Tablescape Tuesday - The "Knego" Tablecape (Designed by my 9 year old son)

Hey Everyone!

I hope you're having a great week so far!  

Happy TABLESCAPE TUESDAY!

For today's Tablescape Tuesday....I would like to share with you the table MY SON created for our most recent Sunday Family Dinner!

In case you're new to my blog and haven't heard of our Sunday Family Dinners, feel free to read this short snippet about our new tradition....if you've heard it all before, feel free to skip this part....

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We started a new family tradition in January 2013 (a New Years' Resolution) that I hope continues even after the kids are grown.

"SUNDAY FAMILY DINNERS!"

We pretty much have dinner together as a family every night, but on Sundays, we have a special dinner in the dining room as opposed to the kitchen table, where we normally eat.

I get out the fine china and candles and make a special meal and so far, it has been something we look forward to each week.

Then once a month, we invite some of our extended family to join us for a Sunday family dinner.

It's also been giving me a chance to do lots of new TABLESCAPES..haha!

To see my previous tablescapes from other Sunday Family Dinners, you can click here:

Sunday Family Dinner #1 - Red and Blue Toile
S.F.D.#2 - Black, White and Silver
S.F.D.#3 - Winter Woods With White
S.F.D.#4 - The "Royal Treatment"
S.F.D.#5 - Super Bowl Table
S.F.D. #6 - Mardi Gras Table
S.F.D. #7 - Spring is Springing Up
S.F.D. #8 - "Apple of My Eye"
S.F.D. #9 - "Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss"
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Last week after our Sunday Family Dinner, and after looking at one of my design books I got from the library, Preston Bailey's "Decorating for Events",  my son asked if he could design our next tablescape.  I was so excited for his enthusiasm!   

I told him that would be great and asked him to draw up some plans as part of a school project.   He would design, put together and write about this tablescape.

So he drew up a cute sketch of what he wanted for his table and we set to work creating what he wanted.   He chose the dishes, and the colors, and he put up his creation...with just a tiny bit of help. 

He also wanted to write a "blog post" about it, like his mama!  (made me so proud...haha!)   So I let him write a report about what he did at the table, and I told him I'd post portions of his post in my blog! 

Here are some snipets from his "blog post"...in his own words....(his comments will be in green and italicized)

"I like Legos and Knex so I made a "Knego" tablescape for Sunday Family Dinner.

We are going to have chicken, rice, green beans and sparkle grapes. 

Sparkle grapes are white grapes covered in lime Jell-o {mix}.  



My sister is putting the menu together. 



I filled a vase with Legos and then I put red and white flowers on the top of the vase.

 

"I made lots of stuff out of Legos and Knex so I put all of 

my stuff that I made on the table." 

"I made 2 big Lego space ships, a Lego jetpack sled, 

a small Lego helicopter, a jetpack Lego skateboard, 

a Lego boat, a Lego car and a Lego Star Wars gun shooter. 

For Knex, I made a Ferris Wheel, a truck, a bug and a wand."

I made the plates red, white and blue.  

The chargers are gray, blue and red.  

(the blue and red ones were on the buffet.)

The tables are red and white with red candles and nice gray candle holders.  

Beautiful glass cups are placed on the table.  

Lots of Lego guys are standing on the table.    

The food was great and I couldn’t stop eating the sparkle grapes, they were so good.

THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!

He did a great job!  I gave him an A+ on this project!  

Hope you enjoyed this Tablescape Tuesday!  I really enjoyed sharing this one with you.  I'm so proud of my son and his desire and hard work to complete this tablescape for our Sunday Family Dinner!

Have a great rest of the week!  Thanks again for stopping by!

This post is being added to...
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Centerpiece Wednesday
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