These easy projects require zero crafting skills — just a glass vessel and some festive materials to fill it.
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Looking Glass
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A pretty centerpiece is the focal point of your holiday table, but who has the time to arrange flowers or craft intricate displays? For these simple (but totally chic) options, just choose your favorite glass vase, jar, or bowl, and fill it with whatever says "Christmas" to you.
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Nature Made
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This DIY brings the outdoors in with hearty chestnuts, unshelled nuts, cheery cranberries (faux are just fine), woodsy pinecones (choose scented ones for extra oomph), cinnamon sticks and a pop of dried citrus.
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Rustic Appeal
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There's little rhyme or reason to this earthy mix; arrange the ingredients however you'd like. But try starting off by filling the center with bigger pinecones. Then, slip the more eye-catching pieces around the sides.
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Clever Cookies
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Your homemade treats (store-bought works, too) and bit of leftover sugar are the only ingredients needed for an adorable snowy scene.
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Sweet Scene
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Inspired by a snow globe, this centerpiece puts your holiday handiwork on display — and guests can sneak a snack at the end of the night.
Start by pouring in a few inches of white sugar to create a sturdy base. Bury gingerbread men's feet in the "snow" and layer them against the glass and each other until the landscape is full. Use tongs to help reposition the cookies in a narrow vessel. Then finish it off with a fun bow.
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Nice Bites
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Start this project by raiding your candy stash for sweets in holiday hues (use wrapped candies, like Hershey's Kisses and peppermints, so they remain well-preserved for guests). Choose a coordinating ribbon, too.
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Treat Tower
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Tossing red, green, and silver-wrapped candy into a vase is festive even when they're all mixed together. But take the look to the next level by creating color-coded stripes (have kids help you separate the candies when you open the packages).
For this tall vessel, we used about five standard bags of candy. Tie a bow around the center for finishing touch.
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Seasonal Glitz
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Steal a few ornaments and a bit of garland from your tree to carry your Christmas theme through to your tabletop.
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Classic Christmas
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Poured into eye-catching piles, even inexpensive decorations look fancy (our ingredients came from a local drugstore). But you can also try this trick for keeping sticky fingers and clumsy visitors away from your precious vintage baubles.
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