Rosh Hashanah Table Idea: How to create a Dollar Store Centerpiece that will WOW!

How to create a Dollar Store Centerpiece

By Sarah Lasry & Miriam Konigsberg

With Rosh Hashanah just a few weeks away, I bet many of you have started cooking up a storm.

However for me- it is not just the enjoyment of the meal and spending time with my family that makes the hours

I slave away in the kitchen worth my efforts.

No, I am one of those people who love getting CRE-A-TIVE when it comes to how I set my table for the delicious meal I have prepared and will serve.

I really believe it is the whole package, the food, the people, the holiday –ALONG with a beautiful festive table that makes the meal a more enjoyable and successful one.

Now I admit that my style is more eclectic and I love to take risks and use bold prints, clashing colors, textured materials like burlap or leather and lots of fun dishes in all colors and shapes  to set my table – Traditional I am not.

But because Rosh Hashanah is such a Traditional Sort of Holiday, I decided to keep it simple with just a dash of “funky” to make this really simple, inexpensive and dare-I-say “traditional” tablescape this year.

Miriam K. joined me with her great idea of going to your local dollar store (a great table prop resource) and buying these $1 glass candle sticks and vases and with the help of a little hot glue and ribbon, we created these STUNNING Vases

A trip to Michael for some Ribbon and Shoprite for some flowers – With a total cost of $25 we got a Table that is worthy of this Year’s Rosh Hashanah Celebration!

Dollar Store Centerpiece

What you will need:

3 cylinder vases

4 glass candle sticks

3 spools of ribbon ( 1 dark solid 2.5 inch , 1 bright solid 1.5 inch, 1 patterned 1.5 inch) I love teal and black together – and it went fantastically well with my polka dot table cloth. – look for contrasting colors or for a pop of color to off  set your table cloth and flowers.

Glue dots

Hot glue gun

Scissors

3 big head hydrangeas

Carnations

How To:

Step 1:  Cut your ribbons to size. Glue first the dark ribbon a little more than an inch down from the top of the cylinder.

Step 2: Glue the patterned ribbon from the top and slightly over the black ribbon

Step 3: Glue the bright colored ribbon in the center over the 2 ribbons.

Step 4: hot glue around the perimeter of the candle stick holder

Step 5: Attach the candle side end of a 2^nd candles tick holder to the glued one. – Press down and hold together for about 1 minute.

Step 5 Attach with hot glue the base of one vase to the tier candle stick holder. Attach by hot glue  each of the other 2 vases to single candle stick holders.

Step 6: Create your flower arrangement: Take one hydrangea and cut stem so that it cannot be seen past the ribbon. Insert into vase – the head should cover the entire mouth of the vase

Step 7: Cut the stems of the carnations so that they cannot be seen past the ribbon – and then insert them strategically thru the hydrangea.

For the Table Setting:

We went to stitch and sew our local material shop and bought some black & white polka dotted fabric ( not only are polka dots “hot” right now – I loved the idea of contrasting it with the patterned ribbon and thought that it was “funky” yet still traditional enough for a Rosh Hashanah table.

I used some great red and black napkins that I had bought at wall mart last year (4 napkins for $6)  to just bring in another pop of color and tie the whole table together.

For the Rosh Hashanah Semanim  Plate:

I have a pet peeve – I hate the wait of passing the semanim around the table. Instead I decided how much nicer and more convenient if I set the table with an individual plated semanim for all.

In Michaels I found a box of individual weeding plastic box favors and used them as holders for each of the semanim. I arranged them on a long white rectangular plate (kaya ware & other companies sell plastic versions if you don’t have)

I filled the boxes with pomegranate, sliced fresh figs, dates, star fruit, & apples with honey

The ideas are endless of what you can do – They do not have to be expensive and using resources like the dollar store are a great way to create beautiful tables.

Wishing you all A HAPPY SWEET NEW YEAR !

Look out for Another table setting idea using Seasonal Fruit & Vegetables with some Flowers From KS Expert Margalit Lankry Tomorrow!