Frugal Thanksgiving Decorating Ideas

Go on a nature walk with your kids and collect items like colored leaves, acorns, and pine cones. Place in a basket and use as a centerpiece or a table decoration

Using a heavy-duty needle and thread, create a holiday garland by stringing dried apples

Place fall colored soaps and decorative hand towels in your bathroom

Create a fall scent by boiling a little water and adding spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

Hollow out the center of a pumpkin or squash and use as a serving bowl for items like relishes and dips

Make a holiday wreath: Buy an inexpensive grapevine wreath and hot-glue fall items to it such as pine cones, tiny gourds, Indian corn, acorns, etc. Top it off with a fall colored bow.

Shop thrift stores for wicker baskets. First clean the baskets with hot, soapy water. After they are dry, you can spray paint in a fall color like rust, brown, or dark green. Decorate with raffia, fall-colored ribbons, etc. You can also use a hot glue gun to attach Indian corn. Use the matching baskets to hold napkins and silverware, or use as serving pieces for rolls at your Thanksgiving table.