The best Thanksgiving decor may already be in the yard.
Send kids, and kids at heart, outside to find a piece of fall's best foliage for each Thanksgiving dinner guest. Then have them write each guest's name on a leaf, a little handwriting and etiquette practice, and set one at every place.
The leaves do double duty as table decor, set alongside everyone's favorite family recipes.
Foraging brings the outside in, so even if it is not quite a golden fall where you are, leaves of any color work, and so do large flower petals, such as dogwoods.
And if the weather won't cooperate, there is always the craft store. As Ina would say, "Store-bought is fine!"
This story appears in the November 2026 issue of Stroll Providence, which you can read or download in full.