- Decorate the table with warm, harvest-related colors, such as orange, red, yellow and brown. Do not worry about having a perfectly coordinated table scape, but rather embrace the eclecticism of the holiday. Michaels has an assortment of Thanksgiving themed tableware.
- Centerpieces can include a bouquet with Fall flowers such as: sunflowers, red carnations, orange spray roses, spiral eucalyptus and transparent orange oak leaves. The bouquet can be surrounded by nuts, dried fruit and crabapple branches.
- Create a warm ambience with scented candles that have harvest inspired fragrances, such as pumpkin spice, gingerbread, apple, cinnamon and warm vanilla sugar.
- Top Party Ideas suggests having a “Thanking Tree,” which can be a tree branch from outside. Insert the branch in a vase and secure it with sand or marbles. Cut paper leaves out of construction paper and punch a hole at one end of each leaf. Each guest gets a leaf and writes down things for which they are thankful and then decorates the branch with their leaves. During the tea party, each guest can remove their leaf and share what they wrote and why they are thankful.
- Etsy offers a wide array of pumpkin teapots to complete the harvest theme.
- Several tea companies have harvest themed teas that celebrate the day. Here are a few:
Brown Butter Pumpkin Shortbread (Photo courtesy of ibakeheshoots.com) - Celestial Seasonings has Sweet Harvest Pumpkin.
- Wedgwood offers Tea Moments Autumn Tea Blend Pumpkin and Caramel.
- Tea Forte offers Harvest Apple Spice.
- The Republic of Tea offers its Harvest Stackable Tea Tin, consisting of Hibiscus Cranberry, Hot Apple Cider and Pumpkin Spice.
- Trader Joe’s Harvest Blend Herbal Tea is a good caffeine free option.
- Here are three recipes to compliment the teas:
- I Bake He Shoots has a Brown Butter Pumpkin Shortbread recipe that perfectly combines Afternoon Tea with Thanksgiving.
- The Humbled Homemaker has a tasty Gluten Free Apple Cake recipe for those who want to avoid gluten, dairy, eggs and nuts.
- Use Real Butter has a Pumpkin Tea Cake recipe that creates a moist, tender cake with a crunchy crust.
