Giant Origami Fruit Centerpiece IKEA Hack

What do you get when origami meets IKEA? You get a giant origami fruit centerpiece that is very budget friendly and great for large parties with lots of tables. You know like Bar Mitzvahs, and Bat Mitzvahs and budget weddings, or sheva brachas, or a community event or a large birthday party, or just about any occasion that warrants a creative touch without breaking the bank. Not every creative touch centerpiece I’ve created over the years (and believe me, there have been many) has been as sweet as this one, and best of all when the festive occasion is over you can give away the origami fruit and just keep the stands, or make a fun mobile with them, or save them for a bit to re-use. I think I’m going to add some gold polka dots to the origami apples that survived the second occasion, (a brit milah with a ton of kids) and use them to decorate the house for Purim! Actually I have a bunch of small origami apples that never made it to the phase where they actually become fruit, so those might be nice string light covers, or look great hanging from the ceiling somewhere……..Purim is a festive holiday and a great excuse for someone like me to go a little crazier than usual, right? Okay, back to the Ikea Hack centerpieces, lets get started…….

You’ll Need:

• giant origami apples or fruit, tutorial link here
• white opaque glass (like Corelle) salad plates, Ikea has something similar to this for about $1 I believe
• white plant pot, mine is the outer piece of a two piece self watering pot from Ikea
• a rustic round woven place mat, this is from Ikea, love the scale of the texture
• hot glue

How To:

Make your centerpiece stands by simply hot gluing the plate to the upside down plant pot. You may need a ton of glue depending on the structure of the bottom of the pot. Do make sure to get it in the center, but don’t worry if it isn’t perfect. The great thing about the hot glue is that is holds well enough, but not permanently. (But don’t hold me to this, it likely depends on the type of hot glue and the material of the pieces) So transport your creations carefully to the event, and when you go to pack them up they may just fall apart, which is much easier storage wise. I actually used my shabbos salad plates for this and I need them back in my kitchen, so I’m happy to see them come apart. I also used ceramic pots to make this centerpiece stand, and those fortunately fell apart as well!

Arrange your elements as seen here, or come up with your own idea, even better. And don’t blame me when the whole town sees your centerpieces and now starts calling you to volunteer to make some for every occasion! Just kidding sort of, but truthfully if you’ve got a creative gift, share it and bring joy to others!

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