Dress your table with hints of festive holiday warmth when you try any one of these easy diy Christmas centerpieces dotted with berries, branches, and cozy votives.
It’s easy to add some festive colorful touches to the table with just a few items! Small glass votives with warm glowing candlelight make easy Christmas table decorations that bring warmth and beauty.
Rustic wooden dough bowls make great vessels for holding natural elements like pinecones, cinnamon sticks, citrus fruits, or red berries. This first idea leads us straight to that point!
Brown and Gold Dough Bowl Christmas Centerpiece
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A rustic wooden dough bowl is perfect for filling with branches and round bulb Christmas ornaments. I added a touch of glam to the rustic wooden dough bowl by incorporating glittery branches with gold berries and sparkly pinecones.
Round bulb Christmas tree decorations in gold, bronze, and caramel colors are the perfect shape to tuck in between berries and leaves. These brown Christmas ball ornaments would look stunning with this idea. If you love the look of gold Christmas decor, you’ll enjoy creating this easy diy Christmas centerpiece. You can easily dot all around this festive centerpiece with gold mercury glass votives to create the very picture of warmth!
Some other options for filling Christmas dough bowl centerpieces might include pine branches or evergreen clippings. Perhaps you might choose to go with a traditional red and green Christmas color scheme! In this next easy Christmas centerpiece idea, that’s exactly what I did…
Buffalo Plaid Poinsettia Christmas Dough Bowl Centerpiece
A big buffalo plaid poinsettia flower creates a stunning focal point in this simple diy Christmas table centerpiece. If your holiday look is all about that log cabin Christmas style, then you love this rustic and pretty centerpiece.
Rusty jingle bells adorn the center of this fun buffalo plaid flower. This adds a lovely look of primitive farmhouse decor to the table. I surrounded the poinsettia flower with lots of red berries while hinting at a touch of green color toward the bottom.
Small thin stems of artificial pine branches poke out from the sides to frame all the beautiful holiday red. If you love simple yet elegant rustic Christmas decor, then this is the perfect Christmas centerpiece for you to try out!
Brown Glass Bottle Poinsettia Christmas Table Decorations
While we’re on the topic of poinsettia flowers, here is another variation of Christmas table decorations you can try out with large flowers like these. Small brown medicine bottles tied up with a bit of twine make perfect little containers. Fill them with wintery berry branches and holiday florals.
Unravel a strip of burlap cloth down a long table and dot with little brown bottle vases and golden mercury glass votives. Fill them with bright white tea lights. Fill the glass vases or bottles with red poinsettias and bits of wintery pine branches or berries.
In this display, I use glittery red felt flowers. This easy centerpiece idea is perfect for decorating a longer Christmas table. You can extend the look of this holiday centerpiece by adding more bottles and votives in a row. This will help to create a beautiful centerpiece that will fill the length of a table runner on a Christmas dinner table.
Easy DIY Christmas Centerpieces with Red & Gold Magnolias
For this next idea, building length is key as well. Here lots of gold and red velvet magnolias are nestled in between bits of greenery. It creates the look of a festive red and green garland. Red mercury glass votives filled with white candles really bring that pop of holiday red.
If you love the look of traditional red and green colors, then this is one of the best diy Christmas centerpieces to try. It will dress up the center of the table with elegant yet natural elements.
Tuck in glittery red Christmas ball ornaments in between the flowers and greens for more drama and bold red color. Dot all around the outsides with the red votives to finish off this elegant red magnolia diy centerpiece.
Vase With Winter Berry Branches Diy Christmas Table Centerpiece
Staying on the topic of florals, this next idea is perfect if you need Christmas table decoration ideas to jazz up a coffee table area. A simple gold vase makes a lovely container for holiday inspired floral arrangements.
Use artificial holiday florals in festive colors to fill your vase or container with branches and winter berry stems. You can even place your floral arrangement on a wide dinner plate charger and dot all around with ornaments.
Here I placed my vase on a dark bronze hammered charger plate that I got at Williams Sonoma. It adds the look of a base that you can further build upon. You could add more elements to this beautiful Christmas centerpiece on the charger, if desired.
Fill the bottom area with artificial snow, evergreen clippings, golden pinecones, or sparkly bulb Christmas ornaments. While you can certainly use any kind of holiday florals, my favorites are berries that look frosted or frozen.
Red Candy Dish Christmas Table Centerpiece with Votives
If you’re looking for budget-friendly and cheap Christmas centerpieces, this one is a win win! This simple red votive candle centerpiece is a favorite! It’s actually just a little plastic holiday serving tray. I placed little glass votives on top of the tray to create a fun and colorful red Christmas centerpiece for the holiday table.
This is a great way to decorate a coffee table or console table area for the holidays with simple inexpensive items. You might choose to add branches of glittery berries or fill the surrounding area with smaller pine cones. Fill your red mercury glass votives with artificial candles or small white tea lights for warmth and ambiance.
This is one of the simplest and prettiest of the easy diy Christmas centerpieces that you can create in minutes. If using on a dining table, put this candy tray centerpiece in the middle. You can create length on both sides by laying down holiday garlands or pine branches to work it into a longer decoration.
Red and Green Votives DIY Christmas Centerpiece Idea For Dining Table
This last idea is a simple display of festive holiday votives in red and green. Take a wide roll of burlap ribbon and roll it down the center of your table. This creates a neutral little table runner area for the candles. Lastly, place votives down the center alternating in colors of red and green glass.
As you can see it is a simple but vibrant look. Sometimes all you need is a little light! As with any of these simple and elegant Christmas centerpieces, you can also add your own elements here.
Tuck in frosty red berry branches or glittery bulbs. You can even build further on the colorful row of candlelight by laying down warm white fairy lights. Lay then down on the burlap in between the glass votives. Sometimes people are in search of simple, neutral ways to decorate. I think this is a great idea that most people can carry out in their own different way, if desired.
Change it up by using votives in rose gold or silver. Accent with ornaments in the same colors. You can change the color scheme to a bold black and gold combination or navy blue and gold.
I love the idea of the vibrant lime green glass with red so I went for that classic red and green combo. Truth is, the sky is truly the limit here. This is a colorful and simple way to add ambiance and length to the center of a table in minutes.
I hope that some of these easy diy Christmas centerpieces inspire you to add that special touch to your dining room table this holiday season. Don’t forget to make any one of these ideas yours by giving them your own special twist to bring your space to life!