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Frosted fruit makes lovely Christmas table centerpieces, but it’s actually much more versatile than that. You can use it ...
- to add pizzazz to a Christmas wreath
- for windowsill and mantelpiece displays
- to decorate the Christmas pudding (or any other dessert)
- to have it as dessert!
It's a Christmas table decoration idea that adapts easily to your interior decorating style, too.
- For an elegant, contemporary look, place the fruit on a metal or glass plate, or in a chic, simple bowl.
- For rustic Christmas table decor, scatter the fruit (add some leaves and pine cones) over a wooden board - or directly on the table.
- For a romantic look, place the fruit on a white lace doily or in a footed bowl.
- Or create formal Christmas decor for the table by piling the fruit up to a sleek 'pyramid' on a circular bed of shiny dark green leaves.
- For a 'zen' approach to Christmas table decorating, take a shallow wooden bowl or a beautiful, simple plate and cluster a few, select pieces of fruit on it. Think less is more - but with this Christmas table decoration idea, because it’s so sparse, the ingredients need to be really gorgeous to create the ‘wow’ factor.
How to Make It
It doesn’t take much to turn fruit into amazing Christmas table centerpieces ... or any other types of Christmas decor for the table.
All you need is:
- fruit
- egg white
- a brush
- granulated sugar.
It’s a good idea to do a test run of this Christmas table decoration idea before Christmas, so you get the hang of the technique and know exactly what looks best on your Christmas table.
If you intend to keep the table decoration until a few days after Christmas, choose solid, less juicy fruit that keeps fresh longer.
Pears, slightly unripe apricots, pomegranates, apples, cranberries, plums or cherries work better than, say, strawberries.
Experiment with different types of granulated sugar, so you get a degree of ‘frost’ coarseness that you really like.
If you find the sugar coating too thick (it happened to me when I tried it the first time – I had way too much egg white on the fruit) - let the fruit dry completely and then rinse until your Christmas table decor looks just right (‘icy’ but not ‘snowed in’).
Or - wash off, dry thoroughly, and start over with the frosting before actually decorating your Christmas table.
It’s worth experimenting with this easy-to-make Christmas decor. Don’t stop at Christmas table centerpieces. Try little compositions – place a few pieces of fruit on a really large frosted leaf, for example.Or fill frosted fruit into a small (glass, earthenware, wood) bowl. Or crowd it around the bottom of a candle.
Line it up on a windowsill. Put a few pieces of frosted fruit in with a bowl of fresh, glossy, unfrosted ones, for contrast. Play around with it, and ...
... tell me how it worked. Send a picture, too!
Below you'll find some more articles to check out for Christmas table decoration ideas:
Christmas table decorating ideas with candles
Christmas decorating with a flavor
Old-fashioned (and easy-to-make) Christmas tree crafts - they can easily be adapted for Christmas table centerpieces, too.
Christmas paper crafts: lovely, inexpensive holiday craft gifts that are easy to send in the post
Four free homemade gift ideas (including lots of bonus material)
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