{"id":8032,"date":"2015-11-14T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T17:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happyhomeschooling.com\/?p=8032"},"modified":"2015-11-14T10:24:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T17:24:23","slug":"feel-good-place-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/feel-good-place-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel-Good Thanksgiving Place Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4260\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/emily_centerpiece.jpg?resize=197%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"emily_centerpiece\" width=\"197\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/emily_centerpiece.jpg?resize=255%2C300&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/emily_centerpiece.jpg?w=341&amp;ssl=1 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>Make your Thanksgiving table extra &#8220;feel-good&#8221; this holiday by tucking a heart-warming surprise inside each guest&#8217;s place card!<\/p>\n<p>Make homemade place cards by folding a plain\u00a03 x 5&#8243; index card in half (or cut your own from colored card stock). Write each guest&#8217;s name on the front and decorate with stickers or drawings, front and back. Heap\u00a0these into a basket with some pens, so that incoming guests can pick\u00a0a card out and discover the guest&#8217;s name. Then inside the place card, they can write an anonymous compliment to the person, telling about one trait that they are appreciate.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-5955 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/thanksgivingemail2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"thanksgivingemail2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/thanksgivingemail2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/thanksgivingemail2.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/thanksgivingemail3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"thanksgivingemail3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/thanksgivingemail3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/thanksgivingemail3.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it&#8217;s time for your Thanksgiving feast and all the guests are seated, let everyone take turns reading aloud the message inside their place card. What could be better than starting out a celebration of Thanksgiving with being thankful for each other?<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0 !important; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/signatures.mylivesignature.com\/54490\/257\/E095ED040C4EDD3E333135FD5DD62823.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>May I recommend:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"600\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.happyhomeschooling.com\/pass-it-on\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/homeschooling_0060_daniel2kids.jpeg?resize=144%2C144\" alt=\"homeschooling_0060_daniel2kids\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nPass It On<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.happyhomeschooling.com\/the-singing-house\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Photoxpress_19303532.jpg?resize=144%2C144\" alt=\"homeschooling-flowers window\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nThe Singing House<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovetolearn.net\/Pocket-Ungame-Kids-Version\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6775\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/13390.png?resize=144%2C144\" alt=\"13390\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" border=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/13390.png?w=272&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/13390.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/>\u00a0Ungame for Kids<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make your Thanksgiving table extra &#8220;feel-good&#8221; this holiday by tucking a heart-warming surprise inside each guest&#8217;s place card! Make homemade place cards by folding a plain\u00a03 x 5&#8243; index card in half (or cut your own from colored card stock). Write each guest&#8217;s name on the front and decorate with stickers or drawings, front and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[142,378,260],"class_list":["post-8032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gratitude","tag-kindess","tag-thanksgiving","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/emily_centerpiece.jpg?fit=341%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6IrRN-25y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":641,"url":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/project-feel-good-place-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":8032,"position":0},"title":"Project: Feel-Good Place Cards","author":"Diane Hopkins","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"Make your Thanksgiving table extra \"feel-good\" this holiday by tucking a heart-warming surprise inside each guest's place card! 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