Creating personalized Thanksgiving Place Cards is a lovely way to welcome your loved ones to a festive meal filled with roast turkey, all the trimmings, and the warmth of family and friends gathered together.
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Today, I'd like to share a cherished family tradition that has graced our Thanksgiving table for generations.
These cards are filled with thankful scripture verses or Conversation Starter Cards are both a great way to start your meal on Thanksgiving Day.
You can use these cards two different ways:
- Print them out and place them on top of place settings on the table.
- Or you can print the scripture verses or conversation starters out and insert them inside card stock to make a more formal looking place card for your table.
I've made it really easy for you to purchase your own set of Scripture Cards or even Conversation Cards to use for your holiday celebration this year.
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How to use Scripture Cards
We each take turns reading our card; usually ending with the “head” of the household who then prays for the meal. Even the youngest family member can participate. Usually it's just something simple like "Hallelujah" or "Thank you God."
For something fun, you can watch my family and I reading our scripture place cards around the table HERE on a Facebook Live Video I did last year.
Below is a photo of myself and my mom a very long time ago. You can tell from the table setting that it is Thanksgiving. You can't see the place cards, but they're on top of each plate.
Back then my mom made them using index cards and stickers. It was fun to help her choose the stickers for each family member.
Here's a look at our Thanksgiving table with the scripture place cards from a few years ago.
Material Needed for Thanksgiving Place Cards
You can also hand-make your own scripture place cards. Here's what you need:
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How to Make Thanksgiving Place Cards
- Start with a master list of thankful type scripture verses. Psalms is a great book of the Bible to start searching!
- You can also use the internet and Google to look for scripture verses.
- Next choose to either write the scripture verses out by hand or type them out and print them on paper.
- Cut the printed scripture verses to fit the inside of the gift cards. This step can be a little trial and error. You don't want the print to be too small so people can't read the verses but you also want to make sure they fit inside the cards.
- Use the mounting squares to attach the printed scripture verses to the inside of the cards.
- Decorate the front of the card by writing the name of the person and add a few fun stickers.
Loni says
I love this idea so much, I can't wait to include the Bible verses with the place-cards this year!!! Thank you so much for sharing this special tradition. Blessings, Loni
Lois says
Thank you for checking them out Loni. I hope you enjoyed the video of my family also reading the cards. Happy Thanksgiving!
Sue says
Great idea, and you make it look so easy, Lois. Thanks for sharing.
Cranberry Morning says
That is a great idea! Give thanks to the LORD - is what it's all about!