These fun, DIY centerpieces can be customized with your own favorite flowers, shapes, and papers to create a look that’s uniquely yours… and tailored to any occasion!

The example pictured above is for our Easter table this year, but this look would also be cute for a baby shower or “love birds” bridal shower…

You’ll need:

• Small Bedding plants (English Daisies pictured here)
• Shallow rectangular vase
• Die-cut Chipboard Shapes (pictured here: Maya Road’s Song Bird Coasters)
• Decorative Papers (pictured here: Craft Fair by American Crafts)
• Lollipop sticks
• Glue stick or spray craft glue , Hot Glue Gun, Scissors
• Faux flower or other embellishment for the vase (optional)

Directions:

1. Insert the bedding plants into the vase, filling it completely and adding extra soil if necessary.

2. Decorate the vase with a band of coordinating paper and a faux flower or other coordinating scrapbook embellishment, like the Mento Pastel Flowers by Prima, pictured here.

3. Trace & cut the chipboard shapes from decorative paper.

4. Use a glue stick or craft spray glue to attach the paper silhouettes to both sides of the chipboard.

5. Using a hot glue gun or glue dot, attach a lollipop stick to one side of the chipboard piece. Let the glue dry, then insert the lollipop sticks into the “flower field”.

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{This project is also featured in an Easter Craft slideshow I put together over at the Reader’s Digest website.}