glue a tooth pick to the back of the hat and let it dry.
We bought our tea lights from Oriental Trading Company and miniature pumpkins from your grocery store and carved out the centers a little smaller than the size of a tea light. This will make the tea light snug and sit level with the top of the pumpkin. Stick the toothpick into the pumpkin up to the bottom of the hat.
We bought some rubber skeletons, we got ours from Oriental Trading Company, and put them in funny poses. Paint and cut out a greeting out of the same type of cardboard used for the placards and wedge it in between the skeletons hands. Place on top of folded napkin.
Fold the napkins like an envelope. Start with a napkin folded into a square. Turn the napkin so one of the tips is in front of you (see picture) then fold in the two sides, fold the bottom up and the top down. You can tuck the silverware under the flap and put the skeleton on top of the napkin. We used a black square of foam core under the napkin to give a nice contrast. A brightly colored or spider table cloth is a great addition under your table settings.

Bendable Skeletons

White Battery Tea Lights

Holiday Table Setting

From left; Step 1-paint back of hat solid color. Step 2- second hat, paint front. Step 3- paint hat and add name. Step 4- glue tooth pick on back of hat and stick into pumpkin.