Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Thanksgiving is a great time of year for flowers. There are so many beautiful fall colored flowers and accessories that can be used for floral design. The most popular use of flowers during fall are wreaths and centerpieces. A beautiful Thanksgiving centerpiece will be the perfect touch to your Thanksgiving dinner. Making your own Thanksgiving centerpiece is fun and simple. It can be as large or small as you want, and you can use fresh flowers or silk flowers.

Here are the supplies you will need to make a fresh flower centerpiece.

• A shallow, water tight container.
  
• floral foam
• floral tape
• flower clippers or a sharp knife
• wire
• Flowers
• Foliage
• Accessories

Suggestions for Flowers:

• red
• chrysanthemums
• roses
  
• Yellow
• carnations
• daisy mums
• alstroemeria
• chrysanthemums
  
• Orange
• carnations
• thistle
• roses (spray)
  
• alstroemeria
• chrysanthemums

Suggestions for foliage and accessories

• greenery, such as evergreens or leaves such as salal
  
• Pine cones
• Oak leaves
• Bear grass, cats tail
• Small vegetables, pumpkins, squash, corn
• Wheat
• Berries, hypericum berries
  

Begin by saturating your floral foam with water. Then secure in your container with floral tape. You will want to begin your design by covering your floral foam with your chosen greenery. Next you will want to add your accessories and other foliage. Last you will want to place your flowers in the design. You can also use a cornucopia as your container. Be creative and have fun!