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Thanksgiving Mantel with Paper Poinsettias

November 2, 2022

Add some simple pretty paper flowers to your Thanksgiving mantel using basic brown grocery store bags.  I’ll show you how.

thanksgiving mantel

How to create a Thanksgiving mantel using DIY paper poinsettias made from brown paper grocery store bags. A simple Fall mantel.

Why not start enjoying the holiday season with a beautiful Fall mantel?  Adorned with these paper poinsettias this Thanksgiving mantel will easily transition for the Christmas season as well.

thanksgiving mantel primitive

Thanksgiving Mantel

  • evergreen base
  • warm white lights
  • brown paper poinsettia flowers

diy paper flowers

Gather up those brown paper grocery store bags for this project.  They are sturdy enough to hold the petal shape without being thick like cardstock.  Moreover you can bend and manipulate the flowers as you need.

As can be seen you can add as many flowers as you like.  I think in this case less is more.  But there’s always room for extras once Thanksgiving has passed and we move into the Christmas decor.

colonial thanksgiving mantel

Fall Mantel

I’m sharing the tutorial on how I created this Thanksgiving mantel including some tips and tricks down below.

paper poinsettia flowers

thanksgiving mantel with paper flowers

Mantel Supplies:

  • evergreen base 1
  • evergreen base 2
  • battery operated lights
  • brown paper grocery store bags (or Kraft paper roll)
  • hot glue gun & glue sticks
  • pipe cleaners

mixing two garlands on mantel

Step 1: Start with the evergreen base.  Here I’m mixing two different garlands to create a more full, realistic greenery look.  You can also stick in real evergreen branches from the yard.

mantel with lit garland

Step 2: Add your battery operated lights.

poinsettia step 1

Paper Poinsettias

Step 1: Cut a bunch of rain drop shapes from your brown paper bags.  By all means they can be any size you want.  Typically I use 5 petals for the base layer and then 3 smaller petals for the top later.  Make a gentle fold down the middle then add a dab of hot glue like in the above photo.

poinsettia step 1 complete

poinsettia step 2

Step 2: Now make a second bend in the petal towards the outside and hot glue at the base.

poinsettia step 3

Step 3: Once you have two petals ready then glue them together overlapping at the base.

poinsettia step 4

Step 4: For the base layer glue 5 petals together.

paper poinsettia base

Step 5: (Not pictured) To make the center just tear a circular piece of paper bag and fold in the edges then hot glue into the center.

paper poinsettia back

Step 6: Cut your pipe cleaner in half and then create a little bend at one end.  Hot glue the bent portion onto the back of the flower.

Now stick the paper poinsettias into your garland and enjoy your Thanksgiving mantel!

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Thanks for joining me for this fall mantel project.  Please leave any questions in the comments below and be sure to follow me on social media for sneak peeks, tools and project inspiration:

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diy thanksgiving mantel

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  1. SawsHub says

    November 9, 2022 at 10:57 PM

    This is perfect and easy enough to do before Thanksgiving, thanks for the idea!

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