A Pumpkin and Gourd Tablescape

A perfect table for fall festivities.

1. Cover your table with the tablecloth.

2. Arrange the bowls down the center of the table. Fill one with white pumpkins, one with orange pumpkins, and one with gourds.

3. Using a small, sharp knife, cut around the stems of the striped pumpkins, pushing the knife tip through until it reaches the seeds. Pull out the stems and seeds. Insert a tapered candle into each pumpkin, and place one on each side of the center bowl.

4. Scatter acorns and fall leaves around the bowls and candleholders.

5. Set out the place settings with the dinner plates, the napkins, the salad plates, and the flatware. Place acorn-shaped bowls on top of salad plates.

Materials Needed:

• Green/gold silk or moiré tablecloth
• Acorns from outside, craft store, or home goods store
• Fall leaves from outside, craft store, or home goods store
• Assorted colors and shapes of miniature gourds
• 3 assorted-shaped wooden salad bowls and bread bowls
• White miniature pumpkins
• Orange miniature pumpkins
• Small sharp knife
• 2 striped miniature pumpkins
• Coordinating autumn colored dinner plates and salad plates
• Coordinating earth-colored napkins
• Flatware
• Coordinating “acorn”-shaped or other soup bowls