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Easy DIY Lemon Boat Place Cards

Last Minute Place Card IdeasHere’s a fun twist on a basic place card using lemons as little boats, perfect for a last minute table decor! Plus, can you imagine the gorgeous smell?

Sidney Yang
by Sidney Yang
Sidney Yang

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Updated Mar 8, 2017

Materials & Tools

Last Minute DIY natural Place Cards

  • 1 small lemon for every 2 place cards needed, cut in half (from top to bottom)
  • Wooden toothpicks
  • Colored paper, from craft stores, magazines, or wallpaper samples
  • Glue
  • Scissors

Directions

last minute place cards1. Cut small triangles to make the sail shapes. Here we made a small sail and a larger one.

Easy DIY place cards2. Glue the toothpick to the sail’s back and write down the names. You can use small white labels to with the names onto it and stick them on the sail.

lemon boat place cards3. Pick the sail into the lemon half.

DIY place cards

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