7 Easy Christmas Centerpiece Ideas for Your Holiday Table
If you need some inspiration for your holiday table (or island, or bar, or coffee table) look no further. I’ve gathered 7 easy Christmas centerpiece ideas that will spruce up your table and make your guests feel festive. So break out the decorations and let’s get started!
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Christmas Centerpiece Ideas for Any Table
At Christmas, we decorate trees, mantels, and front porches.
Don’t forget your kitchen table! (or dining table, coffee table, etc.)
I’m excited to share some easy centerpiece ideas with you today.
My centerpiece advice…Keep It Simple!
As much as I love centerpieces, I am also a practical creature and want to make food “management” as easy as possible for me and for my guests.
So, I like to combine form and function in my centerpiece displays.
And simple can be stunning!
Here are 7 Christmas centerpiece ideas that are easy to put together and add some festive punch to your gathering.
Sit back and take in all the inspiration!
Charcuterie Christmas Centerpiece
Charcuterie is a huge trend right now and the accompanying boards are one of the most versatile home decor pieces out there.
Use a charcuterie board (or a simple wood-cutting board) as the base for a centerpiece that can hold plates and napkins for your guests.
Bonus… it can be easily be moved from spot to spot for entertaining.
For the napkins, I started with a few “tools”
A faux cedar napkin ring adds a natural element around a gingham check napkin.
Next, I tied a small brass bell to the napkin ring and tucked a sprig of faux winterberries into the napkin ring.
It’s a basic series of simple “tucks” but it looks so pretty!
Using the board as the base, stack some plates, pile up the “tucked” napkins, and add a pitcher full of Christmas greenery.
Simple!
Using a cohesive color scheme puts the “ease” in “easy!”
Red, green, and white with some punches of black is classic yet fresh.
If you want to keep your plates separate from the centerpiece, just add a larger sized floral in the same color scheme as the new focal point.
It is truly just tucking, stacking, and piling!
Elegant Icy Cranberry Christmas Centerpiece
Don’t you just love the combination of cranberries and greenery at Christmas time?
Well, don’t forget the ICE!
This DIY Christmas centerpiece idea has a secret “ingredient” to create the icy layers in the centerpiece.
Birch and Bows: A Simple Centerpiece
This centerpiece can be made even simpler!
Take the same napkin and wrap a simple bow around a bundle of birch logs.
Lay on a natural wood cutting board and add a Christmas candle.
This didn’t even require a “tuck!”
Place on a serving surface for a cozy, homey centerpiece!
Christmas Buffet Centerpiece Display
Centerpieces aren’t just for formal dining tables.
Turn your kitchen island or peninsula into a serving buffet line. (This can also work for a dining table!)
One of our family’s traditions is serving clam chowder soup on Christmas Eve.
I love to set up our kitchen island in “help yourself” mode. Here is a Christmas centerpiece idea for a casual gathering in your kitchen.
Set up this rambling centerpiece by laying a holiday runner across the width of the island or table.
Next, create a woodland scene with holiday trees and reindeer.
A small open-air greenhouse helps to ground the setting and serves as a focal point.
Adding different types of small trees adds nice color and texture.
Bring on the bottle brush trees, glass trees, lighted trees...even natural tree greenery.
Setting the soup bowls alongside the woodland scene gives guests the go-ahead to help themselves whenever they want!
You could stop here but adding some small reindeer increases the charm.
Tea Time Christmas Centerpiece Idea
While I am an avid coffee drinker, I do love a nice tea party and Christmas is the perfect time for a tea party!
I’m thinking I’ll invite my Mother over for tea! (We’ve been rewatching all the episodes of The Crown together!)
However, I didn’t have a spot for this until I had a lightbulb moment…
I can move my furniture!
A very quick fix… I moved our coffee table from the center of the room to the spot between two comfy chairs.
A simple shift of the chairs inward creates a cozy, friendly tea-time seating area.
A tiered tray can, of course, hold cookies during the tea party.
But, maybe you want to keep this centerpiece going after you’ve eaten the cookies? (We are a family who eats ALL the cookies!)
In the absence of cookies, a bevy of ornament balls and food-themed ornaments decorate the tray alongside a cheerful red and white tea set.
Fireside Bar Cart Centerpiece
Can I share a secret?
Now that we are empty nesters, we don’t eat at the kitchen table like we used to.
Many of our meals are shared sitting in a comfy chair by the fireplace or…full confession…in front of the TV!
Perhaps we need to formalize a little? How about a bar cart by the fireplace to set our apres-dinner hot chocolate?
A glass container full of multi-colored ornaments is the simplest of centerpieces.
It goes beautifully with my pool noodle Christmas ornament wreath!
Big mugs of hot chocolate sit on top of hand-crafted felted wool ball trivets.
Perfect for the upper level of the bar cart!
But let’s not forget the second tier.
Notice how the idea of “Simple” can still pack a punch!
Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and a lucky guest are quite content with this simple arrangement!
I guess that makes us Three Bears!
DIY Christmas Ornament Ball Centerpiece
This DIY is not quite as simple as my other suggestions.
But it is very easy to put together and a great way to personalize your dining space.
You will need Christmas ornament balls…
…and a pool noodle!
You can find all the instructions and details for this project HERE.
Christmas is a time for family, friends, and festive fun!
And what’s more fun than decking the halls with festive centerpieces that set the mood and get everyone in the holiday spirit?
Remember…don’t overthink it. Simple can be stunning!
Cheers!
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These ideas are so creative, Missy! I love your keep it simple motto – it’s definitely what I need most during hectic seasons like the holidays. Looking at all the whip on your mugs of cocoa gives me the giggles because ours looks much the same, it’s like the higher and the more sprinkles the better 🙌 Wishing you and your family an amazing holiday season, CoCo PS: Thank you for the link to the pink deer!
The more whipped cream and sprinkles, the better! Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season as well. Now that I know you are out there, I look forward to seeing all of your future creativity!
I love your theme, the colors are so festive 🙂 everything is so pretty! Tanya @twelveoeightblog.com
Oh, Tanya! How sweet you are! Thank you so much! I think we are all excited to do a little holiday entertaining!
SOOO many great ideas! True confession: we usually eat at high top our game table, or sometimes in front off the TV. We just haven’t told the kids ðŸ¤
LOL! Glad we are not the only ones! Thanks for a great blog hop day, Diane!
I love all of these great ideas and your table looks beautiful!
Thank you, Michele! I appreciate that! Too bad we all don’t live closer to each other so we could tour each other’s holiday homes!
Hi Missy! Thanks for sharing your fantastic and colorful centerpiece tips with us! You are so right that simple can be stunning! That red, white, and green poinsettia is perfection! Wishing you a happy holiday season!
PS we eat at our kitchen counter more than we eat at the table these days, lol!!
I’m glad to know we are not the only ones who have wandered from the dining table! LOL! Thanks for a great blog hop! Fun to be included!
Missy this is a gorgeous post! I absolutely love the “pinwheel’ christmas table decorations! Pinned. Everything is stunning!
Thank you, Susan!I consider you the tablescape “Queen” so this is high praise! Thank you, my friend!
I can’t pick a favorite Missy! I love these ideas!
Thank you, Amy! I appreciate that! I am so grateful that the Fabulous Friday crew included me in this blog hop!
Missy,
Each of these centerpiece ideas is just adorable. I love you sue of color and I pinned each one.
Thank you so much, Rachel! This was a super fun blog hop and it was fun to share ideas!
What great centerpiece suggestions Missy. I love the simplicity and ease of them. I undfortunately am one to over think things which tends to make them more complicated. I am so glad you could join us today.
Wendy, you always have the most beautiful centerpieces! It was amazing to be part of this blog hop and I am thrilled to be included! Thank you!
Missy, what fabulous centerpiece ideas!! I love the colors and textures and creativity in each centerpiece! You’ve outdone yourself!! Thanks so much for sharing such gorgeous inspiration and fun ideas for entertaining.
Hi Kim! Thank you so much! Christmas entertaining is so much fun and it is always a blast sharing ideas with each other!
So many creative ideas! Thank you for sharing them with us! It was so much fun hopping with you ! Have a wonderful holiday!
Hi Kimberly! Yes, this was a VERY fun blog hop and I was so glad to be a part of it!
WOW, so gorgeous. We are looking for new centerpieces and these will be perfect. Will show our daughter and may try some of your ideas.
I’m glad you like them, Esme’!
Sorry, missed to add that I saw your awesome post at The Hearth and Soul Link Party
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