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Acorn Place Card Holders

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Add some whimsy to your Thanksgiving table with these simple acorn place card holders.

Bring some charm to your table with these adorable acorn place card holders.

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Acorn Place Card Holder

Bring some charm to your table with these adorable acorn place card holders.

You will need: Wooden craft eggs with a flat bottom Brown craft paint (we used milk chocolate) Paint brush and paper Drill with small drill bit Heavy gauge wire Vice grips Sisal rope Hot glue gun and glue stick Scissors Card stock Marker Paint the eggs. It might take a couple of coats.

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Paint the Eggs

You will need: Wooden craft eggs with a flat bottom/ brown craft paint (we used milk chocolate)/ paint brush and paper/ drill with small drill bit/ heavy gauge wire/ vice grips/ sisal rope/ hot glue gun and glue stick/ scissors/ card stock/ marker. First step: paint the eggs. It might take a couple of coats.

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Drill

Drill a hole in the very top center of the egg.

with the end of the wire firmly in the vice grips, twist the wire around 5 times and remove. Bend the wire down at the end to create a long stem.

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Create the Card Holder

with the end of the wire firmly in the vice grips, twist the wire around 5 times and remove. Bend the wire down at the end to create a long stem.

Cut the wire to make the card holder to make it 3 1/2 inches from top to bottom.

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Cut the Card Holder

Cut the wire to make the card holder 3 1/2 inches from top to bottom.

Using a hot glue gun, attach the sisal about 1/3 of the way down from the top of the egg. Continue wrapping and gluing toward the top of the egg. Insert the wire card holder before you get to the top of the egg.

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Attaching the Sisal

Using a hot glue gun, attach the sisal about 1/3 of the way down from the top of the egg. Continue wrapping and gluing toward the top of the egg. Insert the wire card holder before you get to the top of the egg.

Cut the sisal at the top of the egg leaving a bit as the stem. Add a dab of hot glue to the end of the sisal to prevent unravelling.

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Finish the Stem

Cut the sisal at the top of the egg leaving a bit as the stem. Add a dab of hot glue to the end of the sisal to prevent unravelling.

Remove any stray pieces of sisal with scissors and remove any excess glue.

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Finish the Acorns

Remove any stray pieces of sisal with scissors and remove any excess glue.

Add a bit of whimsy to your Thanksgiving table with these simple acorn place card holders.

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The Grand Finale

These simple acorn place card holders will add a bit of whimsy to your Thanksgiving table.