How to Make a Floral Centerpiece With Edible Grape Skewers
Grape Kebab Floral Centerpiece
Add an edible touch to an elegant floral arrangement with a mix of fresh flowers topped with grape kebabs. For this project, you'll need: a pewter or silver urn, floral foam, floral shears, utility knife, water, two bunches of hydrangea, two bunches of lilies, two bunches of grapes, package of 12 kebabs and measuring tape.
Materials Needed
urn-shaped container
floral foam
floral shears
utility or craft knife
flowers of your choice (we used hydrangea and lilies)
grapes of your choice (white, red or black)
12 wooden skewers
measuring tape
Create a Color Scheme
You can use green, red or purple (black) grapes for this project. Once the color of grapes has been selected, choose flowers with similar colors to coordinate. Violet hydrangea and lilac lilies are excellent choices for pairing with red or purple grapes.
Create a Color Scheme
You can use green or red-violet grapes for this project. Once the color of grapes has been selected, choose flowers with similar colors to coordinate. Violet hydrangea and lilac lilies are excellent choices for pairing with red-violet grapes.
Prep Floral Foam
Use measuring tape to determine the width of the urn; cut floral foam to size with a utility knife (Image 1). Place cut foam in a dish of water and leave it to soak till saturated (Image 2).
Cut Floral Foam
Use measuring tape to determine the width of the urn. Next, using these measurements, cut floral foam to size with utility knife.
Soak Floral Foam
In order for the flowers to remain hydrated inside of the urn, you’ll need to soak the floral foam in water.
Add Grapes to Skewers
Slide grapes onto skewers, being sure to leave enough of the skewer’s end uncovered so you can anchor it in the foam.
Add Grapes to Kebabs
Slide grapes onto kebabs until you’ve got enough to fill the center of your floral arrangement.
Create Arrangement
Place soaked foam in urn; it should fit snugly enough that a few inches of foam is visible above the top of the urn. Begin adding flowers to arrangement, starting at the bottom (Image 1) and working your way up to the top (Image 2).
Insert Bottom Floral
Once you’ve decided which of your flowers will sit along the top of the urn, go ahead and cut them to size with floral shears; then place them into the floral foam just above the edge of the urn. This will become the bottom row of flowers for the arrangement.
Insert Top Floral
Cut the coordinating flowers to size with floral shears; then place them into the floral foam above the bottom row of flowers.
Add Skewers
Insert all grape skewers into the exposed floral foam along the top of the urn (Image 1). Make sure they’re placed closely enough together to mask any of the green foam peeking through (Image 2).
Add Grape Kebabs
Insert all grape kebabs into the exposed floral foam along the top of the urn. Make sure they’re placed closely enough together to mask any of the green foam peeking through.
Grape Kebab Floral Centerpiece
Add an edible touch to an elegant floral arrangement with a mix of fresh flowers topped with grape kebabs. For this project, you'll need: a pewter or silver urn, floral foam, floral shears, utility knife, water, two bunches of hydrangea, two bunches of lilies, two bunches of grapes, package of 12 kebabs and measuring tape.
