Last Christmas our family made these homemade personalised place settings and they were such a hit with all the guests I thought I would share them with you – our Sweet Creations followers – and hoping you like them too!
They are pretty simple to make and the kids can get involved too with the stickers, ribbons, chalk and of course eating the candy canes!
You will need:
Clean glass jars
Chalkboard paint or chalkboard paint labels
White chalk
Christmas ribbon or string
Cutlery
Candy canes
Here’s what to do:
Step one: Collect and clean glass jars. These can be any size – sauce bottles, vegemite jars, bolognaise jars – anything. In fact it looks fantastic on the Christmas table with jars of all different shapes and sizes. There’s loads of ways to easily remove the labels from glass jars – the method I use is to peel as much of the sticker off as possible, then pour a couple drops of oil onto a paper towel and rub at the remaining sticker residue from the label. Keep rubbing until it is all gone and then wash and dry your jar before the next step.
Note: Jars can also be bought cheaply at Kmart if you don’t have spare ones at home.
Step two: Add your chalkboard paint or labels. When I first made the settings I purchased chalkboard paint from Bunnings and painted each jar and this year (we have more guests so I am making a few more settings) I decided to take the easier option and bought the chalkboard labels from the home office section at Kmart for a few dollars.
Step three: Write the guests name on the label in white chalk.
Step four: Tie ribbon around the top or bottom of the jar. Some of the jars I tied the ribbon and curled them like a present and others I tied them in a bow. I liked making each place setting a little different from the next one.
Step five: Add utensils and candy cane.
Lastly: Use leftover jars as extra decorations. A nice idea is to fill them with Christmas coloured lollies for the kids after their meal.
I hope you enjoy making these decorations and if you have any other decorating ideas please share them as we love to see everybody’s gorgeous table setting ideas.
Nikki x