Centrepieces

A PIECE OF CAKE

This Christmas tree cupcake centrepiece will dazzle your guests and keep them well fed at the same time.

YOU’LL NEED:

● Iced cupcakes

● Toothpicks

● Colourful candies (this centrepiece used rolos with red and gold packaging)

● 10×20 cm Styrofoam cone

Use a dab of icing under the cone so that it stays on your plate. Stick a toothpick through the cupcake, then stick them into the foam, from the bottom up to the top. Fill any gaps with foil wrapped chocolates or a sweet. Top with a cardboard star.

LET IT SNOW

Bring the beauty of a frosted Christmas to your home with this centrepiece.

YOU’LL NEED:

● White paint

● Dish washing sponge

● Silver glitter

● A large candle

● A clear glass vase at least 25-30cm in diameter.

● White pebbles/sand

Start by dabbing the white paint on the edges of the pine cone using a dish sponge. While wet, dust the glitter over the very edges of the cone. Leave to dry. Place your candle in the centre of your vase and fill the area surrounding it with the white sand, at least 2cm in depth. Place cones around the candle. On the night of your party, light the candle.

GOOD CHEER

The holidays are a little merrier when you can save money and craft with things you have. Re-purpose empty wine bottles by turning them into something pretty.

YOU’LL NEED:

● 3 empty wine bottles

● Acrylic paint (brown, red, white, black and orange)

● Paintbrushes

Paint a base coat of brown (for the reindeer) on one bottle, red (for Father Christmas) on another and white (for Frosty the Snowman) on the last.

Once dry, paint on the details using the other colours over the previous coat. For example, paint a big red nose in the centre of the brown painted bottle, paint two eyes above the nose using black, and lastly, mix the white and brown shades together to create a lighter shade of brown to paint the antlers onto Rudolf.

Leave them to dry before setting them out with the other table settings.

STARRY NIGHT

Capture the twinkling of stars with this easy, yet mesmerising centrepiece hack.

YOU’LL NEED: ● 3 tall transparent glass vases ● 3 sets of battery operated fairy lights ● 6-8 pine cones per jar (this varies depending on jar size).

Make your Christmas party memorable

Place the fairy lights in the jar with the pine cones. Make sure you distribute the string of fairy lights evenly throughout the vase. Voilà, that’s it! Dim the lights for full effect.