Baptism and First Communion DIY Centerpiece Ideas
Posted by CB Flowers & Crafts on Mar 7th 2018
INTRODUCTION
Do you worry about getting unique decoration for a First Communion or Baptism? When planning a Baptism and First Communion, finding decoration for special religious events isn’t always easy. Therefore, we suggest, the best way is to DO IT YOURSELF. It's far easier than you could imagine, very affordable and a lot of fun. Here’s a simple instruction of how to create unique table centerpieces for your religious event.
MATERIALS
Clear plastic box ( 6 1/4" diameter)
7/8 inch Organza satin edge ribbon
Artificial flowers, we used: #7075-White
Satin ribbon for wrapping (1 1/2 inch)
Embellishments e.g. plastic grape clusters, acrylic cross pendants, diamond mesh trim, religious stickers
Wooden Craft Dowel (17" tall x 1/4 inch thick) - can be purchased at any local craft or hardware store
STEPS
1. Add some hot glue to the end of a satin ribbon and attach it to one end of the dowel, covering all part of the dowel till you get to the end part where you will now add extra hot glue.
2. Use the tip of the glue gun to create a hole in the transparent plastic box so that the dowel can go through.
3. Adorn the base with cuttings from diamond mesh trim with the help of hot glue.
4. Pack shredded paper into box and create space in the middle for the wood stick. Cover the box with its lid.
5. For the wood dowel to perfectly stick to the box, add some hot glue to bottom of the dowel before you pass it through the hole of the box. Hold the stick down for few seconds.
6. Make ribbon bow flower adornments. Form a circle with a pull bow ribbon circle and attach flowers and ribbon on it. Attach a ribbon bow flower to the top of the plastic box.
7. Glue the foam cross cutout to the satin ribbon wrapped wood stick. Ensure that the center part of the long side of the cross aligns with the wood stick.8. You can now start giving the centerpiece any adornment of your choice.
For our First Communion cross, we chose a gold glitter cross along with a grape cluster adornment representing the origin of the communion wine. Also, in the middle of the cross, we added a child foam figure and a golden JHS charm.
For our baptism centerpieces we chose a white cross, but if you like, you can as well use a silver or golden cross. Feel free to adorn the centerpiece to your taste. We decided to place an "Guadalupe" sticker in the middle on one centerpiece and a "Bautizo" sticker on the other centerpiece along with mini crucifix embellishments.
Happy Crafting!
We hope you that our centerpiece designs will inspire you to create the perfect decoration for your religious event.
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