Fresh Fruit and Roses Centerpiece

Easily create this sophisticated and bountiful centerpiece for Thanksgiving or a formal dinner party.

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This centerpiece only looks complicated. It's actually quite simply and can be assembled with fruit, flowers and greenery picked up at your local grocery.

Materials and Tools:

large pedestal bowl or container
plastic liner to fit in bottom of container
block of florists' foam
wood picks
assorted fruit (such as apples, oranges, peaches, grapes or pears)
greenery (such as bush ivy and small-leaf ivy)
fresh roses

Steps:

1. Place plastic liner in bottom of container, cut florists' foam to fit liner. Place foam in liner and thoroughly soak foam.

2. Insert wood picks into apples, oranges, peaches or pears and stick these in foam. To secure grape bunches, wire stem to wood pick then insert pick in foam. Tip: Start with largest pieces of fruit and work to smallest.