Create this beautiful Christmas candle centerpiece in less than 10 minutes with this easy step-by-step tutorial.
Learn where to source the materials and how to customize this design for a long lasting centerpiece that can work throughout the holiday season!
If you haven’t noticed, I have a lot of fun making beautiful centerpieces that makes our guests feel special. I tend to use any combination of linens, candles, fruits, flowers, nuts, and forage of greens, pinecones and wildflowers.
The other common characteristic of my centerpieces is that they take just 10 minutes to create. This recipe for a Christmas candle centerpiece is simple – a little candlelight, greens and the fruit of your choice.
In fact, I have a complete guide for both Christmas Centerpieces and Fall Centerpieces! There’s an incredible collection of inspiration from years gone by that I just know you’ll enjoy.
Christmas Candle Centerpiece
There are so many things to love about this affordable and easy centerpiece idea.
- Inexpensive
- Low to the table (for easy guest interaction)
- Lasts all season
- Easy to create
- Customize to your tastes and needs!
In fact, we’re showing you how we’ve made this centerpiece more than once. We’ve created it with fresh, dried and faux materials over the years.
There are so many easy ways to customize this look for your holiday entertaining!
Ingredients and Substitutions
For me, almost all my Christmas centerpieces begin with beautiful greens. Fortunately, they’re abundant this time of year. I’ll often forage from our own backyard.
- Greens – Look for spruces, evergreens, cedars, pines, boxwoods and holly bushes. You can also source from your local nurseries, grocery stores, hardware stores and scour Lowe’s free branch bins (cut from Christmas trees). You can also use eucalyptus, as it pairs beautifully with other ingredients too. Learn where to buy Christmas greens and greenery garlands here!
- Candles (tapers or pillars) – I used my favorite vintage brass taper holders that I found at a thrift store years ago. Check out my source guide at the end of this post to find your own!
- Fruit – Use fresh or dried pomegranates! You can also mimic this look by using apples, clementine oranges and more – it’s completely up to you!
How to Make
- Arrange your candles in the center of your table.
- Add green stems, branching out from the candles in all directions. (We’re showing you how to do this with cedar and eucalyptus, so you can see it both ways.) I usually place 2-3 stems together as if they are “growing” from the same place and make it more narrow at the two ends of the table.
- Add your fresh, faux or dried pomegranates in blank spaces, concealing where stems meet.
Tips
- I love how loose centerpieces like this one can easily frame each place setting as well. It makes your hostess duties so much easier!
- Want to spend even less? Use evergreen clippings from your own backyard!
- Any seasonal fruit will work for this centerpiece. Think apples, pears, clementine oranges, and even sliced fresh pomegranates.
- If you want to preserve this look from season to season, choose dried pomegranates and even specially dried cedar. Find these in the sources section at the end of this guide!
Frequently Asked Questions
I have grown to love the convenience of flameless candles, and we use them everywhere for the holidays and beyond! Try flameless, battery operated taper candles in this centerpiece for an added layer of safety and convenience.
Try this easy 10 minute Christmas candle centerpiece if you’re intimidated by other designs. You won’t believe how simple it is – if I can do it, anyone can!
Where to Use this Christmas Candle Centerpiece
This look isn’t just for your Christmas dining table! Think of the possibilities!
- Down a coffee table
- On a buffet or console
- Your entryway
- As Bookshelf Decor
- On your Kitchen Island
Sources
Get the look of this easy Christmas candle centerpiece! Click on any image in the gallery below to go straight to the source.
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I’ve been following along on your RH dining room table. Is this your tresle table? I thought I read you got a new one. Any information I could get would help me in my decision in choosing a table. Thank you
This is the new trestle table in the photos.
I love, love, LOVE your beautiful Christmas flowers recipe! How simple and stylish. Bravo!
Thank you, friend! Have a great week!
As always, beautifully elegant and yet so doable for all. Thanks Julie!
Thanks, Laura! This coming from a woman of elegance and grace. Thanks for hosting, friend!
This is beautiful and so simple! Where can I get those candleholders? They are beautiful!
Thank you, Indiana! They’re vintage, but you can often find them in thrift and antique stores, Craigslist and Etsy. Just search “brass candlesticks” “vintage brass candlesticks/holders” and “mid century modern candlesticks”
Beautiful table! I love your candle holders – so simple and elegant. Where did you buy them?
Thanks!
Thank you, Sarah! They’re vintage, but you can often find them in thrift and antique stores, Craigslist and Etsy. Just search “brass candlesticks” “vintage brass candlesticks/holders” and “mid century modern candlesticks”