Transform your boring dining table into a festive space fit for a delicious Christmas feast with friends and family with whimsical Christmas centerpieces. Dazzle your guests with your crafting skills by making your Christmas centerpieces with items from craft and department stores. Save money by using some items you already have around the house for parts of the centerpiece. Does this Spark an idea?
Tin Can Flower Arrangements
Recycle tin cans into holders for Christmas flower arrangements. Wash tin cans from coffee, canned fruit and vegetables and soup with warm soapy water. Remove the labels from the cans, which is easier after they have soaked in warm water. Dry the cans off and wrap silver, gold, green or red wrapping paper around the cans using double-sided tape. Wrap festive ribbon around each can a few times and tie the ends in a bow. Arrange red and white silk flowers in each can. Group the cans in odd numbers in the middle of each table, or place a few groups along the length of a banquet style table.
Hole Punched Candle Holders
Punch holes into tin cans to make festive Christmas centerpieces. Remove the labels from and wash out tin cans. Use a small nail and a hammer to punch holes into the cans in Christmas shapes, such as trees, gingerbread men and snowflakes. Spray paint the cans a shimmery gold. Fill the bottom inch of each can with sand to cool the melting wax and keep the bottom of the can cool. Place tea candles in the smaller cans and short pillar candles in larger cans. Arrange an odd number of cans together in the center of the table.
Glass Urn
Turn left over Christmas ornaments into a centerpiece. Decorative left over glass ball ornaments with glitter glue. Use the glue to paint stripes, polka dots or Christmas-related words onto the ornaments. Paint other ornaments with craft paint and roll them in a paper plate of seed beads to coat them with the tiny beads. Let the ornaments dry for a couple hours before filling a glass urn with the balls. Lay a few of the ornaments on the table around the bottom of the urn. Mix a few pine cones in with the ornaments.
Peppermint Candles
Turn pillar candles into a Christmas centerpiece in just a few minutes. Use a low-temperature glue gun to attach peppermint sticks around three to five pillar candles in varying sizes. Break the peppermint sticks if they are taller than the candle. Wrap a length of ribbon around the center of each candle and tie the ends in a bow. Arrange the candles on a decorative plate in the center of the table.
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