Rustic DIY Christmas Table Centerpiece Upcycling a Fruit Crate

Firstly what we have to do is prepare the lantern!!!

Place your toilet paper tube right in the center of your lantern if you want to save pinecones and ornaments. It’s also a good spot for a battery-powered candle or light-string battery box.

Stuff the lantern with pinecones and ornaments randomly trying to spread evenly.

Close your lantern and set it aside!

Take your fruit crate and measure the sides’ height.

My ribbon was wider than the crate’s height (couldn’t find a narrower one) so I folded it to meet the exact height.

On one outside corner of the create add some hot glue.

Quickly place one end of your burlap ribbon.

Go all around your crate applying some glue every now and then. I didn’t apply too much since I want to update it in the future. I only applied a few points of glue on each side.

When your ribbon’s ends meet, cut leaving a bit more burlap to overlap the starting end.

Apply some hot glue and stick the final ribbon end.

There you go, your crate/tray should look so rustic and new by now!

Measure your twine going all around your crate and leaving enough to make a bow. Cut it twice if you want to have a bow on both large sides.

Make your cute bow. It doesn’t have to be perfect. The beauty of rustic is imperfection.

Then repeat the process on the other side by going all around the crate from the bow and to the other side.

Woot… It’s almost done!

Make sure your lantern is at the same level as your crate’s height. You can use a wooden scrap, cardstock, or whatever you have at hand.

I wanted the lantern to be as visible as possible so I placed a box lid underneath it in the middle of the crate.

Finally, I started putting all the pinecones around the lantern making sure they looked good and covering all visible spots from the crate and box lid.

There you go!!! We have a gorgeous Rustic Christmas Table Centerpiece to decorate our Christmas table decoration.