Everyone picks a color theme for their wedding, and creating homemade centerpieces with the color blue is easy and inexpensive. This article will provide you with detailed instructions on creating several inexpensive homemade blue wedding centerpieces for your big day.
Carnations
Flowers are always a wonderful addition to any wedding centerpiece, and carnations are an inexpensive flower for your homemade wedding centerpiece. For this homemade wedding craft you will need carnations, blue food coloring, water, a vase, scissors, tin cans, and blue ribbon.
Start this project the night before by filling the vase with water; add at least 20 drops of blue food coloring to the water to make it a dark blue. Next use the scissors to cut the stems of the carnations so they fit nicely in the tin cans, but remember to cut the stems under water to prevent air from getting in. You can also cut slits in the sides of the stems to allow the blue food coloring to work faster.
Tie the blue ribbon around the tin can in a bow, and fill it with some water; you can feel free to use the blue water again if you like. Place the carnations in the tin cans and your inexpensive homemade wedding centerpieces is ready!
Underwater Centerpiece
For a one of a kind and inexpensive homemade wedding centerpiece you will need some large glass bowls, blue food coloring, water, fake flowers, a hot glue gun, glue sticks, permanent paint markers, and old cd cases. Start this inexpensive wedding craft by writing the name of the couple and the date of the wedding on the cd cases.
Next place the cd case in bottom of the bowl, and add glue to secure it. Glue flowers around the edges of the cd case, and when the glue has dried fill a pitcher with water. Add a few drops of blue food coloring to the water and fill the bowl with the blue water. This blue wedding centerpieces is a special homemade addition to any wedding.
Champagne Glass Candle Holders
Another inexpensive homemade wedding centerpiece that features the color blue is the champagne glass candle holder. For this centerpiece you will need champagne glasses, blue beads, marbles, or pebbles, blue taper candles, and ribbon.
Start this homemade wedding centerpiece by tying a piece of ribbon in a bow around the stem of the champagne glass. Next place the candles in the glasses and fill the glasses with the pebbles. This will hold your candle in place, and your inexpensive wedding centerpiece is done.
Making homemade centerpieces for your wedding table can be inexpensive, and it is easy to incorporate the color blue into these inexpensive homemade wedding centerpieces. So try them today!
