Happy Halloween! One thing we had growing up was a Halloween tablescape. It was a fun special thing my mom did. We had an early dinner to get ready for trick or treating, or in our later years, for passing out candy. The items on the Halloween table would vary, but mostly included an orange tablecloth, assorted spiders and plastic eyes scattered about, and some sort of centerpiece. Today, I’m sharing some eerie and easy floral arrangements for your own Halloween tablescape!
I’m not sure what your house was like growing up, but my mom always had a ‘Halloween dinner’ for us complete with a Halloween tablescape. It was always cool coming home to a kitchen with an orange table cloth, plastic spiders, and a Halloween cake on the table. Sometimes the Halloween dinner would be at the kitchen table, sometimes it would take over the dining room with extra room for decorations. Either way, I loved it every year but one–one year she didn’t do it because she didn’t know how much we loved it. She thought we deemed ourselves too old and the Halloween table too childish. NOOOOO! Let this be a lesson to you: show gratitude for the nice stuff people do to make your life a little brighter–or else they won’t do it:-) My bad!
My mom always put a light hearted and creative spin on seasonal decor and this carried over into Halloween. Our Halloween decor was never spooky scary, but more spooky fun and spooky cute. Like I said in my last post, I am now a fan of seasonal decorating. Okay–minimal seasonal decorating. And while I don’t decorate like my mom, I do enjoy cherry picking pieces of the Halloween table tradition. Today’s post is to inspire you to create your own tradition in the form of seasonal decor!
Eerie and Easy Halloween Flower Arrangements
With each of these arrangements, we will break down what is actually in them because at first glance, some of these look intimidating. But I assure you, they are not! All of these arrangements consist of just a few types of flowers arranged in just the right way for maximum impact and minimum effort.
Emily Edith Bowser
This is a great example of a super easy Halloween flower arrangement. It’s minimal and allows each flower to shine. The formula for this arrangement is to start with a black vase. Don’t have one? No problem. Spray paint a thrift store variety black! Spray paint dries in less than 30 mins so in under an hour you can have a gorgeous arrangement.
What you’ll need:
- black vase with a narrow mouth or a wide mouth vase and a floral frog
- 5-7 Halloween colored flowers (faux or just go to Trader Joe’s/the grocery store for the real thing!)
Assembly:
- cut the stems to different medium and short lengths to vary the height and interest
- place 3 larger flowers first
- cut the fillers to medium length and add throughout
Martha Stewart
Ok–remember what I said about not judging too quickly? Yes, this one looks complicated but let’s take a second to actually analyze it. It’s just roses cut at different heights so they appear to slope, some basic filler plants you can find at any craft store or grocery store, and some “fluffy” greenery added which could just as easily be replaced with cobwebs or even draped linen strips to resemble mummy wraps! The anatomy of this arrangement is VERY simple but impactful because of its scale and the architectural elements.
What you’ll need:
- a large vase
- 2 dozen roses (or any tall flower) in the jewel color family
- 1-2 bunches of assorted fillers
- some “fluffy” greenery (or moss, cobwebs, etc)
Assembly:
- cut the roses at an angle so that the heights of the roses will slope
- arrange the roses in the vase
- add fillers around the perimeter of the rose bunch (tall fillers at the top of the slope, short fillers at the bottom)
- wrap “fluffy” greenery (or whatever you’re using) loosely around the vase and trail down the table
Shelterness
What you’ll need:
- a large vase
- a tall flower bunch of roughly the same color (opt for a peach/orange/red for Halloween vibes)
- 2 bunches of assorted fillers
- 1 bunch eucalyptus
Assembly:
- cut the flower stems to varying heights but don’t cut the fillers yet
- you want a dramatic difference in height
- place the flowers in the vase, focusing on drawing the eye up using the height of the flowers–think vertically!
- place eucalyptus all throughout the lower half of arrangement so they look like “spikes” coming out of the arrangement
- don’t worry about trimming–the longer and floppier the better!
- place the rest of the fillers throughout the upper half of the arrangement, focusing on keeping them vertical at the top and angled as you go down. At the end, the perimeter of the flowers should have formed a sort of semi circle
Marigold
What you’ll need:
- a large vase
- 10 large flowers ranging from light to medium tone
- 1 bunch eucalyptus
- 2 bunches of single flower fillers like baby’s breath
- 2-3 sprays of faux mandarins (craft store)
Assembly:
- cut the flower stems to varying heights but don’t cut the fillers yet
- you want a dramatic difference in height
- place the flowers in the vase so you have distinct differences in height, focusing on the tallest stems in the middle, then a few medium height angled outwards, and finally a few short ones front and center
- place a few tall sprays of eucalyptus at the top so they stand vertically, then cut the stems so a height where you can place some of the sprays leaning horizontally
- place the softer fillers like baby’s breath like you would if you were replicating the feathers of a peacock. Pretend the center arrangement is a peacock, now follow the fan shape the peacock feathers would make.
Good Housekeeping
If you’re a minimalist who doesn’t like to DIY, this arrangement is for you, friend!
What you’ll need:
- a large vase
- a branch from your backyard, a few sprays of yarrow, or any leafy filler from your own yard, the craft store, or grocery store
- black spray paint
Assembly:
- spray paint the sprays black and let dry
- casually place the stem(s) in a black vase and embrace simplicity and asymmetry!
Shelterness
This arrangement would also work for a Thanksgiving table! I would just add some magnolia branches and vary the darker tones. So you can even purchase faux flowers at the craft store for this arrangement if you’re going to use them multiple times. Then save for next year!
What you’ll need:
- a medium vase
- 1 bunch dark colored flowers (look to dahlias if you’re stuck)
- 1 bunches of dark colored leafy fillers
- 1 bunch light colored fillers
- dried corn husks (if available to you)
Assembly:
- cut the dark colored flowers to short and medium lengths and arrange in the center of the vase
- cut the dark colored leafy fillers to a medium length and place on the lower half of the right side of the arrangement
- cut the a few of the light colored fillers to a medium length and place near the center of the arrangement with a few sticking out of the sides
- place the tall light colored filters at the top of the arrangement and a couple sticking out of the sides
- place dried corn husks along the bottom of the arrangement
Good Housekeeping
Ok, so as far as easy Halloween flower arrangements are concerned, this is by far the easiest.
What you’ll need:
- a skull vase (or any other Halloween shaped vase)
- 1-2 bunches of assorted flowers
- 1-2 bunches of assorted fillers (visually soft like ferns and nothing too heavy)
Assembly:
- cut the flowers to medium and short lengths and place in the center of the vase
- cut fillers to medium lengths but leave a few tall ones, place the medium lengths throughout the arrangement, add the taller stems at the top
And there you have it, people! You can now make your very own eerie and easy Halloween flower arrangement for your home to enjoy. Making memories doesn’t require anything well planned or complicated; it can just be a spur of the moment special item that brings beauty to the mundane. Enjoy your Halloween table!
-Kristen
