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Purchase an actual ready-to-fill cornucopia, or a cone-shaped basket that can be shaped by steaming the narrow end and bending it slightly to resemble the horn of a goat. - 2). Place a large tray or flat basket on a table.
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Gather colorful autumn leaves and place them on the tray, or use decorative fabric autumn leaves. - 4
Fill the cornucopia with straw, excelsior or raffia to act as a filler and to support the vegetables. This way, you don't have to use so many fruits and vegetables to fill the horn. - 5). Set the cornucopia on top of the tray covered with leaves.
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Begin placing the largest vegetables and fruits inside the cornucopia to serve as the foundation of those to come. - 7). Continue filling the cornucopia with fall-harvested fruits and vegetables such as gourds, pomegranates, small apples, miniature pumpkins, peppers, artichokes and dried ears of Indian corn.
- 8). Allow the fruits and vegetables to spill out of the cornucopia over the fall leaves on the tray.
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Spill a variety of nuts and berries over the arrangement. (Make sure to choose hardy berries, such as cranberries.) Allow them to drop into the cracks and spaces. - 10
Finish by tucking more colorful leaves among the vegetables and fruit.
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