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Home » How to make charger plates made from old book pages

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How to make charger plates made from old book pages

Looking for a new fun way to set the table but not spend any money? Make charger plates from old book pages.

I have used old book pages to create a few crafts. A music paper Christmas tree and a wreath.

My daughter likes to use old books and fold them into unique shapes for decoration.

They are really cool looking.

You can see how we used the folded books in the centerpiece for my Thanksgiving tablescape post as well as the paper chargers.

How to make chargers from old book pages

How to make chargers from book pages

What is a charger you maybe asking? It is a decorative plate that goes under a dinner plate.

We tore pages from an old book and folded them accordion style and stapled two or three of them together to make a fan.

Then we placed the fans on top of some brown woven place mats to create a charger.

The weight of the plate keeps the fans from moving around

folded book pages to create a charger plate

Here you can see the dinner plate and salad plates sitting atop of the book page fans.

Tip- If you make your accordion pleats too big the plates will rock and roll a bit.

Play around with your pleats to make sure your plates will sit down nicely on them.

How make charger plates from old book pages

Adding color and texture to place settings

I love mixing textures like old book page paper folded, brown woven place mats, white dinner plates with a tan salad plate and a cut crystal rose colored wine goblet.

Adding a really beautiful napkin that have lots of colors in the pattern really makes this fall place setting top notch.

Don’t you agree?

Browns, pinks, blues and yellow look so pretty sitting against the tan salad plate.

brown and pink floral napkins with pip berry napkins rings

Other ideas for paper charger plates

You could use scrapbook paper in all the myriads of colors and patterns to change your look!

What about mod podge paper onto old chargers for a completely different look?

The Graphics Fairy has a great tutorial on creating some mod podge chargers.

Old book page charger with plates and napkin place setting

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  1. Debbee M says

    August 18, 2021 at 7:30 am

    What a clever idea Karin — both easy and inexpensive to create while incorporating an interesting element to a table setting! I was also thinking the paper chargers would be perfect for a Wonderland or Beatrix Potter theme table. Pinning!

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  2. Alycia Nichols says

    January 21, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    Really fun idea!!! This would be great for a book club dinner party!!!

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  3. The Charmed Life Online says

    January 20, 2012 at 3:04 am

    Now that is great idea! I would never have thought of that, I am so glad you shared it. You can't beat the price either!

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  4. Sarah the Adventurer says

    January 19, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    Cute idea! Something different than the usual/standard chargers for a table. I like it 🙂

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  5. Sue (Someone's Mom) says

    January 19, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    How clever! I love it when people "think outside the box" to create beautiful tables!

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  6. Tanya@takesix says

    January 19, 2012 at 12:26 pm

    I love it!!! Such a creative idea, and like you said…no cost!! Thanks so much for visiting Take Six!

    Reply
  7. Entertaining Women says

    January 19, 2012 at 1:24 am

    Great idea. I've been saving all the pheasant feathers from Sweet Mister's hunting trips. At some point, I'll have enough to make pheasant feather chargers….may be a whole bunch of hunting trips involved. Thank you for sharing your design idea. Cherry Kay

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  8. Style Sisters says

    January 18, 2012 at 11:18 pm

    It wasn't a good old book…I look at it as recycling…keeping it from landfills. 🙂

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  9. Connie says

    January 18, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    Great idea! I once did a tablescape with a book theme, and I bought a set of large, thin books at the thrift store. I opened each one to pages with text only and used them as my chargers with the book intact. It looked great, too!

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    • Style Sisters says

      January 18, 2012 at 11:17 pm

      Connie,
      I love that idea…I will have to try that out sometime soon. Thanks for sharing your creative idea!
      Karin

      Reply

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