This centerpiece is very easy to make and perfect for any table during autumn or the holidays. The amount of supplies and the size of the Styrofoam base will vary depending upon what you feel is a good size for your table. Here, our base was about 16″x12″. We used six 3″ pillar candles in various heights and about a dozne artificial pears.
SUPPLIES
Sheet of green Styrofoam for base
Floral pins
Floral picks
Dried lemon leaves
Artificial berries, nuts, and twigs
Aritificial pears
3″ pillar candles in varying heights
Serrated knife (to cut Styrofoam)
Wire cutter (to cut picks apart)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. If your sheet of Styrofoam is not the shape or size you wish, use the serrated knife to trim it down. Bevel the top edge of the sheet so that you will have a flat surface and a 45 degree angle surfuce on which to pin the lemon leaves all around the outer rim.
2. Arrange your candles on the base how you want them and mark where they will be so you have a guide for placement of the floral supplies.
3.Using floral pins, attach individual dried lemon leaves on the bevel all the way around. Add a second layer of leaves, this time pinning them on the top and inbetween the first row. Be sure to overlap and vary the position so it has a more natural feel.
4. If your pears did not come with picks attached, poke floral picks into the bottoms of the pears and then place the pears on top of the leaves, keeping clear of t markings where the candles will sit.
5. Replace the candles and begin to fill in the spaces between the pears with the artifical berries, twigs and nuts, using floral picks and pins to secure. We don’t recommend using hot glue as it will not hold sufficiently on the base of lemon leaves.
For added sparkle to use during Christmas and the winter holidays, weave a metallic star garland in and arround the pears! Remember to never leave burning candles unattended and to not burn them further than half their height in this dried arrangement.
