Dollar Store Floral Centerpieces

I'm getting married later this year and there are hundreds if not thousands of inexpensive centerpiece ideas floating around the internet.  Here's something I've come up with that can be made with items found at the dollar store.  I usually just go to the local Dollar Tree.  They're quick, easy and can be made for under $4.00 per centerpiece.

What you'll need:

• A round glass vase
• A bouquet of artificial flowers
• Clear Hair Gel
• A Mason Jar
• A round LED Light with an adhesive bottom
• Batteries for the LED light

For the first centerpiece, take the round glass vase and fill it about half way full with the hair gel.  Luckily this hair gel smelled like Swedish Fish so it didn't smell bad when left in an open container.  You should probably smell the gel before buying it to make sure it has a scent you like.  Next, slide one of the flowers and two of the leaves off their stems.  Place the leaves down in the gel wherever you think looks good.  I used the remaining stem of the flowers to press the leaves into the the gel a little bit so they'd stay put.  Once you have the leaves where you want them, put in the flower and position it how you want to.  Once again, I used the stem to push it into the gel a little bit so it wouldn't flop over...AND THAT'S IT.

I think this would be a great little centerpiece for you dining room table.

The mason jar centerpiece is very similar, but it has a LED light stuck under the lid to make it glow even when there isn't sunlight.  This is a 24oz wide mouth mason jar that I just had laying around the house, but the dollar store does sell mason jars as well.  When you buy a case of mason jars from the store, it does round out to be about $1.00/ jar.

So the concept is the same.  Fill the mason jar about half way full with clear hair gel and then strategically place your leaves and flower with a chopstick, a straw or the stem of the flowers.  Then take your LED light and put batteries in it, remove the paper from the adhesive back and stick the LED light to the inside of the lid of the mason jar.

Push down the light so that it's on and place the lid on top of the jar and screw it on.  That's all there is to it.  You can add other different sized jars to make a wedding centerpiece or just use one in the middle of a patio table for a barbecue.

They glow beautifully even when it's light out.

And when the lights are low, the light creates a beautiful pattern on the table.