When it's finally warm again, you want to bring a bit of summer to the table, and the food tastes even better. Here are a few ideas for a summery table decoration:
Flower ball for the table
What is needed
- Styrofoam balls
- dried flowers (e.g.: pansies)
- Glue
- Terracotta pots (they should be large enough that the styrofoam balls can rest on them)
Stick the styrofoam balls with the dried flowers and place them on the matching terracotta pots.
Vase with wildflowers
What you’ll need:
- Wildflowers
- Vase
They can be found everywhere Flowers – whether in the village or in the city: the beautiful abundance of blossoms simply appears everywhere. Whether you've just come back from shopping or picked the child up from kindergarten: you can quickly pick a few wildflowers on the way and put them at home in a decorative vase or a cachepot. It doesn't get more colorful. Most children really enjoy picking them.
Homemade Mediterranean lanterns
What you'll need:
- A nice tall glass that will fit a tealight and the decoration
- Sand (available in craft stores in all colors)
- Shells, stones, or other similarly suitable beach finds
- tea light
Mediterranean decoration is simply summery and looks good anywhere. With a few simple steps you can make your own summery lantern. Pour the colored sand into the tall glass – don't fill it all the way so the tealight and the decoration still have room. Finally place the tealight inside and decorate with the shells or stones.
Quick summery floral decoration
Have friends spontaneously invited themselves for tea? You still don't have to do without a nice table decoration. For such occasions, buy some small scatter decorations at craft stores: small scatter flowers, butterflies, flower garlands, etc. These can be reused and will adorn the table in no time.
Quick table decoration with sunflowers and lemons
What you’ll need:
- Lemons
- Sunflower heads
Always place three lemons in the center of the table and stick the sunflower head into the middle. Repeat along the length of the table as needed. This decoration is very quick to prepare and looks beautifully summery.
Beautiful light with paper lanterns
Colorful paper lanterns are not only great in the garden: you can also place them on cabinets and tables. Simply ideal when it gets dim and you don't want bright light sources.
Lemon jars as table decoration
Larger disposable jars or lanterns are not only suitable for decorative sand and candles: filled with Lemons and limes they are a real eye-catcher and convey freshness and lightness. A very quick and inexpensive way to conjure up a beautiful decoration on the table or dresser.
Quick decoration with aluminum trays
Do you want an attractive, eye-catching table centerpiece but don't want to spend much on it? Then you'll surely like this table decoration:
What you’ll need:
- Aluminum trays (available in every supermarket, especially during grilling season)
- Stones
- Tea lights
- Ivy branches
- real or artificial flowers
Fill the aluminum trays with some stones and stage them cleverly with small tealight glasses. Now spread a nice ivy branch or other artificial flowers over them – and the eye-catcher is ready.
Read also:Â Wrap a lantern with flowers as decoration
Photo by Sabine, meinhaushalt.at
