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Here is a great collection of cheap DIY party centerpieces that are easy to make!

My grandmother recently celebrated her 80th birthday.  Eighty years is a pretty big accomplishment. 

Definitely worthy of an extra special celebration, so my family decided it was a great time for a surprise party.

I’ve seen the most amazing, gorgeous party decorations all over Pinterest. 

I was all set to recreate some of those fantastic decorations when I suddenly remembered a few things.

I don’t have hundreds of dollars to spend on decorations for one party.  And I don’t have hundreds of hours to spend on decorations for one party.

There were also some other real-life limitations.  The party was being held in the church gym – a pretty big room – and I would need to decorate ten tables for people to sit at. 

This means whatever easy and cheap thing I came up with had to make an impact.  Anything subtle was out of the question.

inexpensive DIY centerpieces

I decided tissue paper flowers were the way to go.  The bright colors made a huge impact in the room even though the actual centerpieces were pretty small. 

I already had some colorful tissue paper on hand but you can get packs of multicolor tissue paper at Dollar Tree.

One buck for forty sheets of tissue paper – you can’t really beat that price. For the stems you can use green pipe cleaners, but I decided to use floral picks instead. 

They are basically green wooden sticks with wire wrapped around them to attach the flower with and are much sturdier than pipe cleaners. 

You can pick these up in the fake flower aisle at Walmart.  They are three bucks for around 50 picks. 

If you have never made tissue paper flowers before, you can find a good tutorial here.

We decided to use aqua Mason jars we already had on hand as the vases. 

If you don’t already have a stash of Mason jars though, you can pick up a dozen pretty cheaply at Walmart. 

Or if you have a little more time and motivation, vintage ones are pretty easy to find at yard sales.

tissue paper flower centerpiece

The pop of color was just the thing that was needed in the large space.  But it still needed a little more. 

So I used a circle punch and some card stock to make oversized confetti to sprinkle around. 

I also made photo confetti to make it all a little more personal. 

After gathering photos of my grandmother from throughout her life, I shrunk them down and photocopied them onto cardstock. 

A little more circle punch action and we had photo confetti.

oversized confetti on table

So there you have it, super cheap, meaningful party centerpieces. 

The great thing is that these could totally work for pretty much any occasion from birthdays to graduation or anniversary parties.

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  1. Chelsea says

    February 15, 2013 at 11:04 pm

    Love these tissue paper flowers! I meant to tell you the other day that I was inspired after seeing this post to make a little tissue paper flower bouquet for my daughter for Valentines Day :) She loved it! What a clever idea for the centerpieces!

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  4. Jayne says

    February 25, 2013 at 7:09 am

    I really like the tissue paper flowers and the colors you chose. The photo confetti is a great idea!

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  5. Kerry Desborough says

    March 17, 2013 at 5:24 pm

    lovely colours brilliant idea, will definitely give it a try!

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  6. Jan Elizabeth says

    October 26, 2014 at 3:11 pm

    Those tissue paper flowers are so pretty, and look like a lot of fun! And I like the clever idea of the photo confetti. Great ideas!

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  7. Sarah Fox says

    June 30, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    What size tissue poms did you use? And how many for each jar? Thank you!

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    • Carrie says

      June 30, 2021 at 3:50 pm

      You may need to experiment a little to find the tissue size you like best. It has been a little while since I made these particular ones, but I believe I cut my tissue paper into squares around 18″ wide. And I put five flowers in each jar.

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