If you want to make a beautiful centerpiece to decorate your table this fall, try making this easy cornucopia for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays for many reasons. I love spending time with family, eating good food, and not having to buy gifts. Gathering around the table with a room full of laughter and a plate full of food is part of some of my best Thanksgiving memories. If you want to make your table look even more impressive, try making this fantastic cornucopia centerpiece for Thanksgiving.
Materials
- Duct Tape
- 2- black poster boards, 22″ X 28″
- Hot glue gun.
- Scissors
- Box cutter
- Large Plastic Bowl
- 17 packs of Dollar Tree Nautical rope
- Silver Metallic spray paint by Krylon
- Gold Foil Metallic Spray Paint by Krylon
- 5-Pumpkin and gourd decorations
- Floral Garden Maple Oak Leaf Garland
- Faux autumn leaves
How To Make a Cornucopia for Thanksgiving
Building the Foundation of the Cornucopia
Tape together the shorter sides of two black poster boards using duct tape.
Then, take one large plastic Dollar Tree bowl and line it up against the edge of the poster board.
Lay the side of the bowl against the poster board, so the bowl leans at a slight angle. Then, wrap the poster board around the bowl to measure how much poster board you would need to go around the bowl one complete time.
Use your hot glue gun to glue one straight line down the side of the bowl and lay the bowl so that the edge of the bowl lines up with the edge of the poster board. Hold it in place until the hot glue cools.
Forming the Cone
Wrap the poster board around the bowl so that the end of it forms a cone.
Use a pencil to trace the poster board around the top of the bowl. Then, cut the poster board around the lines that you drew. Wrap the poster board around the bowl so that it makes the shape of a cone. Trace and trim any excess poster board around the top, if there is any. Use a hot glue gun to glue the sides of the cone in place. Put duct tape on the cone for reinforcement.
Use a yardstick ruler to draw a line down the length of the cone on both sides. Next, use a ruler to draw small horizontal lines down the vertical line that you just drew. Now, use a ruler to make sure that they are equally spaced. Start at the top of the cone and go down about 1/2 of the way.
Cutting the Slits into the Cone
Use a box cutter to cut the small lines drawn on the cone. Now, you can use scissors to make the slits longer. Cut each slit long enough so that you can bend each piece back to create the curve.
If any pieces separate from the cone, use the hot glue gun to glue them back together.
Creating the Curve
Cut a long skinny strip of leftover poster board to use as a spine. Slide the strip inside the cornucopia and glue each of the slits to the spine while separating them a little bit, maybe half an inch, to create the curve. Next, cut the excess piece of the strip sticking out of the top of the cornucopia.
Covering the Openings with Duct Tape
Because you will wrap the cornucopia with rope, you will need to close up all open spaces with duct tape.
Wrap duct tape around the cornucopia base to ensure that it stays in place.
Covering the Cornucopia with Rope
Glue the end of the Dollar Tree nautical rope in the center of the bowl. Now, continue wrapping the rope around that piece and hot gluing it in place to create a spiral. Keep going until you fill-up the bowl. It should take about five nautical ropes to fill up the inside of the bowl. Make sure to outline the opening of the cornucopia with rope as well.
Continue wrapping the rope around the cornucopia around and around. Make sure to put the coils as close together as possible so that you don’t have any spacing. If you want to be extra careful, you could spray paint the whole cornucopia tan before you begin gluing any rope down.
It took about 12 packs of rope to cover the outside of the cornucopia. So, yes, if you did the math, that was about 17 packs of Dollar Tree Nautical rope for this entire project.
Continue wrapping until you get to the end of the cornucopia.
Styling the Cornucopia
To style the cornucopia, I spray painted five plastic vegetables silver and gold. I also filled the cornucopia with faux autumn leaves and a garland of leaves.
Don't Be a Stranger...
There you have it! Another fun adorable centerpiece! I hope you enjoyed learning how to make this beautiful DIY cornucopia for Thanksgiving.
If you want to check out more fall projects, be sure to read Beautiful Fall Pumpkin DIY or How To Make Chic & Glam Pumpkins for Fall. For another centerpiece idea, check out How To Make a Dollar Tree Patriotic Centerpiece.
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