DIY Mirror Box Planter Centerpiece

Gather Tools & Construction Materials

1. Flowers – when combining flowers with contemporary materials, like mirrors, I suggest using a “fresh” palette of yellow-green and white floral varieties – I used shamrock spider mums and green roses and carnations with accents of large white roses and daisies that I found at my local supermarket, Giant Food Stores
2. Silver Tulle – I used a spool of Your ReceptionTM tulle by Wilton available at your local Walmart
3. Square Glass Vases – smaller than your mirror trivets (item #9), available at your local Walmart or Dollar Tree (www.dollartree.com) stores
4. “Wet” Floral Foam – available at your local Walmart or craft store, like Michaels
5. Clear Glass Tea Light Candle Holders (OPTIONAL)
6. Tea Light Candles (OPTIONAL)
7. Vinyl Electrical Tape – I used ¾ inch (19 mm) Scotch Super 33+ electrical tape
8. Beveled Mirror Trivets (OPTIONAL) – available at your local Dollar Tree store or www.dollartree.com
9. Square or Rectangular Mirror Trivets – available at your local Walmart or Dollar Tree (www.dollartree.com) stores

Mirror Trivets Centerpiece Instructions

1. Soak your “wet” floral foam in a bucket of water 2 hours ahead of time, if necessary, and place it in your square vase
   • HINT: dissolve some packets of ‘flower food” in your bucket of water to extend the life of your centerpiece
2. Create the Mirror Box Sleeve for your vase
   • Clean your mirror trivets
   • Lay 4 trivets face down and align the edges
   • Tape the trivet edges together, using the vinyl electrical tape
   • Create a box by taping the edges of the first and fourth trivets together
3. Create your Mirror Box floral centerpiece
   • Place your square vase inside the Mirror Box Sleeve
   • Fill your vase with flowers
   • HINT: to extend the life of your bouquet, cut your stems on a diagonal and long enough to stick at least 2 inches (5 cm) into the “wet” floral foam, so your flowers can drink lots of water
   • HINT: start your arrangement with the hydrangea first, then add your larger flowers, nest fill in your smaller flowers, and end with your accent flowers
4. OPTIONAL: create a Mirror Mosaic Table Runner on which to display and reflect your centerpiece
   • Run a band of silver tulle down the length of your table top
   • Place a variety of mirror trivets on top of the silver tulle
5. Finish your display by putting your Mirror Box centerpiece on the Mirror Mosaic Table Runner and accent with votive candles (OPTIONAL)
6. Light the candles and “reflect” on your simply elegant creation

EUREKA!  You have come up with exactly what I need for my table decorations!  Thank you, thank you, thank you for the great idea and the tutorial!

THIS IS NICE

thank you all for the amazing feedback! 

Crown, you're so very welcome! Really happy you liked it! FYI: you can order those mirror trivets online from www.dollartree.com and they'll ship them to your local DollarTree store.

Thanks for your question, ashleyg80.

The small mirror trivets were $1 each from the DollarTree and the larger trivets were a little less than $2.00 each at Walmart. The flowers were about $25 for both centerpieces at my local supermarket; of course this cost could vary for you depending on the flowers and shop you select. So, the total for both centerpieces is between $35 and $40, making the average cost per centerpiece $18 to $20 each.

On the electrical tape, spend a $1 more for the vinyl super + electrical tape (noted in my instructions); it's well worth it. My centerpieces lasted over a week on the dining room table and the mirrors are still very well intact!

Make a test run for yourself and let me know how you go!

Wow, absolute beautiful. I love these mirror vase idea for centerpieces! I hope I'll be able to make these myself for my wedding. :)