Hey guys! I wanted to make a centerpiece that could sit on my table all month long and stay looking gorgeous. I decided to go with fake flowers and they great thing about using fake flowers is you can find lots of black and brown flowers for Halloween. I obviously wanted to incorporate pumpkins in my centerpiece but I wanted to go for a more elegant vibe rather that a fun Orange and Black vibe. I chose Gold, Blacks and Browns were the colors I wanted to play with, and then I was in my car and off to Michael’s!
You will need:
Pumpkins in various sizes, I uses 3 small, 2 medium and 2 large.
Spray Paint (I used gold but you can use any color or you can leave the pumpkins Orange, up to you!)
A Hat Box. (I had one just sitting in my closet but you can pick up brown hat boxes at Michael’s, really any circular box will work)
A Hot Glue gun
Gold and Black Ribbon Trim
Black Beaded Stickers
Flowers. I used all fake flowers in Black, Brown, Gold and I added in a couple Fuchsia’s for some pop. All Orange or Orange and Black would be wicked too!
Black Candles (not necessary but looks cool)
1. I started by spray painting 7 pumpkins and the hat box gold.
I like using odd numbers when doing centerpieces. (Be sure to use gloves and a plastic painting mat or lots of newspaper outside)
2. I let them dry outside over night.
Next, using my hot glue gun I decorated the hat box in Gold and Black trim, adhering with the glue on the inside rim and the bottom of the box.
3. I decorated the pumpkins with ribbon and my black beaded stickers. These stickers work great to hide where you glue the ribbon around the stem. I left a few pumpkins plain gold because I didn’t want it getting too busy.
4. I cut my fake flowers to size and put them in my hat box rotating all of my colors.
5. After finishing my flower arrangement I placed my pumpkins, starting with the largest closest to the hat box on both size and then worked my way outwards with the rest.
6. Last but not least, I put my 2 black candles in glass holders at the ends of my pumpkins.
Aside from the drying time for the paint this arrangement took less than an hour and was under $50.
Please feel free to email me or tweet me pics of your finished centerpiece! I hope this idea will spark a lot of creativity for you and I can’t wait to see what you create!
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