Mandarin Tower Table Centerpieces
An easy tutorial to create a cute mandarin tower for any holiday tablescape
Equipment
- 1 Pair of scissors (for trimming greenery) optional
Ingredients
- 4 bags Wonderful Halos mandarins If you're making two centerpieces
- 1 ½ bunches kale If you're making two centerpieces
- 2 styrofoam cones I used one short cone and one tall cone
- u-shaped floralpins
- round toothpicks pointed at each end
- greenery I used eucalyptus
- aluminum foil optional
Instructions
- Wrap the styrofoam cones with foil to protect both the foam and the kale. You can reuse the foam for another craft, but you probably don’t want food residue on it.
- Cut the kale into segments and use u-shaped floral pins* to secure the leaves onto the styrofoam cones.
- You might want to make sure the foil isn’t showing, so it doesn’t look so bad as the mandarins are removed—that is, if you’re planning to use these towers as an edible display.
- Attach the Wonderful Halos mandarins to the kale-wrapped towers by using toothpicks. I used two toothpicks per mandarin and inserted the toothpicks into the foam tower first, then pierced the mandarins into place.
- Place your mandarin towers onto decorative cake stands and use greenery clippings to further decorate the towers, securing the greenery in place with more floral pins. Little flowers would look nice too—even trailing ribbons for a frilly look!
- This is the time to customize the look of your mandarin tower, and a chance to incorporate other colors you might be using on your holiday table.