Ants-tertainment on a Summer Picnic Tablescape

I did ant themed tablescapes five years ago, four years ago, and then two years ago and I thought I was done for a while with this theme until I saw these large ants at Michaels a few weeks ago. I just had to have them! The cotton red gingham tablecloth came from Amazon last week. I had one already but I wanted a second one in case I ever wanted to cover two picnic tables at the same time. This ants themed tablescape is similar to the other three that I did but I changed a few things on this one.

I love these smaller porcelain salad or appetizer plates. The pattern was called Thrill of the Grill. The red gingham design and the crawling black ants are a great combination for a plate for picnics. They are labeled Boston Warehouse Trading Corp, copyright 2008 and I bought them at our Pier 1 store several years ago before it closed. I have seen them on Ebay from time to time.

This simple white salad plate is labeled Gibson elite bone china. I think I bought them several years ago at HomeGoods. Our store has a complete aisle of white dishes with lots of different shapes and sizes to chose from.

I have used this Fiesta Scarlet dinner plate so many times on tablescapes. We bought them when we remodeled our kitchen a few years ago because our kitchen is white with red accents. They are our every day dishes. I have this plate pattern in several different colors. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

These black glass Starburst chargers are called Charge It and they were made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different table designs. I often use them during Halloween season but I use them at other times of the year as well. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers, please click here.

Not sure where I bought this black Ginkgo Le Prix flatware set. I have had the set for several years and I have this pattern now in other colors as well, orange, red, yellow, and a dark green. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I had someone on Etsy make the ants cotton napkins a few years ago. I really love that print! I can’t remember where I bought the simple red napkin rings. I found the black plastic ants on Etsy a few years ago after looking for the right size for a while. I attached them temporarily to a red plastic napkin ring that I have had for several years using a product called Joe’s Sticky Stuff. It is a really sticky tape with a sticky material on it and your peel off a tiny bit and attach it to whatever you want to attach somewhere. When you want to remove it, it comes right off. I can’t remember where it came from.

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I bought the metal ant place card holders at Pottery Barn five years ago. They were red but Hubby spray painted them black to match the plates and napkins when I first did an ant theme tablescape five years ago.

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I can’t remember where I found these red plastic cup goblets but it might have been Party City. I decided to just use just one goblet on this picnic themed tablescape. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

I get such a kick out of these black metal ants from Michaels. They had them in red also. I love the spring body and the large bug eyes. We bought the fake rock several years ago in a mall somewhere and Hubby used it to trick people in his office for a long time. When he retired, it came home, and I have used it more than once on a tablescape.

Might be time for a summer picnic!

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