how do I make a fast but really nice centerpeice for thanksgiving?

Question

we are having guest up for thanksgiving and I want to make a nice, fancy looking center peice that will not take me for ever.

Answer 1

One of the most beautiful centerpieces of all is to just display the gifts of nature... part of what Thanksgiving is all about, right? I try very hard not to ever put anything toxic or artificial... glue, glitter, paints, styrofoam... on my dinner table.

Use a pretty low, flat basket as your base - for example I have a beautiful two inch high big oval bread basket in warm brown tones made by a Cowichan Indian woman. Then fill it with a variety of colorful winter squash, dried corn, persimmons or pomegranites, whole nuts in the shell. Then you can make it glow by putting a ring of votive candles in soft autumn colors around it, and coordinate your linens and napkins to the natural color theme too. Then after turkey day you can actually use the squash and nuts in your cooking, so it is economical too.

Answer 2

Easy, Inexpensive Thanksgiving Centerpieces You Can Make in a Flash


http://entertaining.about.com/od/flowersandcenterpieces/a/easytdaycentrpc.htm

http://www.ehow.com/how_8609_make-thanksgiving-centerpiece.html

http://interiordec.about.com/od/thanksgivin1/a/hol_fallthanksg.htm

Answer 3

Go to the craft store and buy red fall flowers and the dried red leaves and sticks with a sharp end , Get lots of fresh red apples, get a flat round bowl at the craft store and put flower arrangement or craft foam in it, put the sticks in the bottom of the apples and place them in the foam, arrange all the fruit, leaves and red fall flowers in a festive way, put some smaller green or yellow blossoms in there to give it a bit of color.

Answer 4

a festive buoquet of flowers. nice ones at your grocery stores and they are fresh or anice candle setting w/ some greenery.happy holidays

Answer 5

colored candles, thanksgiving wreath. place the wreath on the table and fill the center with coordinating colored candles.

Answer 6

Martha Stewart.com or call the florist and order one.. They can make them in any price range and sometimes you can not make one for as cheap as you can buy one...

Answer 7

i get a bowl of water and put holly and berrys in it then freeze it, you could put a cup in the center when freezing it for your candle

Answer 8

my sister made me one with a freesbee( the base, wich you can't really see)- fall colored flowers- and pinecones-she used a bow(fall colored) small candle holder(glass) it looks really great( she used a hot glue gun and that was it)

hope that helps

Answer 9

i would use candles and festive gourds and dried colored corns, festive and no work