How to Make a Fall Arrangement

I quickly “threw together”  this pretty arrangement for a Fall tablescape.  I received so many compliments on it and I know a lot of folks find taking on an arrangement like this to be daunting.  I wanted to take it step by step to show how to could make a Fall Arrangement like this, too.  This is such a beautiful statement of the season you could bring out in September and keep on display in your home through Thanksgiving.  Please stay tuned to the end of the post for even more great Fall DIY projects to deck your home in the spirit of Fall!

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I’m sure those of you who have a traditional home have a place where this beautiful arrangement would fit perfectly.  It looks lovely on a sideboard or a console table.

For those of you find it easier to follow along with a video, I have a full video tutorial at the end of this post – so scroll down if you would prefer to see the video!

The supplies…

I began by gathering all of my supplies so that would be all ready to go when I began the arrangement:

• Brown paper shred
• Basket (something I already had)
• 2 pieces of floral foam for dried/artificial flowers
• 1 green artificial pumpkin (about 6”)
• 2 white artificial pumpkins (about 3”)
• 1 orange artificial pumpkin (about 4”)
• Brown chenille stems
• 1 large (approx. 36 leaves) package of small Fall leaves
• 1 bundle of 6 large Fall leaves
• 10 small pumpkins and gourds on picks
• 3 Fall leaf picks with acorns
• 11 large pheasant feathers
• 6 small pheasant feathers
• 2 small feather picks (optional) (something I already owned)
• 1 fall wreath of oak and maple leaves (optional)

The steps…

1.  Cut one of the pieces of floral foam in half and put a full piece in the middle of the  basket and one half on each side of it.

2.  To secure the foam in the basket I used the brown chenille stems.  I wired two of  them together (2x).

3.  Thread one end through the weave on the underside of the basket.

4.  Thread the other end through the weave an inch or so from the first one.

5.  Pull both ends of the stems through the inside of the basket.

6.  Then placed the brown paper shred over the top of the foam (you can also use  Spanish moss).  I pulled the chenille stems over the top of the raffia (this keeps the  stems from cutting into your foam) and secured them to one another to hold the  foam in the basket.

7.  Taking your large pumpkins, use a wooden skewer or stiff wire and pierce it into the pumpkin and stick them down into the floral foam.  Use the larger pumpkin toward what will be the back side of your arrangement.

8.  Add the other larger pumpkins in the same manner, but add them to what will be the front of your arrangement.

9.  Now add the pumpkins and gourds you have that are on picks already.  You will add these evenly around the basket leaving them a little higher in the middle than you do on the sides.

10.  Next you will begin to add your leaves.  I began with the three oak leaf and acorn clusters and added them toward the front and sides of my arrangement and then took the largest of the leaves and stuck them into the foam all around the top edge of the basket.  Lastly, use your smaller leaves.  These will likely be too short to anchor into the foam, so you can just tuck them in between the gourds and pumpkins or you can use floral tape to secure them to a wire so they may be anchored in the foam.

11.  Finally you will add your feathers.  Stick the smaller feathers in between your gourds and pumpkins randomly in the front and top side of your arrangement.  Take your longer pheasant feathers and stick them into the foam at an angle right in front of the larger pumpkin.  Your arrangement is finished!  Sit back and admire your beautiful work!

To finish off my arrangement and give it a little extra height I set it on top of a grapevine wreath that was trimmed with Fall leaves.

I like the contrast of the leaves, then the woven basket and then the leaves and pumpkins and gourds tucked into the top of the basket.

I hope I provided all the detail you need to recreate this arrangement yourself.

I would love to see pictures of your own Fall creations, please share them!