How to Make Cheap but Attractive Wedding Centerpieces to Delight Your Budget and Dazzle Your Guests

Follow these easy steps to make cheap but attractive personalized wedding centerpieces. All you have to do is add time and computer word processing or graphics skills to items found at a local hardware store.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Polystyrene
• Computer
• Card Stock, Colored
• Scissors
• Low Temperature Glue Gun
• Play Sand or River Pebbles
• Acrylic Rod or Wooden Dowel
• Joined Hearts Pattern
• Styrofoam Piece
• Metallic Mylar Papers
• Matching Curling Ribbon
• Onion Grass or Other Accent Pieces

1. 

   Cut polystyrene to look like two joined hearts. Prepare card stock overlays (both sides) with the couples’ names and a saying of your choice, pictures of the couple, etc.

2. 

   Attach with double sided tape or low temperature glue.

3. 

   Cut a thick acrylic rod or wooden dowel (with paint and ribbon added) to the desired height (about 14” as shown). Attach the rod or dowel to the joined hearts using a low temperature glue gun.

4. 

   We use play sand wrapped in two sheets of metallic Mylar paper for the base. Match the papers to the color theme of the wedding. Use a small piece of Styrofoam at the bottom to support the rod or dowel. Glue the rod or dowel to the Styrofoam piece with low temperature glue, keeping the joined hearts straight up.

5. 

   Place the Styrofoam piece with the attached rod and hearts in the center of the Mylar sheets. Pour about ½ cup of play sand on top of the Styrofoam piece.

6. 

   Gather the top of the papers around the sand and rod, starting with two opposite corners. Then gather the other two corners in, one at a time.

7. 

   Tie together with a piece of matching curling ribbon then curl the ends. Leave enough room in the opening to insert your accent pieces.

8. 

   Open up the top of the Mylar paper so the base looks like a flower.

9. 

   Add onion grass, example here, as an accent, placing them in the hole we made when we gathered the metallic papers together. Arrange to your satisfaction. You are done!

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[eemie]

on 8/13/2009 That looks amazing! 5*s!

[greatgreat8]

on 6/28/2009 sounds easy 5*

[celticeagle]

on 12/31/2008 Good instruction. Thanks.