How to Make Xmas Centerpieces With Branches
Make Christmas centerpieces with branches cut from the bottom part of the Christmas tree. The pine branches will add a wonderful holiday scent as they decorate your table. This centerpiece should stay fresh for at least two weeks if you keep refilling the container with water. However, if one branch of the Christmas centerpiece should start to turn brown, it is easy to replace it with another branch. Use fresh cut branches when making this centerpiece, as they are the most pliable. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Fresh cut pine branches
- Clear soup dish
- Clear dinner plate
- Clear glass candle holder
- Glue
- Floral foam
- Floral wire
- Pine cones
- Red berry sprigs
- Pear sprigs
- Red tapered candle
Instructions
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Glue the floral foam to the bottom of the clear soup bowl. Let dry.
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Glue the soup bowl to the clear dinner plate. Let dry completely.
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Insert the clear glass candle holder into the center of the foam. Press it down far enough that it is solid and steady.
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Pour tap water slowly onto the floral foam until it is completely saturated. The branches will feed on this water.
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Insert the longest branches on the outside rim of the floral foam (farthest from the candle holder). The branches should be long enough to trail to the edge of the dinner plate on all sides.
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Insert the middle-size branches into the floral foam. They should be closer to the candle holder and spaced to overlap the open spaces of the outer row. This will give a fuller look.
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Insert the shortest branches into the floral foam near the base of the candle holder. Trim any pieces of branch that touch the candle holder. Stagger these branches to overlap the open spaces between the branches of the second row.
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Wrap floral wire around the base of the pine cones. Insert the smallest pine cones directly into the floral foam. Attach the larger pine cones to the branches trailing across the dish.
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Insert some red berry sprigs into the floral foam for added color. Attach some sprigs of red berries and pears to the pine branches with floral wire.
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Place a red tapered candle in the centerpiece for the final addition. Add water to the floral foam every day to keep it saturated.
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