Centerpieces are in high demand during the Thanksgiving holiday. Any centerpiece will add to your Thanksgiving dinner table. A centerpiece made with fresh flowers is sure to delight all your Thanksgiving visitors. It can also serve as a great gift to the host or hostess of your Thanksgiving dinner. A wide variety of Thanksgiving centerpieces can be ordered online, or you can create your own. Here are the basic instructions you will need to make your own centerpiece.
The supplies needed include, plastic centerpiece tray, floral foam, two tapered candles, two candle cups, wired wooden pegs, small pumpkin picks (or two small squash that can be anchored with the wooden pegs), and pine cones. These supplies can be found at just about any craft and floral store or online. The foliage you will need includes; seeded eucalyptus, husk, nandina, galax, and dried oak leaves. The flowers are red and yellow roses, yellow and red spray roses, and orange and red cushion mums. For this design you will need about six total roses, 3 stems of spray roses, and three stems of cushion mums. You may also want to use hypericum berries.
While these are the flowers and foliage suggested for this design there are many other options available. Some different kinds of foliage would be; spiral eucalyptus, salal, boxwood, and myrtle. Other great flowers to use include, carnations (which last a long time), pixie carnations, daisy mums, spider mums, lilies, and alstroemeria. Some other filler flowers would be; waxflower, statice, solidage, and button mums.
First you will need to cut your floral foam to fit in the centerpiece tray. Next you will need to soak it in floral foam. After you have your wet floral foam in place and before you begin adding the foliage to the design, insert the candle cups in the middle of the floral foam and place the candles inside. Now add the foliage. You want all the floral foam to be covered before you begin putting in the flowers and accessories. Start with the oak leaves on the bottom, then the seeded eucalyptus, longer pieces of husk and then the galax leaves. You will want to cut off the small branches on your stems so they are the right size for the centerpiece. Don't be afraid to let the design get a little big.
Once the foliage is in place, you can begin to add the flowers. There are several different ways to arrange the flowers. Once is to spread similar flowers evenly around the design. Another way is to group similar flowers. I suggest a little of both. You can do the same thing with the different colors of the flowers. Now you can start adding the pine cones and the hypericum berries. In addition to the hypericum berries, the taller pieces of seeded eucalyptus are great for putting in the gaps left between the flowers, if there are any. Following these basic steps, you will have a beautiful Thanksgiving centerpiece in no time.
Thanksgiving Flower Arrangement in a Cornucopia Instructions
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year for fresh flowers. There are so many beautiful fall colored flowers available to enjoy. Thanksgiving is also a popular time for holiday centerpieces. A flower arrangement in a cornucopia can be used as a table centerpiece for Thanksgiving dinner, used to embellish your side serving table, or to decorate your home. A fresh flower arrangement in a cornucopia will enhance any Thanksgiving dinner party. A cornucopia is also called a horn of plenty; therefore, you want the cornucopia to look bountiful by having lots of flowers, vegetables and/or foliage.
The supplies you will need for a basic Thanksgiving flower arrangement in a cornucopia include; a cornucopia (wicker cornucopias can be found at most craft and floral stores), floral foam, a plastic liner or container to hold the floral foam, floral tape, wired wooden pegs, pine cones, and artificial veggie and squash picks. You could also use real veggies like corn and squash, just use a wooden pick or firm wire and insert it into the veggies in order to anchor them in the floral foam in your design. The following flowers and foliage will make a beautiful arrangement; hypericum berries, oak leaves, dried wheat, galax leaves, husk, nandina, seeded eucalyptus, cushion mums, spray roses, and roses. While I have given you these suggestions, there are many more flowers and foliage available that will make a beautiful fall or Thanksgiving arrangement.
The first step is to anchor your container in the cornucopia. You can use clay, wire, or floral tape to do this. The second step is to prepare the floral foam. First cut the foam so it will fit in the container you have chosen. To soak floral foam, fill a large container with water that has flower preservative mixed in and set your floral foam on top. Allow the floral foam to sink under the water and absorb the water on its own. If you push it under, air pockets will form which will make it harder for your flowers and foliage to get water. Once your floral foam is wet, set it in the container or plastic liner. You may want to secure the foam in the container with a piece of floral tape.
Begin the arrangement first by covering the floral foam with your greens and foliage. You may want to start with the oak leaves at the base of the cornucopia, and have some sticking out of the sides. Remember cornucopia means “horn of plenty” so you want it to look plentiful. Once you have the greens in place and the floral foam covered you are ready to begin adding your vegetables. I would place them around the edges of the design. Once you have those in place, begin to add the flowers to the design. You can group similar flowers together, or space them evenly around the design. Now would be a good time to add a few pine cones throughout the arrangement. To anchor the pine cones, attach the wired wooden pegs by wrapping the wire around the base of the design. Once the flowers and pine cones are in place, fill in the design with the some hypericum berries and maybe some longer pieces of seeded eucalyptus.
Some tips for your fresh flower arrangement: make sure your container does not dry out, you always want water in it, do not place the flowers directly in the sunlight, they will last longer if you keep it in a cool place. Also removing dead flowers will help the arrangement to last longer.
Thanksgiving Centerpiece: Cornucopia with Fresh Flowers
This video provides step by step instructions on how to put together a Thanksgiving centerpiece using fresh fall colored flowers and a cornucopia as a container. The supplies, foliage, and flowers used in this design include: wicker cornucopia, floral foam, hypericum berries, oak leaves, dried wheat, galax leaves, husk, nandina, seeded eucalyptus, cushion mums, spray roses, and roses.
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Thanksgiving Cornucopia Centerpiece with Small Vegetables
This video provides step by step instructions on how to make a Thanksgiving design in a cornucopia using fresh flowers and fall vegetables and accessories. The supplies used include: wicker cornucopia, plastic tray, floral foam, artificial vegetables, grass, dried wheat, about two stems of seeded eucalyptus, small branch of nandina, two stems of husk, galax leaves, one stem of orange cushion mums, one stem of red cushion mums, hypericum berries, one stem of yellow spray roses, one stem of red spray roses, dried oak leaves, pine cones, wired wooden picks, and artificial vegetables.
While these are the flowers and foliage used in this design, there are many flowers and foliage that would work well; such as, carnations, lilies, daisy mums, button mums, salal, spiral eucalyptus and much more. Visit our floral supplies tab to order floral foam, wired wooden picks, and other floral design needs.
Thanksgiving Centerpiece
Close up of the flowers
The flowers in this centerpiece include, yellow roses, orange roses, yellow spray roses, red spray roses, and orange and red cushion chrysanthemums. The design also includes, hypericum berries, nandina, seeded eucalyptus, husk, galax, pincones, and faux pumpkins.
This design was constructed using floral foam. The first step was to anchor the candles in the foam using candle cups. Then the floral foam was covered using the foliage. Next, the pumpkins were added, followed by the flowers. Last, the design was filled in using the hypericum berries and pinecones. The pinecones were anchored in the design using wired wooden pegs.
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How To Make a Thanksgiving Flower Arrangement in a Cornucopia
The supplies used inlcude: wicker cornucopia, plastic tray, floral foam, artificial vegetables, grass, dried wheat, about two stems of seeded eucalyptus, small branch of nandina, two stems of husk, two orange roses, two yellow roses, one stem of orange cushion mums, one stem of red cushion mums, hypericum berries, one stem of yellow spray roses, one stem of red spray roses, dried oak leaves, and artificial vegetables.
Fall Wedding Bouquets
This bouquet includes, three orange roses, three yellow roses, two stems of yellow spray roses, one stem of red spray roses, two stems of red cushion mums, two stems of yellow cushion mums, and hypericum berries. It is hand tied with a fall ribbon. 
Harvest Bouquet
This bouquet includes, three orange roses, three yellow roses, two stems of yellow spray roses, one stem of red spray roses, two stems of red cushion mums, two stems of yellow cushion mums and is accented with dried wheat and hypericum berries. It is hand tied with a fall ribbon.
How to Make a New Baby Flower Basket Arrangement
The materials used in this design include, a basket, plastic liner, floral foam, leather leaf, white and purple daisy mums, yellow button mums, pink pixie carnations, pink carnations, and baby's breath. Many online florists have flower arrangements available for delivery that are perfect to give to a friend or a spouse who has just had a new baby.
Floral Supplies
The Floral Supplies used in the projects on this site can be purchased online at www.CreateForLess.com 
and Joann.com
www.CreateForLess.com offers wired wooden picks, wire, floral foam (for both fresh and silk flowers), floral tape, centerpiece trays, bouquet holders, leaf shine, rocks, glass gems, drying crystals, moss, and much more.
At Joann.com go to the Home and Holidays tab, then the floral tab, to find the floral supplies. Part of their selection includes: floral foam (floral foam brick is what you want for fresh flower designs), moss, wire cutters, wire, wire picks (floral picks), foam bouquet holders, floral tape and much more.
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