How to Make a Valentine's Centerpiece

Valentine's Day is a perfect time for a dinner party or intimate meal. Set your table with china, silverware, napkins and candlesticks for a romantic evening. A colorful floral arrangement decorates your dining table to complete a beautiful table scape. You can make a Valentine's centerpiece with silk or fresh-cut flowers. Choose red, pink, white and yellow colors for an arrangement.

Things You'll Need

• Craft or floral foam
• Fresh or silk flowers
• Novelty decoration
• Bow

Instructions

1. 

   Buy silk or fresh flowers for your centerpiece. Choose a container that's low to the table if this is for a dinner. Cut a piece of floral foam or craft foam to fit snugly into the container you selected.

2. 

   Cut three floral stems at 4 inches tall. Push the stems into the outer edges of the foam in the container.

3. 

   Continue cutting the floral stems and adding the flowers to the foam.

4. 

   Choose a new type of flower in the same or a different color. Cut five stems at 4 to 5 inches tall and place them in the midsection of the foam.

5. 

   Cut floral stems at 8 to 10 inches to place at either end of the arrangement, giving it an elongated shape. This gives you a larger centerpiece that's low to the table. Diners will be able to see without obstruction from stems and blossoms that are too tall.

6. 

   Add smaller flowers such as sweetheart roses into any open areas of the arrangement. Insert a wired bow into the centerpiece.

7. Place a novelty heart, cupid or dove into the arrangement.

Tips & Warnings

• Oasis foam is for fresh floral arrangements. Sahara or craft foam is for dry or silk flowers.