How to Arrange Tabletop Floral Centerpieces

Fresh cut flowers look beautiful and smell nice as centerpieces.

A carefully arranged floral centerpiece brightens up a dining room with vibrant color and a fresh scent. Picking up a floral centerpiece from a florist or gift shop can be expensive, so learn how to make your own arrangements and save money. Whether using floral centerpieces for decorating an event or for your own home, by creating your own you can control the color scheme and theme of the arrangement. Learn how to make a stunning tabletop centerpiece that has 360 degrees of visual appeal.

Things You'll Need

• Large bowl
• Teacup
• Hot glue gun
• Foam floral circle
• 2 dozen roses
• Sharp scissors
• Table runner or tablecloth

Instructions

1. Choose a large bowl and teacup to use for this craft. As you will be using hot glue on the items to make a pedestal, they should not be dishes that are important to you. Shop a thrift store or dollar store to find inexpensive components.

2. Place the large bowl on the workspace in front of you bottom side up. Dab hot glue on the bottom of the bowl. Set a teacup on the bottom of the bowl right side up.

3. Center the cup's bottom over the bottom of the bowl. Allow the glue to dry for one minute before turning the bowl right side up.

4. Soak a floral foam circle in a shallow pan for about 10 minutes. Dab a little hot glue in the bottom of the bowl. Remove the foam circle from the shallow pan and fit it inside the bowl.

5. Trim the ends of your roses with sharp scissors leaving stems 4 inches long. Remove all the rose leaves except for on four flowers.

6. Poke the roses into the wet foam starting in the center and working outwards in a circle. Use the four flowers with the leaves still attached on the outside edges of the arrangement to give some green color.

7. Place the arrangement in the center of the tabletop. To protect a wooden surface from scratching, lay a table runner or tablecloth on the top first.

Tips & Warnings

• For a larger arrangement use a larger bowl and substitute the teacup with a medium-sized bowl.

• Make your tabletop centerpiece more dramatic by using bold red bowls and contrast them with white or pink roses.

References

• Martha Stewart: A Timeless Table
• My Wise Wife: My Floral Arrangement