Fall Frenzy
Whether you’re getting ready for a beautiful autumn wedding, hosting a rustic backyard dinner party, or
simply want to make your household more festive this fall, these easy and budget friendly pumpkin centerpieces will impress your guests and accentuate the season.
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Pumpkins are typically orange, but did you know they are also red, green, tan, and white? Gather medium sized white pumpkins (if you can’t find white, you can spray paint them) and wrap twisted vines of bittersweet berries around the pumpkins. Close the vine ends with floral wire. Bittersweet berries hold their color for several weeks. Alternatively you can purchase berry vines from Michaels. Run the pumpkins down the centers of long rectangular
tables or one at each round table. Surround them with small glass votive candles filled with loose berries.
Elegance
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This beautiful centerpiece adds a unique touch: purple. Gather white pumpkins (or use spray paint) and slice off the top in a wide circle using a pumpkin carver. Scoop out the seeds and toast them for a fun treat to snack on while making your centerpieces. Place an oasis foam at the bottom of the pumpkin and stick violet and lavender dahlias and daisies in them. Fill the bouquet by using purple mums as fillers.
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For a simple homemade centerpiece, gather natural colored pumpkins (dark green, tan and white) from your local grocers or pumpkin patch. Alternatively, plastic pumpkins can be found at Michaels. Purchase clear glass bell jars at any home goods store or www.saveoncrafts.com. Tilt stacked pumpkins at varying angles on top of glass cake stands and platters and top off with upside down bell jars.
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This beautiful centerpiece is perfect for fall weddings or elegant dinner tables. Gather white pumpkins (or use spray paint) and slice off the top in a wide circle using a carver. Scoop out the seeds and place an oasis foam at the bottom of the pumpkin. Alternate sticking orange and yellow shaded roses in them, using berries as fillers. Stick in a few dark orange lilies around the roses for more elegance. Complement the centerpiece with orange glass candlelit votive holders and miniature pumpkins.
Timeless
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This centerpiece adds simple elegance because of its height. Simply carve out the tops of miniature white (or color to your liking) pumpkins, scoop out the seeds and stick a pillar candle in each. Cluster them in groups of four at the tables and top off with surrounding fall leaves.
The Creative Side
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This is a simple centerpiece that draws attention by being displayed as a vibrant hued cluster. Gather white pumpkin and varying shades of blue spray paint of your choice. Once painted, leave some pumpkins whole and carve out the tops of others. Scoop out the seeds and using an oasis foam, fill with berry vines and fall leaves on stems. Add candle stands to put the pumpkins at different heights.
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A pumpkin also makes a great table number! Show off to your guests by placing a large pumpkin at each table, carved out in the shape of its assigned table number. Be sure to deseed the pumpkin and carve out a small lid at the top to place a lit votive candle inside.
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Create simple and elegant centerpieces by placing different shaped and sized pumpkins together on round, white platters. Use gourds, fall leaves and flowers for décor.
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Small topiaries are perfect for simple centerpieces or to brighten the household. Purchase topiary materials at your local Home Depot or Walmart and straw ribbon can be found at Michael’s. Use classic orange miniature pumpkins from the grocers or your local pumpkin patch. Using a wooden, plastic or metal length of tubing, carve a small hole at the bottom of each miniature pumpkin and place the tubing through the hold. Tie the straw into a bow underneath.
Beauty
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This classic centerpiece is a carved out orange pumpkin, deseeded, with an oasis foam at the bottom and filled with dahlias and roses. Use shades of violet, cream, vibrant red and yellow. Finish it off with a bow.
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This is a classic centerpiece of a medium sized orange pumpkin, with the top carved out, seeded, and filled with beautiful orange dahlias. Stick dahlias in an oasis foam placed at the bottom of the pumpkin. Add berries and stems with leaves as fillers.
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Make your wedding guest or dinner tables festive with these tall, skinny miniature pumpkin-filled cylinder vases. For the real deal, purchase miniature pumpkins at your local grocers or pumpkin patch this fall, in shades of tan, grey, or classic orange. Plastic pumpkins and glass cylinder vases can be found at Michael’s or the dollar store.
Floral
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In this unique centerpiece, fall flowers (mums are perfect for fall) are cut just below the flower head and hot glued to whole pumpkins. You will need about 40 stems of mums (or flower of your choice) to cover each pumpkin. Miniature gourds and fall leaves add a nice touch when surrounding the pumpkins.
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Run your wedding guest or dining table with a beautiful fall runner, topped with miniature pumpkins on platters. Use fake vines filled with fall leaves and place them along the table runner. Using a picnic party tablecloth purchased at the dollar store, cut into a long rectangle piece measured to your dining table length. Cut off the ends to make triangular and glue ribbon down the runner. A roll of burlap can also be used in place of the tablecloth.
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Perfect for an elegant dining room or to be the “pièce de résistance” at your wedding tables, this versatile centerpiece is classy yet simple. Gather large white and red pumpkins (or use spray paint) of varying sizes and slice off the top in a wide circle using a pumpkin carver. Scoop out the seeds and place an oasis foam at the bottom of the pumpkin. Use varying red shades of roses and berries for fillers and, for real elegance, fill the gaps with gladiolus.