It was my grandson's turn to pick a theme and the menu for a special dinner. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON TABLE The canopy is made from two Halloween props (camouflage netting and spooky vine) purchased from one of those Halloween Stores that spring up in an empty store in October and then close down a couple of days after Halloween. I strung the vine up from the ceiling of the patio cover. Then I draped the netting from the mantel to the spooky vine. The vine is pretty cool. It's coated with some sort of rubbery stuff and you can twist and turn it for a great garland down a table. I'd have purchased more than one, but it was the last one left - the "floor model" actually. In case you didn't know, dragon owners use kitchen chopping bowls for dishes. You've seen the tin cups before on my western and Labor Day tables. The napkins are the leftover scraps from the paint tarp tablecloth I made for Labor Day. I had just enough to cut three big squares. One trip through the washer and dryer, and they're frayed just the right amount. Got six of the palm leaf placemats last month. I've been wanting to buy some for a while. Lots of you Enablers use them in your summer tablescapes. These were advertised as indoor/outdoor placemats. That struck me so funny. I didn't realize placemats were area specific! The dragon was a gift my grandson got last Christmas in his kindergarten gift exchange. Many of you have seen the castle before. It was from Lowe's. I used small potted succulents for the flowers. The temperature drops a bit in the evening, but the guests are kept warm with wood lit from a fire-breathing dragon. The menu choices were chicken McNuggets and french fries - which turned into fruit chunks on a skewer, oven baked chicken fingers and pan fried potatoes cut in the shape of dragon wings. (I got this idea from Kathleen's pumpkin shaped potatoes on her blog. She used a cookie cutter, I used a kitchen scissors.) Therefore, no need for flatware! If there's ever a Next Time, I think I'll make dragon eggs for place card holders and scatter some small pebbles around the table. (What color are dragon eggs anyhow?)

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