When it comes to cute and cuddly animals, elephants tend to get left off the list. But these bright and charming creatures make the perfect accessory to a nursery or playroom, especially when combined with fun colors and textures. We love these bright and cheerful kids elephant decor ideas:

Does your playroom or nursery have an animal theme? What have you decided to include?

My family is hosting Thanksgiving dinner for 25 people this year, which has me both excited and a little nervous. How are we going to fit all of those people in our house, let alone ensure they get fed and leave feeling satisfied?

One of the solutions we’re going with this year is to have a Thanksgiving buffet with seating spread all around the house—a solution that’s perfect except that we don’t want people balancing their food on their laps!

As a result, I love this post from Apartment Therapy about how to add extra tables to your home during parties and other events. Our Thanksgiving guests will now have a place to put their plates (even if it happens to be a re-purposed nightstand, suitcase or stool!).

Check out some of these other makeshift or easy-storage table ideas for even more inspiration!

And don’t forget you can use chic trays to dress up an ottoman or small stool!

A few weeks ago, we featured adorable pop-up placemats from Hello Hannah, and now we’ve found the perfect personalized plates to match!

Alphabet Plates are an adorable way to turn snacktime into playtime. You can personalize them with food, sports equipment, monograms or my personal favorite—your child’s smiling face!

To show you just how cute they are, I made personalized plates for my fellow Tiny Talk blogger Lea and myself:

It literally took two minutes and I love how cute they are! I think they might make perfect gifts for all of my friends who have little ones to feed. What do you think?