How To Make a Thanksgiving Cornucopia

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Latin for "horn of plenty," a cornucopia makes a colorful centerpiece for holiday meals.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A large tray or cookie sheet
Assorted leaves (real or fabric)
A 2-foot-long wicker cornucopia (available at most craft stores)
3 eight-ounce bags of raffia or straw
Gourds, crabapples, Indian corn, mini pumpkins, pomegranates, artichokes
Walnuts
Cranberries
And ribbon for a bow
Mums (optional)

Step 1: Place large tray or cookie sheet

Place a large tray or cookie sheet on a table.

Step 2: Scatter leaves & set cornucopia

Scatter colorful autumn leaves, real or fabric, over the tray, and set the cornucopia on top of the foliage.

Step 3: Line w/ straw or raffia

Line the bottom of the cornucopia with straw or raffia.

Step 4: Place large fruits & veggies

Place the larger fruits and veggies inside the cornucopia first to serve as a foundation for the smaller ones.

Tip: Produce with shiny, waxy skin—gourds, pomegranates, miniature pumpkins, artichokes, crabapples, and Indian corn—will stay fresh longest.

Step 5: Fill w/ smaller fruits & veggies

Continue filling the cornucopia with the smaller fruits and veggies. Let some spill onto out onto the tray.

Step 6: Sprinkle walnuts & cranberries

Sprinkle walnuts and cranberries over the arrangement, allowing them to fall into the nooks and crannies.

Step 7: Tuck in leftover leaves

Tuck in any leftover leaves.

Tip: Fresh mums can be inserted on Thanksgiving; they will last all day.

Step 8: Tie big bow at base

Tie a big bow at the base.

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• cornucopia

[BlakeGoodwell]

use something else ?

[MissonHappieness]

Thanksgiveing in canada is in october

[TheSnowyice]

I can't wait to go to Canada! One of many reasons being they celebrate this one month earlier yay! :D

[riddick0846]

y does cornucopia sound like something u want 2 avoid?

[MariaRicca12]

Its true the only counries that have thanksgiving is canada snd the usa. You can google it. but are also some other countries that celabrate it but they dont eat that stuf or do that thinks. For exemple i live in portugal( Europe) and we dont celabrate thanksgiving buttwe known it existes.

[keseytam]

i'm in the UK this year... gonna miss thanksgiving for the first time... :(

[nonmom123]

@nonmom123 alot of contries celebrate it in november.

[nonmom123]

@Megadedly idiot. the usa has a different thanksgiving. and

[sindra1995]

You can't say there are only TWO countries celebrating thanksgiving. Maybe some other counties might not celebrate thanksgiving because of the majority of pple with other things to celebrate but... there are few pple in other countries tht celebrate it. Thats what i mean.

[cutiepiedev]

Not true. The ONLY countries that celebrate "Thanksgiving" (turkey and pumpkin, Thanksgiving) is America and Canada. Some countries have their own holidays that give thanks but its NOT called thanksgiving and they don't eat turkey and pumpkin pie. The American's did it first... Canada second.

[sindra1995]

its not an american holiday... pple around the around celebrate it too.

[MINISLASH0]

....the fuck? are you some kinda crazy asshole?