DIY Eco-Friendly Placecard Holders

Create adorable and sustainable DIY placecard holders for your party. They even do double-duty as favors at the end of the evening.

Before you begin, you'll need to following supplies:

- 1 yard of burlap fabric
- 20 yards of thin, green ribbon
- Herbs, flowers, or saplings from your garden
- 2-3 sheets of brown recycled paper
- Scissors
- Holepunch *

- Holepunch

Steps

1. Purchase one yard of burlap and a long roll of green ribbon. Cut the burlap into 8 inch circles, one circle for each guest.
2. Unearth herbs, flowers or saplings from your garden with roots and dirt attached, and place each in the middle of a burlap circle. Gather the edges against the top of the plant and tie together with a length of your green ribbon.
3. Print out the piece of paper with your guests' names in font size 18 and cut each name out individually as a small 1.5 inch x 1.5 inch square.
4. Create simple instructions for replanting the plants at home, print them out, and paste the instructions onto the back of the nametag squares (make sure your instructions fit on the back of the 1.5" x 1.5" tags). The instructions can be as simple as: "Find a shady (or sunny, depending on which plant you use) spot in your yard to replant. Water weekly and enjoy!"
5. Holepunch the upper left hand corner with the name facing forward, and string it onto the green ribbon on the plant. Tie another knot to secure the nametag, and place it at each person's spot at the dinner table, just behind their plate. These pretty, eco-friendly place cards do double duty as favors to take home at the end of the party.