I don’t know why I’m extra excited about Easter this year – maybe it’s because I love when our family finally all gets together, but either way, I felt inspired to put together a ton of fun DIY’s to go with our fresh and modern Easter tabletop (which you’ll see tomorrow!) starting with our take on a modern Easter floral centerpiece!
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The pieces might take a little extra work to gather, but they’ll be worth it!
Materials //
- Outer wire or mesh bowl (something you can see the moss through!)
- Smaller solid bowl to go inside wire bowl
- Floral Foam (can also use chicken wire)
- Green Moss (from a nursery, craft store or floral supply)
- Garden or Kitchen Shears
- Hyacinths or your preference for springtime flowers! (we used 3 bunches)
I love this modern white windowpane basket that we found on Amazon (hello prime shipping – you can still get it in time for Easter!) but here are a few more options too!
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Step 1 //
Start by cutting the floral foam to fit the bowl as best possible. Soak the foam in the bowl – note, if you’ve never used this stuff, first of all, it’s magic. Secondly, it soaks up a LOT of water. I like to keep it in the sink with a steady low stream of water to allow it to really absorb.
Step 2 //
Line the outer wire bowl with moss! It’ll hide the inner bowl. Then place the small solid bowl inside the basket. Now we’re ready to arrange!
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Step 3 //
Here comes the challenging part – getting the flowers into the foam. For stronger stems, you can stick the flowers right into the foam, but for hyacinths, this is not a good idea – their stems will break with too much pressure. Instead, use your pinky finger (or a small stick) to create the hole where you want the hyacinth to go and then place the flower into it, gently. Don’t worry about bunching them too closely.
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You can leave a little room between the florals here as we’ll be filling the spaces with moss. I placed the leaves of the flower around the circumference of the bowl and between the floral foam rather than trying to force them into the foam.
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Step 4 //
Once the flowers are all in place, take your moss and fill in wherever you can see the foam. I also had to tuck in a bit more moss around the inner bowl in parts where it was showing on the side after shifting a bit. And that’s it! You’re all set for a fresh Easter brunch or dinner!
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photography by katie parra for coco kelley // floral design by cassandra lavalle