Crayon Craze

I went to Target yesterday to look for table setting inspiration and found the cutest writing tablets with the crayon print cover.  They were only a dollar for four tablets.  I then found the four pails of coordinating colors, which also only cost a dollar a piece and the lidded jars with the blackboard labels which cost three dollars each.  I was onto something!

Next, I went to the Dollar Store and found the alphabet border and the handwriting practice boards.  How lucky was that?  This was shaping into something awesome and inexpensive.

Armed with my newfound treasures, I went home ready to set up a children’s playful and colorful pasta dinner table.

I first placed my crisp white linen table cloth as the base for the setting.  I then laid the black runner to pick up on the blackboard labels of the lidded jars and to create contrast. I then placed the alphabet border on top and felt it was perfection!  I also glue gunned the remaining border to a hurricane lamp and created the perfect match to the writing tablets which I placed as giveaways to the left of each setting.  Then I used my aqua mats for added color and texture.

I then purposed the handwriting practice boards as place mats and set the white pasta dishes on top.  This was taking shape!  I used the four pails to flank the matching white linen napkins and the blue rimmed clear glasses to finish the look.

So there you have it, for a total of about sixteen dollars, I created a colorful and playful table setting ready to delight any child with a fun filled meal!