Polyatic Place Card Maker
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Place Card Maker

Paste the guest list once: print place cards with every name on them, and menu cards and table numbers to match.

Your sheet, as it prints

4 tent cards per A4 sheet

Your guests

6

Add a meal after a comma: Mia, vegetarian. Leave it off for no meal on that card. A column pasted from a spreadsheet (name, tab, meal) works too.

Card
DesignHolly
Meal choice on the card

Both prints an icon and the word. Icons: drumstick for meat, fish, carrot for vegetarian, leaf for vegan, smiling face for a child's meal. Any other meal word prints as typed.

Size
Paper

Your list and menu are kept only in this browser, so it is still here next time. Nothing is uploaded.

Your guest list never leaves your device. The cards are drawn in this page, and the PDF and the Word file are built in your browser. The page counts one anonymous “PDF downloaded”, “PNG downloaded”, “Word downloaded”, “SVG cut file downloaded” or “thankful cards downloaded” event, and no names, meals, dishes or table names go with it. The cut file holds outlines only, no names.

How to make place cards for your table

  1. Paste the guest list, one name per line. Each line becomes one card, in the order you typed, so you can sort the list by table first and keep each table's cards together on the sheets.
  2. Add meal choices if the kitchen needs them. Write Oliver, fish and that card gets a small fish and the word “Fish”. Choose icon, word, both or off.
  3. Pick tent or flat, a design and a size. The line under the preview says how many cards fit on one sheet and how many sheets your list needs.
  4. Download the PDF and print at 100% (“Actual size”, not “Fit to page”) on card. Cut along the solid grey lines and fold tent cards on the dashed line.

Questions

Are these Christmas place cards really free to print?

Yes. No sign-up, no watermark and no paid version. The PDF is made in your own browser, so you can print as many sheets as you like. For Christmas dinner there are three seasonal designs: Holly (a holly sprig with gold stars on cream), Snowflakes (white on deep blue) and the Ink saver star in black line art.

How do I fold a tent place card?

Each tent card prints as one rectangle with a dashed line across the middle. The name is printed on both halves, and the top half is upside down on the sheet. That is on purpose: once you fold along the dashed line with the print on the outside, both names stand upright, so the guest sees their name and so does the person across the table. For a crisp fold, lay a ruler on the dashed line and run an empty ballpoint pen or a butter knife along it first (scoring), then fold. The card stands as a tent about 51 mm (2 in) tall.

What is the difference between A4 and Letter place card templates?

A4 (210 × 297 mm) is the paper size in Europe, the UK, Australia and most of the world; US Letter (8.5 × 11 in, 216 × 279 mm) is used in the US and Canada. The page starts on Letter if your browser is set to US or Canadian English and on A4 elsewhere, and you can switch with the Paper buttons. The cards keep the same size on both papers; only the white border around them changes. Every card sits at least 6 mm inside the paper edge, outside the 3 to 5 mm strip most home printers cannot reach.

How many place cards fit on one sheet?

Standard cards have a 3.5 × 2 in face (89 × 51 mm), the usual place card size: 4 tent cards or 10 flat cards per sheet, on A4 and on Letter. Large cards (120 × 62 mm, about 4.7 × 2.4 in) are for long names or a big table: 2 tent cards or 6 flat cards per sheet. So 25 guests on standard tent cards need 7 sheets, and the last sheet has 1 card on it. Cards are 3 mm apart so a slightly crooked cut does not nick the neighbour.

Can I put the meal choice on a wedding place card?

Yes, and it saves the servers asking each guest. Type the meal after a comma. Words such as beef, chicken, lamb or steak get the drumstick icon; fish, salmon or seafood the fish; vegetarian or veggie a carrot; vegan or plant-based a leaf; child or kids a smiling face. Anything else, like “Gluten-free” or “No nuts”, is printed as the word itself. For a wedding, the Script design sets the name in a flowing handwritten script under a small olive sprig; add the couple's names and date in the small line under the name.

What happens to a very long name?

It shrinks until it fits the card, and goes onto two lines when that keeps it clearly larger. Nothing is cut off: “Alexandra Montgomery-Fitzgerald” still prints whole on a standard card. If many names are long, the Large size keeps them bigger. Letters outside Western and Central European alphabets print in your device's own font.

Can I edit these place cards in Word?

Yes. Press Download Word (.docx) and you get the same cards as an editable Word table: one cell per card, each cell exactly the card's size (89 × 51 mm faces for Standard, 120 × 62 mm for Large), with grey cell borders as the cut lines and a 6 mm margin round the page, on A4 or Letter as you chose. It opens in Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Writer, Google Docs and Apple Pages, so you can fix a spelling, swap a guest or change the font. On a tent card each card is two cells, one above the other: the top one is blank (it becomes the back once folded) and the bottom one holds the name, so the name stands upright after you fold across the middle and nothing has to be turned upside down. The design comes with it: each card's drawing (the holly, snowflakes, olive sprig, gold frame, bunting, autumn leaves, wheat or pumpkins, or the write-in line of a blank card) is a picture behind its cell, painted by the same code as the PDF, and the name, the meal word and the small line sit on top of it as ordinary text in Georgia, placed where the PDF prints them. On a tent card the top cell carries the same drawing upside down, as the back does once folded, but no name there, because Word cannot print text upside down. What still differs: the meal shows as its word rather than the small icon, a long name can wrap in Georgia where the PDF shrank it, and to change the design you change it here and download again (or use Word's Change Picture). Because Word cannot turn cards sideways, a sheet can hold fewer cards than the PDF (Large flat cards: 4 per sheet in Word, 6 in the PDF). Print it at 100% too.

Which paper should I use?

Tent cards need card to stand up: 160 to 250 g/m² (about 60 to 90 lb cover) matte cardstock goes through most home printers. Plain 80 g/m² paper works for flat cards laid on a plate or napkin, but a folded tent of plain paper sags. The Ink saver design prints only thin black lines and the text, so it costs a fraction of the coloured designs and looks clean on white or kraft card.

Menu cards for the same table

Switch to Menu cards at the top of the tool. The menu uses the design you picked for the place cards, so the holly place card sits next to a holly menu. Type a heading such as “Christmas Dinner 2026”, an optional date or host line, and the dish for each course. Every course can have a short description under it (“Brandy butter or custard”), and + Add a line gives you a second main, a cheese course or coffee. A line with no dish is left off the card.

How do I print a Christmas menu at home?

Fill in the courses, pick a size and download the PDF. Print at 100% (“Actual size”) on 160 to 250 g/m² card if the menu stands on the plate, or on ordinary 100 g/m² paper if it lies flat on a napkin. Cut along the grey lines. Each menu stays at least 6 mm inside the paper edge, so a home printer does not clip the frame. If a dish name is long it wraps onto a second line, and on a crowded menu everything is set slightly smaller so it still fits inside the frame. Nothing runs off the card.

Is there a Christmas menu template for Word?

This is one. Fill in your own courses (the page starts with a Christmas dinner: smoked salmon, roast turkey, a mushroom and chestnut wellington, Christmas pudding), pick a size and press Download Word (.docx). Each menu is one table cell the size of the card (two DL menus side by side on a sheet, or one full-page A4 or Letter menu with nothing to cut), with the heading, the date line and every course label, dish and description as centred text you can retype in Word. Named menus come out one per guest with “Your meal” filled in. The design's ornaments (the holly, snowflakes, stars, bunting or gold frame at the top and foot of the card) are one picture behind each menu, and the words start where the PDF's first line does; the small dividers between courses are left out of the picture, because the lines move when you edit them in Word. A long menu reflows in Word rather than being shrunk to fit the card, and you may need to trim a line if it runs past the cell.

Which menu size suits a table setting?

The tall 4 × 9 in (102 × 229 mm) card is the usual wedding and dinner-party size. It lies on a folded napkin or stands at the top of the plate. DL (99 × 210 mm, the long envelope size) is almost the same shape and prints two per sheet on A4 or Letter. The tall card prints one per A4 sheet and two per Letter sheet, where they share a cut line. A5 (148 × 210 mm) is wider, so it is good for a long menu or one menu between two guests, and it prints one per sheet because two A5s fill an A4 sheet with no room for the 6 mm margin. A4 prints one full-page menu per sheet with nothing to cut, for the buffet table or the kitchen door. On Letter paper this is a Letter-sized page.

Can each guest get a menu with their name and meal?

Yes. Tick One menu per guest and the page makes one menu for each name in the guest list, all in one PDF. If you wrote Mia, vegetarian, Mia’s menu says “Your meal: Vegetarian”. Any course whose label or dish contains that word, such as “Main (vegetarian)”, is set in bold with a small marker, so the servers and Mia both know which plate is hers. Leave the box unticked to get one sheet of identical menus. Print as many copies as you have places.

Table numbers to match

Switch to Table numbers at the top of the tool. Type a range, say 1 to 12, or one table name per line (“Head table”, “Family”, “Rose”), and every card comes out in the design you picked for the place cards, in the same type and colours, so the holly place cards, menus and table numbers read as one set. The small word over the number says “Table” unless you change it or clear it; a list of names usually looks best with it cleared.

How do I fold a table number so it reads from both sides?

A tent table number prints as one tall rectangle with a dashed line across its middle. The number is on both halves, and the top half is printed upside down. Cut along the solid line, score the dashed line with a ruler and an empty ballpoint pen, and fold with the print on the outside. The fold becomes the top of the tent, and because each half has its top edge at the fold, both numbers stand upright: guests coming from either side of the table read “12”, not “21” upside down. If a number looks upside down after folding, the card was folded with the print inside; fold it the other way.

What size are the table number cards?

The 4×6 in tent has a 6 × 4 in face (152 × 102 mm) and the A6 tent a 148 × 105 mm face; both stand about 10 cm tall, readable across a round table for 8 to 10. Unfolded, each tent is two faces tall (about 8 in or 210 mm), so it prints one per sheet, front and back on the same sheet. The flat 5×7 in card (178 × 127 mm) fits a standard 5 × 7 photo frame or a wire table-number stand and prints two per sheet; the flat A5 card (210 × 148 mm) prints one per sheet, turned sideways. Every card stays at least 6 mm inside the paper edge on A4 and Letter.

Which paper for table numbers?

A tent has to hold itself up, so use 200 to 300 g/m² card (about 75 to 110 lb cover); on 160 g/m² a 4×6 tent stands but leans in a draught. Flat cards in a frame or stand can be ordinary 100 to 160 g/m² paper because the frame holds them. Check that your printer takes the card weight, print at 100% (“Actual size”), and print one test page before printing 20 tables on expensive card.

Can I make desk numbers for a classroom?

Yes. Choose Desk / group: small 90 × 60 mm tents, 4 per sheet on A4 or Letter, with the word “Desk” over the number unless you type another (“Group”, “Team”). Plain prints black on white, cheap on a school printer; Colour uses the confetti design. A class of 30 needs 8 sheets. Ordinary 80 g/m² copy paper works for a tent this small if it only has to stand on a desk for a day; card lasts a term.

Thanksgiving place cards and “I’m thankful for” cards

Six of the designs are for autumn: Leaves (a garland of maple and oak leaves in rust, gold and olive on cream), Wheat (a tied wheat sheaf with gold rules), Pumpkins (three pumpkins and oak leaves), Kraft (brown-paper colour with a white stitched border and a handwritten-style name), Watercolour (a soft orange and red wash across the top) and Colour me (black outlines for a child to colour). Each one works on tent and flat cards in both sizes, and the menu cards and table numbers use the same drawing, so the whole table matches. US Thanksgiving is Thursday 26 November 2026; a sheet of standard tent cards holds 4 guests, so a table of 12 is 3 sheets.

Are these Thanksgiving place cards free to print?

Yes, all of them, with no sign-up and no watermark. Type the guest names, pick an autumn design and download the PDF for A4 or US Letter, or a 300 dpi PNG of page 1. The cards are drawn in your browser, so you can print the sheets as often as you like. Print at 100% (“Actual size”) so a standard card stays 3.5 × 2 in.

Can kids make Thanksgiving place cards?

Yes. Choose the Colour me design (marked “Kids colour-in”): the names are printed in black and the maple leaf, acorns, oak leaves and pumpkins are left as outlines to fill in. Use crayons or colouring pencils on 160 to 200 g/m² card. Felt-tip markers work on card, but they soak through thin copy paper. Four- and five-year-olds can colour the pictures. From about seven, children can cut along the solid grey lines with child-safe scissors. An adult should score the dashed fold with a ruler and an empty ballpoint pen first, so the tent folds straight. Pick the same design for the thankful-tree leaves and they print white, with a black outline and dashed veins, ready to colour. It keeps the kids’ table busy while the turkey rests.

How do I make a thankful tree?

Choose Thankful cards, then Leaves for a tree. You get one leaf per guest, 9 leaves to a sheet on A4 or Letter. Each leaf is 60 × 84 mm (about 2.4 × 3.3 in) and says “I’m thankful for…” over three blank lines, with the guest’s name at the bottom. Cut round the solid outline. Punch the small circle near the stem: it is 6 mm across, the size of a standard ¼ in hole punch. Thread 15 to 20 cm of string or ribbon through it. For the tree, stand a few bare branches in a jar or vase, weighted with stones or sand, or draw a trunk and branches on a poster and stick the leaves on. Put out pens, let each guest write one thing, and hang the leaves up before dinner. If you want blank leaves for more people than your list, press Clear: each blank leaf has a short line at the bottom to sign. Only the names you type are printed. The thankful words are always left blank, for each guest to write in their own hand.

What is on the “I’m thankful for” table cards?

Under Thankful cards → Table cards, each guest gets one card in the place-card sizes. Their side has their name, “I’m thankful for…” and two blank lines to write on. On a tent card the side facing the table keeps the plain name, so the same card still seats everyone. A common way to use them is to leave a pen at each place and read the cards aloud round the table at dessert. Each card is laid out inside the same safe area as the place cards, so a name of up to 28 characters stays on the card and clear of the fold.

Can I cut these with a Cricut?

Yes. Press SVG cut file (Cricut) and you get the outlines of the sheet in the preview, drawn in millimetres at the print size. In Cricut Design Space choose Upload, pick the SVG, and it comes in at the right size (an A4 or Letter sheet fits a 12 × 12 in mat). The file has three layers. Black is the cut: card rectangles and leaf outlines. Red is the punch hole of each leaf. Blue dashed is each tent card’s fold: set it to Score if you have a scoring stylus or wheel, or hide it. The file holds outlines only, with no names and no pictures, and it carries no Cricut registration marks, so it will not line up with a sheet you printed from the PDF. It is best for cutting plain leaves or cards from coloured cardstock that guests write on by hand. For the printed designs, cut along the printed lines with scissors or a paper trimmer. Silhouette Studio opens the same SVG.