Thanksgiving Checklist: The Kids’ Table

I’m sure you guys are all up to your eyeballs in grocery store rage and finding the right elastic-waist pants for the upcoming holiday weekend.  So I won’t keep you very long.  I just want to make sure you’re not overlooking one critical aspect of your Thanksgiving prep:  The Kids’ Table.

Basically, there are two ways you can approach this.

1)  Pottery Barn Kids’ Way

I’ve taken the liberty of sharing a few of the tidbits from their latest catalog for your consideration.

{Image credit: Pottery Barn Kids}

Great points, PBK.  Let’s definitely remind the kids of what they have to be thankful for.  Should we do that through unnecessary, time-consuming craft projects while we’re all prepping huge dinners?  Of course!  I would fucking love to spend the days leading up to Thanksgiving building a true-to-scale replica of the Mayflower for a kids’ table centerpiece.  Please tell me — what else can I do to avoid abject parental failure?  Let’s see…

{Image credit: Pottery Barn Kids}

I can’t believe I almost had Thanksgiving without party favors for the kids.  They would have been furious if they didn’t *receive* something on this day of thanks. And giving.  Plus, we totally need a turkey pencil holder to carry us through that critical seven-week stretch between our Halloween pencil holder and our Christmas pencil holder.  Crisis averted, for sure.

{Image credit: Pottery Barn Kids}

Because nothing says gratitude like felt leaves.  I know this is always a huge conversation starter in my house.

{Image credit: Pottery Barn Kids}

OMG, HOLD UP.  I DON’T HAVE TO PUT FINE CHINA ON THE KIDS’ TABLE?  THANK YOU, PBK!  I NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS.  {Also, in my house, “shatter-proof plates” = paper.}

So, that’s one way you could do the kids’ table.  But let me now present an alternative.

 

2)  My Way

Folding table:  Check.

{Tablecloth?  OK, OK — I’ll get one.  But low maintenance, inexpensive and, for God’s sake, machine washable.}

 

Decorative headgear made in school:  Check.

Let’s see, what else?

Nothing — we’re done!  With nary a decorative acorn in sight.  Now we can focus on family and friends without those pesky felt leaves and ships all over the place.

So there you have it — an important decision.  One approach requires glue guns and the patience of a saint, but allows you to look like a goddess on Pinterest.  The other lacks a certain je ne sais quoi, but gives you far more time for important prep items — like Pie Quality Control Testing.

Your choice, folks.  Happy Thanksgiving!

 

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Comments

  1. Teri says:

    I’m going with option #2!!

  2. Marcos says:

    I guess we shouldn’t mention that the Pilgrims, hosting their Thanksgiving dinner in a coastal town, had to deal with Pirates! The kids table might take on a whole new theme!!!

    Happy Turkey Day to all in Fordeville!!!

  3. Tamara says:

    Can that possibly be real? Horrible.

    I like your way much better.

  4. angela says:

    Every year I get the PBK catalog and think…gosh…why does my Thanksgiving not look like this. And then they debut the Christmas Themed Bedroom bedding/furniture/decorations and I wonder why we don’t have seasonal decorative bedding???

    AHHH…PBK…I love you…I hate you

    • fordeville says:

      See, and I can barely make it to the seasonal decorative bedding section because I’m too busy being outraged by the crafting suggestions.

  5. Bethany Thies says:

    How did anyone EVER give thanks before felt leaves? Were we all just walking around knowing something was missing?

  6. Alexandra says:

    LOL! “Let’s see…what else? NOTHING! You’re done.”

    You are my kind of woman/

    Happy Tday!

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