A Blooming Pumpkin from a Chick-fil-A Bouquet

 Create a Pumpkin Vase Centerpiece the easy way with this shortcut method, no cutting required!

Flowers and pumpkins are two of my favorite things and I love to combine

the two for a seasonal centerpiece for the table for fall or Thanksgiving!

You can find all these tables and method here:

Creating a Pumpkin Vase Centerpiece for Thanksgiving

My BFF brought me a Chick-fil-A Bouquet of beautiful late-blooming roses from her garden.

Too bad you can’t order one of these at the drive-thru and quench your thirst for flowers :)

I added some snips of shrubs, leaves and filler flowers

to make a quick and easy blooming pumpkin.

I discovered a method from The Full Bouquet that uses a shortcut

for making a pumpkin centerpiece.

You add a piece of wet floral foam on top of your pumpkin,

rather than it hollowing out to make a vase for your flowers.

If your pumpkin has a short stem, you can use the stem to anchor the wet foam in place.

My pumpkin was stemless so I used some wet floral tape to secure it to the pumpkin.

You can find wet foam and tape on the floral aisle at the craft store.

I found a 2-pack of small round floral blocks at Dollar Tree,

or you can cut your floral brick with a knife the size you need.

This time-saving method provides the same effect of a pumpkin vase!

You can replace your wet foam and flowers several times during the season

as your pumpkin will last as you don’t cut it.

I used a gray pumpkin to pair with the pinks of the roses and cut some shrubs for filler~

Loropetalum with its purple tinted foliage and Kaleidoscope Abelia

with blush pink-tinted tips and white bell-shaped flowers.

I also added some white buds from some wildflowers (aka, weeds :)

from the field next to my Potting Shed which I haven’t been able to identify, maybe Boneset?

The stems are gray and the flowers grow in clusters.

If you don’t have a Chick-fil-A Bouquet :) you can use any grocery store flowers

to create a blooming pumpkin including long-lasting mums and alstroemeria,

along with fall leaves or goldenrod.

Use floral picks to secure smaller pumpkins, apples or gourds to your foam.

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