A Graduation Celebration Centerpiece

Celebrate the memories and achievements with your graduate

1. Cover your table with a tablecloth.
2. Arrange the runner on table, or create your own runner by folding and pressing fabric into a runner; lay the runner down the center of the table.

3. Fill the vase with 4 inches of water; arrange the branches in the vase. Place the vase in the center of the table runner.
4. Place the graduate’s cap and tassels on the table runner.

5. Arrange the framed pictures around the vase on the table runner.
6. Place the votive candles in the glass globe votive holders and arrange them evenly on the table runner.

7. 7Hang the graduate’s tassel on a picture frame.

This centerpiece can easily be adapted for any special occasion. It would be perfect for a bridal shower or Father's Day celebration. Just change out the fabric for the table runner and the pictures and you are ready for your party.

Materials Needed:

• Basic tablecloth in white or the graduate’s school colors.
• Shimmery fabric or table runner
• Silver or silver plated “loving cup” vase (can be rented)
• Cut branches, such as dogwood, azalea, forsythia, greenery
• Graduate’s cap and tassles
• Various sizes, shapes, and patterns of silver picture frames
• Pictures of graduate from birth to now
• Small glass globe votive candle holders
• Votive candles
• Graduate’s tassel