Create a Modern Thanksgiving Centerpiece with Fresh Flowers

By Following These Simple Instructions You Can Create a Thanksgiving Centerpiece that Will Wow Your Guests

If you would like to make your own stunning Thanksgiving centerpiece this year, this project would be perfect for you. This design style is fresh, young, and far more appropriate for modern Thanksgiving celebrations than the traditional candle centerpieces or shapeless mounds of fall flowers.

Your guests will be awed by your skills and sense of style when you create this contemporary design to decorate your Thanksgiving table.

What you will need:

Scissors or garden shears

Wire cutters

A kitchen knife - A big bread knife or butcher's knife will work best to trim any excess floral foam.

A bucket, tub, sink, or big bowl full of cool water

Decorative wire - Decorative wire can be found at most craft stores. You can substitute raffia or decorative cording.

One long and low, watertight container - Your choice of containers for this design should be roughly between eight and nine inches long and six or less inches tall. Shorter is better.

One block of green florist foam for cut flowers - Blocks of florist foam are available in most craft stores or florist shops. Be sure to get the kind designed for fresh cut flowers.

Eight orange roses

Four pieces of lily grass

Three stems of orange lilies

Six stems of hypericum berries

Two stems of salal foliage

Three stems of seeded eucalyptus

Most of these items can be found at your local floral shop or craft store. If you can't find all of them, most florists can make some good suggestions for locally available substitutes.

Directions:

Unwrap the block of florist foam and set it in the bucket, tub, sink or big bowl of cool water. Allow it to sink on its own. Do not press it down as this will leave air pockets inside the foam which means your flowers may not be in water when you use it.

Once the block of foam has sunk completely into the water and appears fully wet push it into the container. Trim off any excess foam from the ends of the block with a kitchen knife but keep the block big enough so it fits tightly inside your container.