56 Breathtaking Ideas for Spring Centerpieces and Table Decorations
Let your dining table steal the show this spring.
The warm weather is almost here and it's time to come out of hibernation and start planning spring parties and al fresco dinners. And there's no better way to set the scene for spring than with a colorful and layered tablescape. You've sent out the invitations (let's be honest, it was probably a text message, that's what we would do), planned the menu, and bought several bottles of your favorite rosé and sparkling wine. Now it's time to set a stunning and welcoming table. With the pastel tablecloth laid, chargers in place, and the plates and flatware that have been collecting dust all winter long cleaned off, it's time to focus on the center of it all, the centerpiece and table decorations.
To that end, we have but together this list of stunning ideas for spring centerpieces and table decor that will help inspire you and be sure to surprise and delight your dinner guests all season long. Love flowers, try crafting papier-mâché vases to fill with your favorite spring blooms. If you are short on time, vintage spools, each filled with a single flower, are easy to put together but still have a big impact. Want something to complement the menu? Craft candy bowls from dyed coffee filters and fill with on-palette sweets.
These ideas are unbelievably easy and inexpensive to DIY. Whether a fun flower arrangement in an unexpected vessel or a simple place setting, these creative crafts are the best way to celebrate spring in style.
Mini Egg Topiaries
Made from moss and faux boxwood, these topiaries make the perfect focal point for your Easter table. Want to make it more generic spring vs. Easter? Paint wooden craft beads and use them in place of the eggs.
To make: Using hot-glue, attach preserved green sheet moss and fake mini boxwood greenery to a round Styrofoam ball until covered. Nestle faux robin’s eggs in moss, attaching with glue. Fill a clay pot with floral foam. Poke a stick into bottom of topiary, and insert into floral foam; cover foam with moss.
Fabric Tulips
Use springy fabric scraps to make this bouquet that will never wilt so you can use it year after year on your spring table.
To make: Download the flower template and trace on fabric. Cut out and sew together with right sides facing inward, leaving bottom open. Turn right side out; fill with batting. Glue strips of green felt around wires to create stems. Insert into bottoms of tulips, pushing nubs into flowers, and hot-glue in place. Attach green felt leaves with glue.
Coffee Filter Flowers
Lay these flowering candy dishes down the center of your table. Bonus, they are made with an item you probably already have in your house: coffee filters.
To make: Submerge regular-size white coffee filters (you’ll need four to six for each flower) in a watered-down Rit Dye solution (here, Petal Pink); dry completely. Cut into flower shapes of various sizes, and stack largest to smallest. Attach at centers with craft glue. Glue a papier-mâché or store-bought candy cup to center of each. Fill with candy.
Papier-mâché Vases
These papier-mâché vases are ideal for serving candy or holding a beautiful bouquet.
To make: Blow up a large and a medium balloon. Cover each with white papier-mâché craft paper, leaving bottom quarter to third uncovered and edges rough. Let dry. Pop balloons, and remove. Set a vase inside each, and fill with water and flowers.
Fruit and Flower Centerpiece
This vibrant table runner brings the best of both worlds—delicate flowers and sweet fruit. Add a bit of greenery to unify the natural look.
Get the tutorial at Pizzazzerie.
Mini Mason Jar Centerpiece
The best way to dress up a set of matching blue-hued mini Mason jars for spring? Adding the brightest blooms you can find.
Paper Flower Table Runner
Especially perfect for a smaller table spread, these easy-to-craft paper flowers are a charming spring centerpiece without dominating the scene.
Get the tutorial at Lovely Indeed.
Garland Table Runner
No vase needed for this blend of anemones, ferns, and eucalyptus to add texture to the table. Speckled plates and matching Easter eggs also heighten the elegant woodland vibe.
Paper Flower Centerpiece
Thanks to a paper bouquet, you can keep your spring centerpiece intact all season long.
Get the tutorial at The House That Lars Built.
Cabbage Vase Centerpiece
Rather than reaching for a vase the next time you make a flower run, consider letting produce hold your go-to blooms instead. A head of cabbage gracefully complements any stems of your choosing.
Get the tutorial at Home Is Where the Boat Is.
Galvanized Bucket Centerpiece
Rustic meets refined through a floral and mini bucket combo. The muted metal material also lets the blooms command the center of attention—and overflowing is more than encouraged.
DIY Vase Centerpiece
Believe it or not, you'll spend more money on the bouquet than crafting this zinc-lookalike vase. (Spoiler: It's actually made from cardboard!)
Get the tutorial at A Piece of Rainbow.
Mini Rain Boots Vase
Pay homage to the April showers and May flowers trope with this creative floral fixture, which uses pink children's rain boots.
Get the tutorial at Giggles Galore.
Rustic Spring Centerpiece
Have an old wooden toolbox handy? Try using it as a rustic vessel for your favorite flower arrangement. Just look at this stunning outdoor spring centerpiece by Kiana Underwood, owner of San Francisco boutique floral studio Tulipina.
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