Turn A Few Dollar Tree Essentials Into A DIY Flower Display That Looks So Chic

Sculpted topiary plants are one of those aspirational elements that you'll find all over Pinterest boards for elegant weddings and other formal occasions. Although they take the shape of many objects, including fluffy bunnies, it's also very common to see designs that consist of carefully arranged and pruned flowers that have been formed into a tight ball sitting atop a thin trunk. These typically have a decorative base — usually a planter pot — that's also teeming with decorative flowers or vines. Because of their beauty and elegance, many flower crafters, like you, have looked to the designs as muses for their own chic DIY tabletop floral arrangements made from Dollar Tree essentials. The beauty of going the Dollar Tree route is that you get all of the elegance of a colorful indoor topiary with a much cheaper price tag. 

On the DT floral aisle, you'll discover a generous offering of supplies that make it easy to decorate your home with flowers. You'll start with Dollar Tree's Floral Garden Artificial Rose Bouquet. The bunches of roses come in a few colors. Choose the hue that matches your decor and the theme of the occasion you're making the decoration for. Your inspired creation additionally calls for two of DT's Cooking Concepts Paper Towel Holders, two Floral Craft White Foam Blocks, and a crystal garland. Finally, you'll need some scissors and a hot glue gun to help you paste everything together.

The first step in this DIY requires you to build the foundation for the topiary-style flower arrangement's form. To do this, you'll press one of the square foam blocks over the post of one of the paper towel holders, sliding it down to the base. Next, turn the second paper towel holder upside down and press the tip into the Styrofoam block, keeping it flush against the other holder as you push it all the way down. Add dots of glue to the metal base of the upside-down rack. Place the second piece of foam on the adhesive.

Next, pull the heads off the roses. Open up the petals so that the buds look more like open-faced flowers, such as primroses. After that, press the bases of the open flowers into both the bottom and top blocks of foam. Distribute the blooms evenly around each block. The blossoms should be close enough together that the spread of the petals eventually hides the Styrofoam.

If the rose arrangement doesn't suit your style, you can easily customize this DIY. Mixing in different types of flowers, like some of the blooms from a Floral Garden Assorted 7-Stem Artificial Carnation Bush, introduces different textures into the arrangement, amping up visual interest and even the romantic appeal of the piece. This would also be the time to mix in a diversity of colors. For example, if you're creating a display for a wedding rehearsal dinner, consider combining red roses with pink and white carnations or other relevant colors in keeping with the event's theme.

Don't throw the greenery from the now-flowerless bunches away. Instead, snip off some smaller clusters. Once you're done arranging the flowers, insert these pieces into the arrangement at even points throughout. It should look like small branches of green leaves and wisps of tiny flowers are sprouting up through the roses. 

The other option you have is to separate the greenery from the flowers. Some topiary designs feature one type of plant on the bottom portion of the arrangement and another on top. For instance, you could decorate the top of the arrangement with the roses, carnations, and other pretty embellishments. On the bottom, insert some silk arrowhead or caladium leaves, artificial moss, or miniature evergreens. If you'd like to try this, grab some Floral Garden Assorted Artificial Greenery Bushes at Dollar Tree, and cover your arrangement's bottom piece of Styrofoam with silk leaves instead of roses.

Finally, finish the arrangement by cutting some pieces off your crystal garland. Glue those strands of bling onto the base of the top Dollar Tree paper towel holder. This decorative element adds sparkle, making the Dollar Tree flower arrangement look high-end. The stones will also reflect the light from any candles you have burning near the chic flower display, giving your table a little extra glow.