One way I get over my sadness from summer ending is decorating my house for fall! I see beautiful fall centerpieces and decorations in store, but I always cringe at the price when I know I can make my own, and making it unique to my style and home decor. I’ve seen this easy pool noodle centerpiece online for the last year, and I finally decided to try it. I’m really happy with how easy and inexpensive it was to make a pretty centerpiece for my dining room table.
Items needed:
- pool noodle
- 4-5 zip ties
- faux flower and plant bunches
- small plastic pumpkins
- wire cutter
- 3 wine or champagne glasses
- floating candles
I already had a pool noodle, glasses and floating candles. I got the zip ties and most of the flowers from the dollar store. I bought more flowers from the craft store when they were 50% off. I also had some fall decoration pieces I had stored in my basement. I strongly encourage you to add or change things based on your personal style! For example, you could use candlestick holders instead of glasses.
Instructions:
1. Either fold or cut the pool noodle in half. Wrap the two noodle pieces around the glasses and secure with zip ties. Cut the zip ties if needed.
2. Use the wire cutter to separate the bunches so you have individual pieces of plants and flowers. Cut the stems to make them shorter so they don’t stick out too much. Stick the stems of the plant pieces into the pool noodle. I like to add the green pieces first as a base for my centerpiece, centering on the bottom and sides of the noodle.
3. Stick the faux flowers in, filling in the spaces.
4. Add any other decorative pieces, if you want. I had a couple of pumpkins on wires from a wreath I made last fall.
5. Fill the glasses with water and add a floating candle in each glass.
That’s it! I don’t think this took me more than 20 minutes to make. Here is how it looked when it got dark later:
I plan on making one for Christmas, using different kinds of flowers and plants. There are so many possibilities!