Ideas for Educational Centerpieces

Centerpieces for banquet tables can be both beautiful and educational, as they will be sitting in front of guests as they are waiting for their meals to be served to them or the event they are attending to begin. It all depends on the event which these table centerpieces are being made for.

Planet Diorama Centerpiece

For an event being held for a famous scientist or for a scientific company or school, a centerpiece reflecting all the planets of the universe can be created out of styrofoam, spray paint and wires quite easily. Each table can be assigned a planet in the solar system. If you have more tables than planets, then moons from each planet can be assigned to the tables as well. On these centerpieces, you can present a series of interesting facts about the planets or moons.

Numbered Football Helmets

At a sports banquet for the football team, football helmets with team numbers on them can be used as centerpieces for each table. Finding the interesting facts about the sport of football and the history of that particular number in the game of football will make this centerpiece uniquely educational, as people at the table will be able to learn something about the history of the sport.

Graduation Centerpieces

For graduation ceremonies from high school or college, you can make centerpieces that reflect the names of the students who are graduating, with facts about many of the students on different tables. These should include the names of the graduating seniors and where they are going to college or where they plan on going next in their lives and careers. If a graduating high school student is going to college in Colorado, you can present a series of facts about the University of Colorado and who graduated from there in the past. This will take a lot of research but will be worth it for each graduating class.