Easy Elegant Fall Dough Bowl Ideas | Rustic Fall Centerpiece

If you’re looking for simple and easy fall decor with a touch of elegance, I’ve got ya covered with this festive and colorful fall look. These fall pumpkin dough bowl decor ideas are an easy way to make a few glittery crackle pumpkins the center of attention in this quick, colorful fall table.

I’ve always loved the idea of the long wooden dough bowls in different shapes filled with things like apples, pinecones, and cinnamon sticks stuffed in. Maybe some long Frasier fur branches to frame it? It’s definitely more of a holiday feel, but for this we first turn our attention to autumn.

What Goes In A Fall Dough Bowl?

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Why pumpkins, of course! These festive glitter crackle pumpkins in crisp autumn colors made the perfect filler for this long oval shape wooden dough bowl. This six piece set of crackle glitter pumpkins works very nicely if you’re looking to create something similar!

use gourds & pumpkins as fillers for your fall dough bowl centerpiece

How Do you Style a dough bowl for the fall?

Gourds in green, orange or white also make stunning fillers for a fall dough bowl decor. Especially the small pumpkins and fresh gourds from the market or farm that carry lots of textures, bumps, and curls.

If you’re wondering what else to put in decorative bowls for fall, wheat stalks, dried birch branches, maple leaves, and eucalyptus branches dyed in festive autumn colors also make wonderful accents and beautiful fall dough bowl fillers. Add gourds, apples, or acorns in your wooden dough bowls too. All of these things bring character and boldness to the centerpiece, hopefully, along with your own unique twists and tastes mixed in.

This set of dried pampas grass is among my favorites for tucking in along the edges to create a look with soft, more neutral colors.

display your fall pumpkin Dough Bowl decor as a centerpiece

This could be used on a long skinny accent table or placed on a runner for a decorative fall or Thanksgiving centerpiece. To dress it up, just add a long strip of fabric or a runner beneath the wooden bowl. Here I’ve just placed a little burlap beneath the bowl. A simple oatmeal linen tablecloth lines the table and creates a clean backdrop for the decorations.

make small pumpkin place settings to match your fall dough bowl centerpiece

add mini pumpkins to a plate for a festive fall place setting

To have a little fun with the table settings, I added rounded burlap placemats and some small artificial pumpkins in rosy and gold tones. If you’re looking for a really chic fall touch, try white and gold tone decorative pumpkins. They would look stunning lined up in a bowl or placed directly on the table going down the center. They would also look stunning simply sitting atop the napkin in a place setting.

Tuck in a few leaves and set your small pumpkin on the plate with the dinner napkin. Now you’ve got a super simple table you’ve easily dressed in all the colors of fall.

Maybe a candle pillar here and there topped with pumpkins in neutral tones will add to the fun touches at the table. Gold and burlap are known to get along quite nicely. I actually use these wooden pumpkins pictured below in a few stunning and fun halloween looks I’ll be posting pretty soon!

I also love playing with texture and color a lot and have totally fallen in love with these cool luxurious-looking velvety pumpkins! They easily bump up the look with sweet elegance.

add height to you fall pumpkin table with pillars

To spruce up the look in the pumpkin bowl a tad more, I’ll tuck in some berries and leaves as colorful accents.

add small accents to your fall dough bowl ideas

They’ll add pops of texture and color that keep the eye drawn in. If you’re looking for a wooden bowl or dough bowl to create a centerpiece like this, here is a great piece to start out with. It’s versatile enough to use all year long for fruit or seasonal inspired decor of all kinds.

Lastly, I’ll dot the table with a few candles tucked into old mismatched bronze tapers. This is my favorite look and you’ll notice I don’t often stray too far from it.

bring warmth to the fall table decor with tapers

It is my absolute favorite finishing touch for seasonal and holiday looks like this. I don’t know why?? Maybe it’s because it adds that extra kiss of old-fashioned things to the table that I would most instantly miss if it weren’t there.

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These easy fall pumpkin dough bowl decor ideas are a quick little way to add the warmth of fall to the table. You can certainly use this idea to style some things you might already have on hand. Try adding red apples, gourds (artificial or fresh) in varying colors and textures.

Additionally, you might line the inside of the bowl with beautiful curly dried moss and set the pumpkins over that. You might choose to poke in stalks of wheat like these or dried eucalyptus to fill the gaps in between the pumpkins. Even colorful maple leaves in orange and red make stunning pieces to use in these fall dough bowl ideas.

If you try this look or any variety of fall table decor, let me know below! I always love to see how people re-create things in their own unique way. Cheers to fall y’all!

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