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Home » How to set a polka dot and striped Valentine table

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How to set a polka dot and striped Valentine table

I love to set a table in fun ways. Today I am sharing how to set a red Polka dot and striped Valentine table.

It is super cheap!

Red and white polka dots and striped Valentine tablescape.- Karins Kottage

Super easy and fun!

I started with plain red paper plates, red and white striped paper cups and red and white polka dot napkins.

Cheaters Valentine table runner

Cheater Valentine runner? Yes because what I used for this long table runner that I set for a ladies lunch might surprise you.

How to set a red polka dot and striped Valentines Day Table. Super cheap unique way to set the table

For the white tablecloths I had some white cloth tablecloths which worked nicely. I just overlapped 3 of them to create one very long tablecloth.

Then I topped it off with brown builders painters paper! Say what??

Cheater Valentine tablecloth. Brown painters paper used as tablecloth for Valetnine's Day

This is my go to cheapest thing I use for long tables to create a table runner! It comes in brown, green and sometimes a pinky color. Super Cheap!!

I have a link at the end of the post for you.

Red Polka dot and striped Valentine ribbon

Once the white tablecloths and brown paper runner were on the table it looked quite plain. To bring in the color and Valentine’s feel I added ribbon.

How to set a Valentines red and white polka dot and striped table

I found this darling red and white striped and red and white polka dot ribbon and laid it down the center of the table. It does not get any easier than that!

White coffee filter flowers

To bring in a little feminine touch on my polka dot and striped Valentine table, I made some coffee filter flowers to go down the center of the table. Don’t they look so cute?

They are super fluffy.

white Coffee filter flowers for valentine table

They are so cheap to make! You only need 6 filters per flower. You basically lay 6 filters on top of each other.

Fold into quarters, staple.

Cut the edges either pointy or rounded.

Fluffy white coffee filter flowers

Staple and fluff!

I can post a tutorial if anyone is interested.

They remind me of making when I made pink paper flowers for my granddaughters pink birthday party

How to create Valentine polka dot and striped table

Menu for Valentine Lunch

I guess we could have called this a Galentine lunch since we were all gals attending the luncheon.

For the centerpiece on the food table I bought grocery store daisies and tulips. Plopped them in my big white pitcher and elevated the flowers by placing them on my red (Christmas) cake stand!

I covered the Christmas tree on the red cake stand with a white doily. I love it when I can use a seasonal item in more ways than one. You can see this same cake stand and how I used it for the 4th of July.

I kept the same polka dot and stripe Valentine theme on this food table as well.

Salads and cookies for Valentine Luncheon

We served a couple of different green salads, fruit salad, homemade rolls and 3 or 4 different kinds of cookies.

One of my all time favorite spinach bowtie chicken Chinese salad recipes is this one. Trust me you will love it too!

Serving the cookies on my cake stands made them feel fancier.

Valentine striped and polka dot tablescape

It was nummy!

Does anyone use that word anymore?

I do! 🙂

Our Galentine luncheon with my red polka dot and red and white stripes was a hit!

Galentine luncheon for 17

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How to set a Valentine Polka dot and stripes table. Cheap easy and fun to do. Perfect for a Galentines party

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I started a new facebook group called seasonal tablescapes. Join in the fun!

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  1. Debbie says

    January 23, 2022 at 8:02 am

    I would love a tutorial for the coffe filter flowers. Thank you.

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