You can have a beautiful centerpiece for your Easter table without spending lots of money on an elaborate, store purchased floral arrangement. If you are short on decorating cash this year, why not make your own, homemade centerpiece? Creating a festive Easter centerpiece can be accomplished without crunching your wallet too deeply - all it takes is a little time and creativity! This page provides tips and ideas for how to make an Easter centerpiece.

A centerpiece provides the finishing touch to your table, bringing the Easter theme into the dining room. You can use materials such as Easter eggs, candy, and flowers to quickly and easy decorate your holiday table.

Beautiful, festive Easter centerpieces can be created using a variety of materials. Surprisingly, putting the centerpiece together is not as difficult as you might think. Try to tie in Easter or spring themes into your centerpiece using candy, brightly colored Easter eggs or classic flowers that symbolize the holiday.

• Easter is all about eggs. You can use the eggs that you so carefully colored and decorated with the kids as an attractive centerpiece for your table.

1. Arrange the eggs in a bowl or basket, on a bed of Easter grass, if desired.
2. Create a nest for the eggs by positioning a grapevine wreath on a plate, and filling the center with moss. Place the eggs on top of the moss.

• Candy is a quick and easy way to create a centerpiece for an Easter table.

1. Fill a decorative bowl or basket with Easter candy, and set it in the middle of the table.
2. Use the table itself as the base of your centerpiece. Spread Easter grass along the midline of the table, and scatter jelly beans and chocolate eggs on top of the grass.
3. Purchase a large Chocolate Easter Bunny, and stand him in the center of a platter. Cover the platter with Easter grass, and smaller chocolate bunnies. Add jelly beans, peeps, and foil wrapped chocolate eggs for color.

• There are lots of ways you can use flowers as a centerpiece. You don't need to purchase an elaborate arrangement, however. Even if you are not an experienced flower arranger, you can use a few simple techniques:

1. The simplest way is just to purchase a bouquet and place it in a vase on the table.
2. For a dressier presentation, that's in keeping with the Easter theme, you can combine eggs and flowers:
   1. Gather a bowl, some white eggs (uncooked are fine), and flowers with a thick stem (tulips work well). You'll also need scissors to trim the stems of the flowers.
   2. Fill the bowl with the eggs, and then fill with water.
   3. Insert the flowers in between the eggs, trimming stems if needed.

1. Use pastels or natural colors. Anything springlike will set off your Easter table beautifully.

2. Watch the height of the centerpiece; you want to make sure people can see each other to facilitate conversation.

3. Make use of natural materials, like straw or beautiful festive spring flowers from your garden.

There are many different ways to approach your Easter centerpiece. Do you want a more formal-looking centerpiece or would you prefer a more whimsical one? If you're going for ultra elegance with your Easter centerpiece this year, this idea from Martha Stewart might fit the bill. Color some Easter egg shells in beautiful pastel colors and then gently and carefully break off the tops. Set the hollowed-out shells in egg dishes and you've got tiny little vases that can hold spring flowers.http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/easter-and-spring-centerpieces

For a quick and easy Easter centerpiece, fill some wire baskets with Easter grass or moss and add some Easter candies in bright, spring colors. You can decorate the baskets with some wire ribbon.http://www.bhg.com/holidays/easter/decorating/easter-table-setting-ideas/

Another relatively simple idea for an Easter centerpiece involves using a glass flower vase and jelly beans. Fill the vase with pastel jelly beans and let them serve as your flower holders. Fill the vase with bright spring flowers for a colorful effect.