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Table Seating Cards Template — Free, Editable, One Card Per Table
A table seating cards template generates one card per table from your seating chart project — each card lists every guest assigned to that table. Multiple cards together form a display at the reception entrance, on a wall, garland or board. The template handles the layout, the typography, and the cutting marks; you build the seating chart, and the cards come out matched to your floor plan.
Important — these are not table number cards. Each table seating card lists every guest at one specific table. If you're looking for cards that show just the number for the centerpiece, see table numbers template. For print specs and hole-punch placement, see printable table seating cards. For 15+ display ideas, see table seating cards display ideas.
Names and table assignments come from your seating chart project — the template doesn't need a separate names list, it pulls from the live floor plan.
Confirm attendance through RSVP first — only confirmed guests print, so each card stays accurate.
Coordinate the template's typography with the rest of your wedding day-of stationery for one consistent look across the room.
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How the Template Works — One Card Per Table, Auto-Built
The template is a generated view of your project. You don't pick which guests go on which card; the seating chart picks. You pick the format, the size, the typography, and the export does the rest.
- Build your seating chart with the drag-and-drop floor plan and assign every confirmed guest to a table.
- Open the table seating cards view in the project menu — every table on the plan appears as one card.
- Pick the size — 4×6, 5×7, or 6×8 inches.
- Pick the format — flat with stand, tent-fold, or tag-style with hole-punch for hanging.
- Customize typography and decorative elements — font, color, optional botanical border, table-name vs table-number header.
- Download the print-ready PDF with bleed and crop marks set, ready for any printer.
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Sizes — 4×6 vs 5×7 vs 6×8
Card size scales with how many guests sit at each table and how the display will be mounted. The defaults below cover almost every wedding format.
- 5×7 inches — the most popular size. Comfortable for tables of up to 10 guests. Easy to handle, fits standard frames, photographs well.
- 4×6 inches — works for small weddings (tables of 6–8 guests, fewer than 10 tables total). Tight fit on names if a table is full.
- 6×8 inches (or A5) — the right size for larger tables (round 12-tops, long banquet seating) where you need extra vertical space for the guest list.
Format — Hanging, Flat, Framed
Format is the second decision. Pick the format that matches the display setup you're planning at the entrance.
- Hanging tag with hole-punch — the most common format. Cards have a hole at the top for clothespins, ribbon ties or small hooks. Works on twine garlands, ladder displays, and pegboards.
- Flat with stand — flat card slotted into a small acrylic, wood-block or wire stand. Works on entrance tables, tiered shelves, and bar carts.
- Framed — flat card inside a small picture frame. Works as a gallery-wall arrangement, individual easels, or a vintage shutter mounting.
Auto-Updating Cards When Guests Move Tables
The headline feature: when a guest moves from one table to another in the seating chart project, both affected cards regenerate automatically. The old table's card drops the guest; the new table's card adds them. The rest of the cards stay untouched.
Practical consequence — late RSVP changes are free. A guest who switches tables two days before the wedding triggers two re-prints (the old table and the new), not a re-do of all 12 cards. Every card stays accurate against the live floor plan up until the moment you click download.
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Customization — Fonts, Decorative Elements, Headers
Every element is editable. Font family for the header (the table number or name) and the body (the guest list). Ink color, paper color, optional decorative motif (botanical border, watercolor wash, monogram).
The header can be the table number alone, the table name alone, or both stacked together. Match the typography to the rest of your stationery suite — pick once at the project level and the cards inherit.
Why Live-Data Templates Beat Static Ones
Most table seating card templates on Etsy or Pinterest are designed for a single card. To produce twelve cards for twelve tables, you copy the file twelve times and fill each one in by hand with the names from your seating chart. The version drift starts immediately — a guest moves tables and you're editing two files. A late RSVP and you're editing three.
Our template treats the full set of cards as output. Each card is built from the assignments you've already made on the floor plan. Move a guest, and both affected cards regenerate. Add a new table, and a new card appears in the export. No editing template files, no version drift. Free, collaborative, and synced with the rest of your stationery.
Explore the rest of the table seating cards cluster
Each sub-page below covers a narrow slice of table seating cards — one card per table listing every guest — across template design, print production, and 16+ display ideas. All powered by the same Wedding Planning Assistant seating chart project.
Explore the rest of your wedding day-of stationery suite
Each item below pulls live from your seating chart on Wedding Planning Assistant, so a single update to your guest list flows through every printed piece — no copying names from one template to the next.