Time to send out Thanksgiving dinner invitations! If you’re looking for DIY dinner invitation ideas, this is a super easy one.
We host Thanksgiving dinner each year, but it’s nice to get a formal invitation in the mail. This one is very easy to make. (And I am super glad it is easy because my laptop and camera have stopped talking to each other… so please forgive the cell phone pix!)
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| Sorry! Soooooo irritated about my camera problems. |
Here’s what you need:
- 3 coordinating colors of cardstock
- printer
- electronic cutting machine or scissors (I used my Cricut Mini)
- paper cutter or ruler and exacto knife.
- double sided tape
- glue stick
I chose a green cardstock for my base and cut it into 5.75″ x 8.75″ pieces. Take your patterned (or middle layer) of cardstock and cut it into 5.5″ x 8.5″ pieces. Center the patterned piece on the base piece and adhere with double sided tape. (I put it in all four corners.)
It’s really easy to create the text for your invitation just by using a basic word document, or by uploading a photo to an editing site (like ipiccy.com) and using their text and graphics. Print out on cardstock and cut to size so that it can be centered on your base. It doesn’t have to to be perfect.
To create the pennant/bunting I used my Cricut Mini and scraps of the cardstock papers. If you don’t have a Cricut, you could simply use scissors to cut out the little triangles. I would do two slightly different sizes for the two different papers. Again, if you’re cutting them by hand, you could then hand-write the “give thanks”. Use a glue stick to adhere the two different triangles together. Position them where you want them on your invitation then stick them in place using the double sided tape. Since I only need to make about 10 invitations, it is pretty simple and quick, whether you have a Cricut or not.
I thought about adding some baker’s twine or ribbon, but in the end was a tad too lazy to do it. However, it would be super cute.
Do you host Thanksgiving dinner? Do you send out invitations?
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