How to Make 3 Christmas Centerpieces Using a Large Tray
Sometimes a tray is the perfect thing to fill a table, and for Christmas you can turn it into a festive centerpiece or fun piece of holiday decor. Here’s how to style a tray for Christmas in 3 ways.
Read how to make 3 Christmas centerpieces using a dough bowl here.
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The tray I am using is 33.5 inches long, and you can find all the details about it and purchase it here. A tray this long might feel intimidating to style because there’s so much room to fill, but it doesn’t have to be. And it makes an eye catching display that has a big impact when it’s done!
How to Make 3 Christmas Centerpieces Using a Large Tray
1. Fill it with lots of bottle brush trees
I went with shades of green, but there are of course lots of colors to choose from with bottle brush trees. It makes a cute whimsical Christmas forest on your tray!
Some of these trees I had collected over the years, then I added 2 packs of these trees from Target this year. They come in lots of great color shades!
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2. Line up star sculptures and add some greenery
I love stars when decorating for Christmas, and when I saw these metal star sculptures I was excited to use them! Add the big and little ones to the tray in a pattern in a row and add some greenery around the bottom.
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Edit: These were from 2023 and no longer available. Here is a similar option from 2024
3. Use a large set of candles and add greenery and garland
This set of 9 flameless candles that I used was a great deal on Amazon and filled the tray perfectly. They flicker, have a remote and are thinner than typical pillar candles which I love. That way you can fit more and that makes quite an impact! Add some greenery and some beautiful garland, it’s so easy. This star garland that I used is one of my favorite things that I have gotten this Christmas season, I love it!