How to Use Flowers to Make Wedding Centerpieces

You can use flowers to make your own centerpieces for a wedding reception. You can create many different flower centerpieces, including bouquets, floating flowers and single stems. Just combine these steps with your imagination.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Flowers
• Vases
• Ribbon
• Glitter or confetti

1. Create a table bouquet with a mix of flowers. Purchase loose stems of various types of flowers from your local florist. Place three different flowers and some greenery in a low vase. Tie a simple ribbon, matching your wedding colors, around the vase and place it in the center of the table.

2. Float flowers in clear bowl to create a beautiful centerpiece. Select flowers with large blooms such as Gerber daisies, chrysanthemums or gardenias. Fill the bowl 3/4 of the way full of water. Cut the flowers very short, leaving less than an inch of stem and float them in bowl. You can also add tea candles around the bowl to light the table.

3. Choose single stems for simple yet elegant centerpieces. Invest in small, artistic vases that are made to hold just a solitary flower. Place a single stem in each vase and place the vase on top of a round or square mirror in the middle of each table. Sprinkle the mirror with glitter or confetti for a more dramatic effect.

4. Sprinkle flower petals over the table instead of making a centerpiece. This is a simple way to decorate the tables at your wedding reception. You can purchase fresh flower petals from your florist, or buy silk petals in bulk from a craft shop.

Tips & Warnings

• Purchase flowers from your local grocery store instead of a florist to save more money on centerpieces.

• Do not make centerpieces higher than 10 inches or you guests will not be able to see across the table.