Brown Paper Tablecloth for the Holidays

Now that my Thanksgiving food-induced coma has somewhat subsided, I thought it would be a good time to check in and offer some holiday inspiration. Here’s what we have discovered: brown paper on the table. In other words, a brown paper tablecloth. Credit for this idea goes to our friends Alex and Emily, who had a plethora of brown paper from the Home Depot that they taped onto their table for our Friendsgiving celebration a couple of weeks ago.

{My grandma actually tried to pick up the illustrated fork.}

I know Thanksgiving is now over {for those of us in the U.S.}, but Christmas is coming at us full steam ahead, and I’ve got this brilliant brown paper tablecloth trick for you. Here’s what you need:

• A roll of brown paper*
• Some tape
• Scissors
• Crayons or markers

*Our friends Alex and Emily got brown paper for free from the Home Depot. Evidently the Home Depot supplies such paper near the lumber pick-up entrance? I, however, had plenty of rolls of brown paper {a.k.a. “postal wrapping paper”} from the Dollar Tree. It was, you guessed it, $1.00. We used Dollar Tree brown paper for our dining table, which I didn’t get a picture of {sorry}, and our little service table.

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