Qorkz Crafts - Thanksgiving Edition

We, like many of you, are headed over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving dinner.  Since she is doing all the work for the feast, you might want to think about bringing a gift to the old dear.  Naturally, wine is an obvious choice, and we at Qorkz have a bunch of options for you to choose from.  But sometimes, Gram wants something a little more personal…. That reminds her of you when you were a tyke.

Luckily you have wine corks available to make these place card holders.

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Place Card Holders

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Crafting Items Needed

Corks
Thanksgiving colored paper (I chose red, yellow, orange and brown)
A marker (I picked a gold sharpie) 
Glue
Some wire (I used jewelry making wire but a paperclip unwound would work as well) 
Oh, and an optional piece of equipment was a decorative hole punch

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Instructions

I started by making the wire name card holder.  I bent the wire to make a long “U” shape.  

Then I folded the bottom of the “U” down toward the top. 

Next, I folded that bottom part up halfway. 

Now insert the wire base into a cork.

I decided to use the red, yellow, and orange papers to make the flourish on the back of the of the placeholder.  You can make circles, or hearts… anything your desire.  I used this pretty hole punch (similar here).  I then glued them on the back of the cork in a fan array. 

Next, I cut the brown paper into strips and wrote each dinner guest’s name on a strip for a name card. This can then insert the name card into the wire holder.  Now repeat until you have the number of place card holders you need.  Simple right?  

Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at Qorkzcru!