Cooking and Crafting Mommies: Easy Table Centerpiece

I love decorating for the holidays but I don't always want to spend a ton on decorations themselves. I found some items around my house, and decided to make centerpieces for my dining room table.

What you will need:

Mason Jar - as many as you would like for your table display

Fake Flowers

Glass beads

Ribbon or Twine

Glue Gun or a Strong holding glue

Scissors

Floating Candles

Note: I purchased most of these items at Michaels (on sale!) and the mason jars I had left over from my wedding favors, however, those can be purchased at Michaels as well.

First make sure your mason jar is clean and remove the lid. There are 2 parts to a mason jar lid. Simply remove the inner lid and set aside.

Note: Save the inner lid to use when you place these in storage. It will allow you to keep the stones inside the mason jar while in storage.

Fill the jar about 1/4 to 1/2 of the way with the glass beads. For my centerpiece I chose darker glass beads, however, you can use what ever color you desire.

Cut a piece of twine about 24" or if you chose to use ribbon cut to fit around the jar with about 1/4" overlapping.

Place a dab of glue on the backside of the jar and wrap the twine or ribbon around the mason jar. If you use the twine tie the ends and glue them down. If you use ribbon glue one end of the ribbon to the mason jar, then glue the other end to the ribbon.

Remove 2-3 of the fake flowers from their stems, and glue those to the front of the mason jar. Ideally you are using the flowers to cover the front of the mason jar where you tied the twine or glued the ribbon. Its not necessary to do this step but I felt it added a nice decorative touch.