How to Make a Christmas Centerpiece
Set a holiday mood this Christmas with a centerpiece of lights that glows with fragrance. This centerpiece may be the feature of an elegant dinner party or a friendly get together. Customize this project to your favorite light and fragrance and design a one-of-kind arrangement. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Pillar candles
- Hot glue and gun
- Cinnamon sticks
- Sheers
- Silver tray
- Pine cones
- Grapevine wreath
- Glass or crystal bowl
- Tinsel
- Marbles
- Battery-operated Christmas mini lights
- Christmas bulbs, ornaments or stars
Instructions
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Make a Centerpiece with Candles
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Buy three different sized pillar candles. Choose your favorite Christmas fragrance.
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Use a hot glue gun to glue cinnamon sticks around the candle. Use a sheers to trim the sticks so they cover the entire candle length all the way around.
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Set the cinnamon-covered pillar candles on a large silver tray, and spread pine cones, extra cinnamon sticks and any other evergreen pieces you have around the candles on the tray.
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Put the candle tray in the center of your Christmas table, and light it up before your guests arrive to fill the house with holiday fragrance.
Make a Centerpiece with Mini Lights
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Buy a grapevine wreath at a craft or hobby store. Find a size that fits good with a larger glass or crystal bowl you have or buy.
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Place the bowl in the center of your Christmas table on top the tablecloth or runner.
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Fit the wreath around the outside of the bowl.
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Fill the bowl with tinsel, glass marbles or any other shiny material you have.
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Place a few sets of 10 or 20 battery-operated clear Christmas mini lights around the wreath, and mix some of the lights in with the bowl contents.
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Place a few larger Christmas ornaments, bulbs or stars in the bowl on top the lights.
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