40 DIY Christmas Centerpiece Ideas to Make Your Table the Star of the Season

Dried Orange Centerpiece

Make a simple and bright DIY Christmas centerpiece using dried orange slices and eucalyptus. To dry, bake the slices on a baking sheet for three to four hours at 225°F, flipping them halfway through. Scatter the dried slices down the center of your table and accent them with flowers and leaves.

Paper Flower Display

Instantly brighten up your holiday table with a homemade floral centerpiece. All you have to do is use colored cardstock to craft paper flowers in different shapes and sizes. Then glue them together and layer them with artificial greenery. This simple yet charming display will make your holiday table really pop. 

DIY Pinecone Elf Centerpiece

Pinecones make cute Christmas elves when you add some paint and miniature felt hats and scarves. Pair the mini elves with Christmas village houses, pom-poms, and candles for a whimsical take on a Christmas centerpiece.

Natural Greenery Centerpiece

Gather natural materials for this charming, easy-to-create, DIY centerpiece. Use a vintage cookie tin as the base, and fill it with sprigs of fresh evergreen branches, birch logs, and bright red flowers for a rustic holiday touch.  

Vintage Toy Centerpiece

Unveil a whimsical Christmas centerpiece using your old, vintage toys that you have tucked away in boxes. Simply arrange toy trucks and sleds at the table’s center, then embellish the rest of the table with mini Christmas trees, wreaths, and ornaments. Keep the festive spirit alive with a classic red and green color scheme using matching napkins, plates, and glasses.  

Bundle holiday greens for a striking table display everyone will enjoy. All you have to do is combine long branches of seasonal favorites—such as eucalyptus, pittosporum, and pine—into a runner tied loosely with twine. The options for this festive centerpiece are endless; choose flowers that suit your individual style. For added holiday flair, intersperse fresh berry sprigs and place candles along the DIY greenery garland.  

Gingerbread House Christmas Centerpiece

Make the most of a round kitchen table by opting for a cute, compact centerpiece. Transform a small glass jar into a tiny gingerbread village by following our gingerbread house tutorial. Don't forget to dust the cookie homes with powdered sugar for a festive, snowy effect. After dinner, delight your guests by passing around the jar filled with freshly-baked Christmas cookies so everyone can have a bite.  

Seasonal Christmas Centerpiece

Gather season greenery and pomegranates for a simple yet classic DIY Christmas centerpiece. Artfully arrange the greenery down the center of the table—we used cut pine, eucalyptus, and magnolia leaves. Add fresh pomegranates for natural dimension and to draw guests' eyes through the entire Christmas table centerpiece.

Dishware Christmas Table Centerpiece

Pull creamer and sugar sets and demitasse cups out from the recesses of your cabinets and put them on display as a simple Christmas table centerpiece. Group the pieces on top of a cake stand, place bottle brush trees inside the cups, and add a few sprigs of evergreen. To complete the country-chic look, place your Christmas centerpieces on a vintage linen runner or tea towel.

Rustic Luxe Christmas Centerpiece

Combine elegant styles for a signature look on your Christmas table. This Christmas table centerpiece combines a few basics for a stunning effect. Start with candlesticks that shimmer (these are metal and glass) placed in a weathered wooden tray. Pile on metallic Christmas ornaments and add a little greenery, plus a rustic antler. Light the candlesticks and your candle centerpiece is complete.

Mason Jars and Paperwhite Christmas Centerpiece

Stunning winter flowers, paperwhites make the perfect Christmas table centerpiece when stuffed into blue Mason jars. Complete the look with painted toy animals—for a versatile play on classic Christmas colors, we chose a combination of brown and blue. This Christmas centerpiece is ideal for rustic or traditional family feasts.

Terrarium Christmas Table Centerpiece

Create a winter wonderland inside a clear glass bulb terrarium. Start with a base of faux snow and tuck in a miniature house and small branches. Place your winter terrarium on a footed cake stand in the center of the dinner table for an easy yet festive Christmas table centerpiece.

Floral Christmas Centerpiece

Set a muted holiday table with shades of white, silver, and gray. Anchor the design with a fresh floral arrangement featuring dusty miller, seasonal berries, white ranunculus, and cut olive branches. Set the arrangement on cut evergreen branches and a set of small votive candles in mercury glass vases.

Extended Christmas Centerpiece

Go the whole nine yards with a DIY Christmas centerpiece that extends the length of the table. The trick is to keep it low and narrow, so you have plenty of room for place settings and passing dishes, and so people can see across the table. Start with a base of evergreen branches, topped with Christmas ornaments. Add candlesticks in varying heights and three small single-flower arrangements.

Neutral Christmas Centerpiece

Achieve a minimal, natural Christmas table look by editing out elements and sticking to a tight theme. Instead of a evergreen or garland base, go simplistic with a wooden board. Then sparsely dot the board with small gold pots, a few pinecones, and decorative orbs in natural materials. Add height, but still maintain a minimalist look, with clear acrylic or glass candlesticks and a glass lantern in the center.

Flower Arrangement Christmas Centerpiece

Set your Christmas table with a pretty floral arrangement in shades of white to put the "wonder" in your winter wonderland. Hydrangeas, paperwhites, and other white flower varieties are all contenders. Tuck in a few sprigs of long-needled evergreens and replicate the "spiky" look with white bare branches extending from the top of the centerpiece arrangement.

Showstopping Blooms Christmas Centerpiece

If white isn't your floral color of choice, consider purple and pink. The combo's regal air is an elegant choice for a posh Christmas gathering. Mix flower varieties and tones, ranging from fuchsia and plum to dusty pink and violet. Cut longer stems to cascade out of the container, both upward and downward. A metal champagne bucket is an apt choice for a casual-chic Christmas table centerpiece.

Wooden Christmas Trees

Transform old wooden pestles into festive Christmas trees. Secure an assortment of pestles to a board with a drill, and dress up the pestles with ribbons. Add evergreen branches and artificial snow to set the snowy scene on your table.

Woodland Christmas Table Centerpiece

Combine natural elements, textures, and materials for a gorgeous Christmas table decoration. Arrange birch bark vases or pots and candles on a tray and surround with evergreen branches and pine cones. Add a festive touch by placing red poinsettias in the vases and a few gold Christmas ornaments amongst the branches.

Easy Ornament Centerpiece

Christmas table elegance needn't come in a frilly, fussy package. This graceful tablescape comes together with the most basic of elements. Stack glass ornaments in a pyramid formation on top of a compote, adhering the ornaments to one another with scrapbooking glue dots. Surround the table centerpiece with more red accents like ornaments on top of candlesticks and a few red votive cups.

Garden Christmas Table Centerpiece

Poinsettias are a Christmas centerpiece favorite, but pairing them with another element—like topiaries atop large candlesticks—takes this Christmas table decoration to the next level. For cohesion, place the poinsettias in vases that match your candlesticks. For a subtle Christmas table centerpiece, use lighter shades of poinsettias to not distract from the incredible tablescape and dinner.

Chalkboard Candle Centerpiece

Craft chalkboard candleholders for a DIY Christmas centerpiece you can customize. Use chalkboard paint to add shapes to glass candleholders. Once dry, use chalk to add color and details. Add chalkboard name cards to your place settings for a cohesive table.

Vintage Christmas Centerpiece

A few vintage brass decorations add a retro touch to this simple Christmas table. On a crisp white patterned runner, place a greenery garland or cut pieces of pine and eucalyptus. Add brass deer figurines and tall brass candlesticks.

Supporting Role Christmas Centerpiece

When your Christmas table has a lot of other elements (swags on the chairs, pretty napkins, festive dishes), keep your centerpiece simple. A red pot with greenery and berries makes a nice central focal point. And if you've built a gingerbread house, bring it out to the table as a cute sidekick to the arrangement.

Christmas Ornament Platter Centerpiece

Holiday guests will love this two-minute, DIY Christmas centerpiece idea. Place metallic glass globe ornaments in a low marble dish, and that's it. We like an unexpected combination of bright pink and cobalt blue.

Galvanized Christmas Centerpiece

Stack walnuts and bottlebrush trees on a tiered galvanized cake stand for this Christmas table centerpiece. Finish the display with mini tabletop evergreen trees and tealight candles.

Cake Stand Christmas Table Centerpiece

This double-decker idea starts with cute gingerbread cutouts. Carefully arrange the cookies with cut greens, pinecones, and Christmas ornaments. It's almost too cute to eat.

Cork and Candle Table Centerpiece

If you love wine, chances are you already have the materials for this classic Christmas centerpiece. To create, fill a trifle dish with a mix of champagne and wine corks and top with a glass votive candle.

Sparkling Christmas Evergreens

Love the look of a tabletop tree? Bring it to your Christmas table. Transfer mini pine trees to white vases and arrange on a silver platter. Accent the trees with copper twinkle lights for a chic Christmas table centerpiece.

Christmas Table Sled Centerpiece

Elevate your centerpiece with a handsome vintage sled. Top with an assortment of cloches, ornaments, and greenery. After the holidays, keep the sled but replace the Christmas-theme accents with winter wares, like white pillar candles in glass hurricanes surrounded by faux snow.

Beautiful Bell Christmas Table Collection

Add a festive jingle to your Christmas table centerpiece with a big bowl of silver and gold bells. Try adding a few coordinating ornaments for a change in scale.

Winter Whites Tablescape Grouping

Bring the sparkling beauty of fresh snow inside with this stunning Christmas table centerpiece. To get the look, top a white cake stand with coarse sugar and tall pillar candles. Finish the decorations with gilded gold pinecones and twine tags.

Paper Trees Christmas Centerpiece

Create an enchanted forest of paper trees using our free pattern and two sheets of letter-size white cardstock. Fold the two sheets of cardstock in half lengthwise. Use a pencil to trace the Christmas tree shape from the pattern onto each piece of cardstock, making sure the fold is in the same center location for each. Cut out the trees with a crafts knife. Stack the two tree shapes together, pierce the center fold with a needle, and sew the trees together with white thread. Position the four sides so the trees stand.

Simple Christmas Centerpiece

Cut sprigs of seasonal greenery pop against a neutral table runner for a vibrant holiday centerpiece. To get the look, scatter cut evergreen, red berry branches, pinecones, and white berries down the center of your table.

Christmas Table Poinsettia Centerpiece

A couple of silver cake stands, purchased poinsettia plants, and a few glass vases are all you need to create this stunning DIY Christmas centerpiece. Simply stack the stands and top with poinsettia cuttings in individual vases. Add red berries for a pop of Christmas color.

Sparkling Trees Christmas Table

All that glitters is on your holiday table. Create this stunning centerpiece by covering purchased sequin trees with clear glass cloches. Place trees on cake stands for additional height.

Silver Pillars Christmas Table Display

Instead of topping silver candlesticks with the expected, try placing a painted pinecone on top. Fill a round tray with candlesticks in a variety of sizes, and finish with a scattering of glass ornaments.

Easy Greens and Globes Centerpiece

Bring a bit of your Christmas tree to the table. Top a white cake stand with fresh-cut evergreen branches and shiny glass ball ornaments. Tie the table together with a small evergreen sprig at each place setting.

Game-Theme Christmas Table Centerpiece

Put that dusty board game to good use! Here, we used the game board as the centerpiece and set each place with monogrammed tiles. Top the board with a mini burlap-wrapped evergreen.

Poinsettia Christmas Centerpiece

Turn to a colorful 'Autumn Leaves' poinsettia for this DIY Christmas centerpiece. Place the poinsettia in a colorful pot and arrange it with wrapped Christmas presents and paper tree ornaments to create a festive holiday centerpiece.