Holiday Centerpiece Ideas
A holiday centerpiece would make a wonderful focal point or
main decoration for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New
Year's and other holiday occasions. You can place the
centerpiece on your table, entryway table or other large area
or space.
Plus there are limitless ways to make your
centerpiece special. You can mix-and-match festive objects you
have around your house with materials from a craft or fabric
store and even add them to wonderful creations from online
stores. Then design and create coordinating pieces for nearby
countertop or the mantle over the
fire place, front porch or other area.
Some mix-and-match ideas include:
Fall Vegetables
Begin with a pumpkin and gourds. Loosely arrange them on the
table or mantle. Set a natural-color candle on each side of
your display. Finish your free form art center piece by
sprinkling colorful fall leaves all over and around your center
pieces. Make sure they are not too close to the candles, of
course.
Fall & Winter Leaves & Berries
Simply find a large glass bowl and fill it with beautiful fall
leaves or holly leaves and berries. Set a candle on each side
of the bowl to showcase the leaves. Then, cut leaf shapes out
of construction paper and use them as place cards. Of course
you could also press small leaves, and glue them to a plain
white place card.
Floral Display of Abundance
Make a dried floral arrangement from fall and winter flowers.
Gather some of the plastic sticks that the florists use to hold
notecards. Stick them into the floral display, but put photos
of the things you are thankful for in them, instead. Or, if you
don't have photos, just write words on notecards and display
them in the floral arrangement. Some words you may start
with are "family", "friends", "food", "laughter".
Carve A Pumpkin
Yes, you heard right, carve a pumpkin. Of course you don't want
to go with the traditional jack-o-lantern design here. Instead
carve some geometrical designs, or some flowers, leaf-shapes
etc. on your hollowed out pumpkin. Add a candle inside the
carved pumpkin and light it just before your guests arrive.
Holiday Candle Holders
Get some small pumpkins, Christmas or other candle holders and
tiny candles to use with them. Group of few of these candle
holders together for a festive center piece. Finish your candle
arrangement with a few pieces of native corn or festive
ornaments placed around your holiday candle holders. Give the
arrangement more dimension by using different size pumpkins,
ornaments and candles. Use some scented candles to give your
room that Holiday smell.
Dig through your holiday supplies or take a stroll through your
local craft store and you will come up with your own versions
of these suggestions, or even a creation all your own.
Check out books from your local library for more ideas to
decorate your home and business environment. You can make your
own centerpieces and coordinating decorations or visit fun
shops online. It's as simple as that!
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