Bonfire Night and Cosy Autumn Table Ideas (Pumpkins Without the Faces)

The week after Halloween is the week nobody decorates for, and it is a shame, because Bonfire Night and the run-up to Christmas is the cosiest fortnight of the year. Pumpkins without the faces, autumn leaves, sage green, candles, and gold stars for the fireworks. Here is how to style an autumn table that works from the fifth of November right through to the first mince pie. 🍂

Keep the pumpkins, lose the faces 🎃

The best autumn trick is to buy the Halloween pumpkins that are not Halloween at all. The Honeycomb Pumpkin Party Decorations x 10 are ten paper pumpkins in three sizes with no faces, and they go on the table, the stairs and the windowsill until December. The Pumpkin Honeycombs Set - 3 Pack from Hootyballoo is the smaller set, and the Pumpkin Candles - 3 Pack are three little pumpkin candles that burn for hours.

On the table, the Copper Pumpkin Party Plates x 8 and Copper Pumpkin Party Cups x 8 are shiny copper pumpkins that look like autumn rather than Halloween, and the Stripe Pumpkin Paper Party Placemats x 12 go underneath.

Autumn leaves and sage green 🌿

Sage green is the colour of the season and the Hootyballoo Botanical range is all of it in one place. The Botanical Party Sage Green Party Plates x 8, Sage Green Botanical Party Napkins x 16 and Botanical Party Sage Green Paper Cups x 8 for the table, the Botanical Party Cake Stand for the parkin and the Botanical Party Leaf Table Scatter down the middle.

Hang the Botanical Leaf Hanging Decorations over the table and the Autumn Leaf Garland - 2m along the mantelpiece, and it is autumn without a single pumpkin.

Bonfire Night: gold stars and sparkle ✨

For the fifth itself, stars. The Glitter Gold Stars Party Garland and the Fabric Gold Star Party Garland are both new from Meri Meri this autumn, and they are the fireworks you can keep. Put the Mixed Star Taper Candles x 2 on the table, the Halloween Striped Pillar Candles x 3 on the doorstep (they are orange and black stripes, which on Bonfire Night reads as bonfire rather than Halloween) and serve everything in the gold star bags for the walk to the display.

The Bonfire Night menu that needs no plates 🔥

Jacket potatoes in foil, sausages in a bun, parkin cut into squares and toffee apples. The only thing you need is the Orange Striped Paper Party Tablecloth over the garden table, a stack of the sage green napkins and the Gold Star Cookie Cutters x 3 for the shortbread the children make in the afternoon.

And then it is Christmas 🎄

The nice thing about this table is that it turns into Christmas in one move. Swap the pumpkins for the honeycomb trees, keep the sage green and the gold stars, and add the Christmas candles. We wrote the whole of that next step in Christmas Party Decorations 2026.

Shop the autumn table 🛒

Everything here is in our Pumpkin Party Decorations, Soft Sage & Gold and Star Party collections. Free UK delivery over £40 and next-day delivery on everything in stock.