Creating Christmas Centerpieces For Festive Decor

They can be made form many different materials:

• Fresh Flowers

  * Silk Flowers

  * Paper Flowers

  * Fresh Fruit

  * Sugared Fruit

  * Ornaments

• Evergreens

• Holly

• Collectables

• Toys

• Ribbons

• Christmas Candy

• Colored Water

• Christmas Candles

• Glitter

• Christmas Figurines

• Miniature Christmas Trees

• Mirrors

• Topiaries

• Branches

• Feathers

• Faux Fur

• Dolls

• Raffia

Christmas centerpieces can be one large arrangement or several smaller ones. For a dining table, the arrangement shouldn’t block your view of other people.

Here are a few simple suggestions to make beautiful centerpieces:

• Fill a glass bowl or vase with pretty Christmas ornaments

• Make an arrangement of red and white carnations with red and white candy canes

• A big bowl of red apples, polished until they shine

• A gingerbread house

• Santa in a sleigh

• Small decorated Christmas trees with little wrapped packages underneath

Be creative with your containers:

• Colored bottles

• Beer steins

• Baskets

• Cocktail shakers

• Christmas cookie jar

• Teapot

• Pitcher

• Clear glass with colored marbles in it

• Ceramic gingerbread house

• Copper or brass containers

• Toys (i.e. Tonka truck or Leggos)

• Metal cake or Jell-O molds

Let your imagination run wild when creating your Christmas centerpieces.