How to Decorate a Table With Vegetables

If you're hosting any type of event and you're looking for a creative idea to decorate the tables, consider using vegetables. Vegetables are unexpected elements to use as decorative accents, and because they come in an array of colors and shapes, they can create an eye-catching display. An added bonus: instead of throwing them away, they can be consumed during or after your affair. To create vegetable table accents, visit your local food store or farm stand, then arrange the veggies with different elements to make an attractive display. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Fill glass vases and bowls with vegetables and set them in the center of the table. Arrange tomatoes in a large glass bowl. Set single zucchini inside tall, cylindrical glass vases. Set a pillar candle in the center of a clear glass bowl and surround it with peas. Set the completed displays along the middle of a table and surround them with tea lights. Run a collection of small arrangements down the table's center in a single line on top of a table runner.

2

Create a bouquet of vegetables. Select rooted vegetables, such as carrots and beets that still have their leafy green tops intact. Place the vegetables inside a clear vase and spread the green tops out of the top, creating an arrangement of colorful vegetables inside the vase with green foliage on top.

3

Fill a decorative tray with colorful vegetables. Set a pillar candle in the center of a tray and arrange ornamental cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower around the candle. Set smaller vegetables--such as potatoes, carrots or tomatoes--on a long, thin tray and place tea lights between each of the vegetables. Place either arrangement in the center of a table.

4

Turn a pumpkin into a candle holder. Cut a hole in the top of a pumpkin, clean out the seeds and guts and place a pillar candle inside the pumpkin. Create several of these pumpkin candle holders to make a bold statement. Use the same idea on a smaller scale by replacing large pumpkins with mini pumpkins or gourds and set tea lights inside of them. Lay the smaller vegetable decorations at each place setting.

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Make a cornucopia with real vegetables. Purchase a basket shaped like a horn. Place the basket on the table on its side and fill it with an array of vegetables. Place larger vegetables in the basket first, then put smaller vegetables near the basket's opening. Allow the vegetables to pour out of the basket onto the table.