Thanksgiving Decoration Ideas
for Your Porch

Thanksgiving decoration ideas are as abundant as the many blessings that we have in our lives. Dave and I love Thanksgiving. It's simply about giving thanks and enjoying time together. I have to admit I love all the delicious food and pumpkin pie, too.

As you decorate for Thanksgiving, begin with your front porch.

Thanksgiving decorating ideas

Very cute turkey and pumpkins make this a welcoming Thanksgiving porch for sure!
Photo courtesy of Patricia Lavolette

Mother Nature seems to do some of her best work in the autumn with all the brilliant shades of color like red, orange, gold, amber and brown.

Try these simple ideas for Thanksgiving decorating:

• Hang a wreath on your front door that is adorned with festive holiday ribbon, berries or even colorful flowers.
• Attach corn stalks to light posts, columns or pillars and arrange pumpkins and gourds around the base. See Shelly's pretty harvest home.
• Enjoy how Kristen brings autumn to her porch.
• Use potted plants such as Mums in a variety of colors and sizes to add splashes of color to your porch. Get several different kinds for contrast and place them along the steps or walkway leading up to your front porch.
• Window boxes are also a great Thanksgiving decorating idea - like the picture shown here.
• You can plant flowers and then accent them a garland of fall colored leaves or berry covered vines for that harvest feel.




Pretty autumn planter boxes






Simplicity



Thanksgiving decoration ideas need not be too elaborate. We have oodles of autumn decorating ideas that will look lovely at Thanksgiving time.

You can create a warm, welcoming, homey feeling that will be felt by all by using a few Thanksgiving decorations for your porch.

It does not matter if your porch is large or small, you will be able to make it a warm, friendly entrance to your home.






More tips for Thanksgiving decorating

• You can decorate pumpkins with a beautiful glaze like Kate did.
  
  Put autumn gourds on your porch steps to help complete your overall thanksgiving decoration look. Christine has a beautiful American harvest porch. We like these Thanksgiving decoration ideas.
• Take several ears of Indian corn and use some wire to twist it together to create a cluster. Finish it off by tying some natural colored raffia around it to make a bow. Now you have a stunning three dimensional work of art that can be used as a door hanging or even attached to some corn stalks for depth and color.
• Use banners that are in the shape of pilgrims or turkey on your porch. Some banners have words like “give thanks” or "happy Thanksgiving on them. Thanksgiving Flags can be hung from your porch or even attached to a Shepherd’s hook in your yard.

See Susan's beautiful front porch

Our friend, Susan, who is the author of the popular blog Between Naps on the Porch, has a wonderful talent for decorating and making her house a home. She is graciously sharing with us photos of her autumn decorated porch. Charming autumn and Thanksgiving decoration ideas!

Well this looks like a very friendly porch! Wouldn't you love to call this home?

Thanks, Susan! Please visit Susan's blog, Between Naps on the Porch, for lots of wonderful interactive posts about before and after decorating, tablescapes and more of Susan's secrets.

As you can see, there are so many Thanksgiving decoration ideas, so the hard part is deciding which ones you want to use as you give thanks during this holiday season.

As you decorate for Thanksgiving, you will be surprised at the ideas you will have for decorating your front porch.

Please join us in being very thankful for our many blessings.

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