Place cards a wonderful way to dress up your holiday table and make your guests feel welcomed. Sure you could buy them, but why not try making your own budget friendly version instead? In fact, you can make your own Frugal Fall Wine Cork Place Card Holders like the ones you see here with just a handful of wine corks and other common crafting supplies. Here is how you can get started!
Frugal Fall Wine Cork Place Card Holder
Supplies:
- Orange, red, or yellow craft paint
- Assorted fall colored buttons
- Serrated knife
- Place cards (just card stock will do)
- Marker
- Hot glue, glue gun
Directions:
- To begin, paint your wine corks the color of your choice. Apply 1-2 coats depending on how you want the coverage to be. Allow to dry.
- Once your corks are dry, take the serrated knife and slice a line in each cork. You want it to be deep enough so that the card stock will fit snug into it.
- You can now add your buttons. Use a variety of color and sizes and start layering them on the wine corks. Add some glue to the back of each and press them to the cork until they are secure in place. As you can see, once you add the buttons the place card holders really start to pop.
4. Cut your paper to fit the slits of the corks. On each you can write the names of your guests. A marker works great for this! Once the name is on the paper, slide it into the slit.
You shouldn’t run into any problems getting the place card holder to stand upright, but if you do just glue a button flat to the bottom to help support it. Once everything is dry, your place card holders are ready to be put to use.
When dinner is done, just remove each guest’s name and store them until next time. You can use these again and again all season long, so gather your wine corks and give them a try! This is one frugal fall craft that is sure to get your fall table looking great.
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