Create a Blooming Pumpkin From a Soup Tourine
3 Materials
$20
1 Hour
Easy
Since pumpkins aren’t available yet, I repurposed my pumpkin soup tureen as vase, serving up flowers instead of soup for a centerpiece for an early fall table!
Flowers and pumpkins are two of my favorite things and I love to combine the two for a pumpkin vase centerpiece for fall or Thanksgiving.
To repurpose the pumpkin tureen as a vase, I cut a piece of chicken wire, bending the corners and edges to fit inside to support the flowers stems. You can add an additional piece of chicken wire placed in the bottom of your tureen or vase, if you need additional support for your flowers or greenery.
My pumpkin soup tureen is from Better Homes and Gardens collection from Walmart several years ago. Chicken wire is available by the roll at the hardware store or craft stores. I found mine at Hobby Lobby. Don't forget to use your weekly 40% off coupon that you can download from your mobile app.
Sunflowers, Alstroemeria, Hypericum Berries and Solidaster from the grocery store, join clippings from the shrubs for filler, to create a blooming pumpkin tureen. To help your flower arrangements last, condition your flowers before arranging them if possible, as soon as you bring them home from the grocery store or after cutting them.
Cut flowers and foliage from your garden or yard in the morning for maximum hydration and when they’re not water stressed from the heat. Strip the leaves that would be below the waterline, removing the excess foliage, and damaged petals and recut the stems at a 45 degree angle for maximum water uptake. Place them in a clean bucket with room temperature water and some floral preservative and let them sit several hours or ideally, overnight.
If you don't have any commercial floral preservative to add to your water, you can make your own to help your cut flowers last longer.
Sunny and warm is our typical weather pattern through October in North Carolina, so cheery sunflowers and a farmhouse plaid tablecloth provide a bright transition from summer to fall for my early September table.
You can find more photos and all the table sources on my blog at the link below!
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I'm a florist 👍👍nice designing
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Good Idea. I have a Lennox pumpkin that has no lid & love the fall season flowers fresh and silk. I will be digging out of my closet to do this
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I live near a lake. any problem with bugs outside while you’re eating? Impossible here. Unless we use the fire pit Nice job!
Where can I buy the pumpkin plates? Love your ideas
What company or markings are on the bottom of the pumpkin plates?