How Do You Make “Poofs” (Flowers) To Decorate Your Table Centerpiece Decorations?
Most of our centerpieces start with a Styrofoam® base either square or round. This makes an ideal platform to add sticks, picks, columns, etc., to support your theme pieces. However, if you present the product as such, it would be unappealing and not look professional. You should camouflage your work which will add color and excitement to the finished product as well. The best way we have found to do that is by adding “Poofs” or “Tufts”. This is a variation of the paper flowers we made in high school to cover the wire mesh used to make homecoming floats. However, instead of using mesh attached to wood as a base, Styrofoam® is used to give it more rigidity and help support additional weight. Plus it is much lighter than wood and mesh. Poofs/Tufts are generally made from squares of metallic paper or tissue paper. I prefer metallic paper since it reflects light and comes in deeper tones that tissue paper. However, tissue paper has some applications, especially when particular colors are n
