DIY A Tall And Elegant Floral Centerpiece With A Few Dollar Tree Supplies

Are you seeking a table centerpiece that will look beautiful all year long? A tall faux topiary may fit the bill. In addition to making your table look inviting, it can add a bit of drama to your dining room. If you're decorating your home on a budget, try creating one with supplies your local Dollar Tree carries. The discount retailer has almost everything you'll need for this project, including a sizable selection of artificial flowers. Many locations carry dahlias, lilies, orchids, petunias, and other blooms that require no sun or water. You're also likely to find faux greenery, such as eucalyptus bush vines. 

In addition to gathering artificial foliage at Dollar Tree, pick up small, square frames such as the Special Moments Memories Collection Gold Glitter Photo Frames. You'll use these to construct a box-shaped base for your centerpiece. Also find floral foam bricks that will fit inside the box and a spherical foam (roughly 2 ⅞ inches) for the top of your centerpiece. Finally, grab two Cooking Concepts Wire Paper Towel Holders for the body. Consider purchasing a sprayable paint and primer product — Krylon All-In-One Spray Paint, for example — to make your paper towel holders the same color as your frames. This can give the final product a streamlined look. You'll also need a hot glue gun, a few plastic zip ties, and u-shaped floral pins to create your stunning centerpiece. 

Before building your topiary centerpiece, decide how you'd like its base box to look. The picture frames are ideal for displaying pressed flowers, mini watercolor paintings, photos of your favorite places, or cute wrapping paper. Then remove the frame stands and hot glue them together to create a box with an open top and bottom. Place the foam block inside the box, aiming for a snug fit. Use your hot glue gun on the lowest setting to affix the foam pieces to the box's walls.

Next, form the body of the centerpiece. Turn one paper towel holder upside down and secure it to the other with zip ties. The result will look like a wire dumbbell. Glue one end to the top of the base box you just made. Then reinforce the glued area with floral pins. Use the same process to attach your foam ball to the top end of the paper towel holders.

After attaching the paper towel holders to your foam pieces, add the flowers. Glue faux foliage to the foam ball, using a hair dryer to accelerate drying. As with the glue gun, choose the low-heat setting to avoid melting the foam. Replicate this process on the base box to turn that exposed foam into a lush garden. For easy gluing, remove the stems from your flowers. This gives you little leaf and petal pieces that are simple to stick to the foam. Finally, smooth your leaves and fluff your petals to make your artificial flowers look as real as possible.