Beautiful Easter Decorations to Welcome Spring
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Beautiful Easter Decorations to Welcome Spring
Decorating for Easter Sunday should be easy, fun, and something to look forward to—not a complicated chore that you dread. So to provide inspiration we've compiled our very favorite Easter decoration ideas. These super-simple, inspired projects will have your home looking pastel pretty in as little as an hour. Cheerful Easter colors, fresh spring flowers, and cute Easter crafts abound here, along with bunny shapes, Easter egg motifs, and pom-poms galore. What's more, you'll be glad to know that at lot of these DIY ideas can double as excellent Easter gifts. If you've been looking for something extra to slip into your little ones' Easter baskets or to tote along to a family Easter brunch, we've got you covered. Another bonus, many of these ideas can be used from year to year! Put together the moss and faux topiaries once and they will take pride of place on the mantel year after year. And a bouquet of tulips crafted from fabric will never wilt.
But our favorite aspects of these fun projects would have to be how kid-friendly many of them are. Even the more sophisticated options—from bunny garlands to outdoor Easter decorations for your porch and a few Easter egg decorating ideas thrown in for good measure—can be made with your children by your side. So what are you waiting for? These easy Easter decorations are certain to make your holiday a whole lot hoppier. So lets head to the craft closet and get crafting!
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Radish Eggs
Good enough to eat, these radish eggs can either be painted or dyed.
To make: Paint or dye three-quarters of a blown-out white egg pink. Create roots by attaching pieces of off-white twine to the bottom with hot-glue. Roll up light green crepe paper to create a stem; seal seam with glue. Cut leaves from crepe paper; wrap around stem, and attach with glue. Glue stem to top of egg.
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Parsnip & Carrot Napkin Rings
Made from mini wooden craft beads, these napkin rings mimic bunnies favorite foods, root veggies!
To make: Dye wooden craft beads orange or white. Arrange eight beads small to large in a row, and thread a piece of twine in a corresponding color through beads; knot on both ends. Wrap a wooden craft ring with twine, and tie between the beads for the napkin holder. For the stems, attach lengths of preserved grass or green crepe paper to the top with hot-glue.
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Vintage Egg Basket Vase
A vintage French egg collecting basket filled with colorful wooden eggs makes the perfect home for displaying your abundant spring bouquet (here are lilacs, anemones, Scabiosa lavender, allium, and ranunculus).
To make: Dye or paint wooden eggs white or robin's egg blue. You can also leave a few natural. Place a vase inside the basket and surround with eggs. Fill vase with water and flowers.
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DIY Stem Straws
Including these "stem straws" on your Easter table isn't just a fun way to enhance your guests' drinking experience. It also heightens the overall look over your tablescape.
To make: Cut dogwood-shaped flowers from watercolor paper, then decorate the edges with watercolor pens. Punch a single hole in the center of the flower and slip the straw through the hole.
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Easter Grass Display
Make this display in less than 5-minutes flat!
To make: Simply plant wheatgrass (available at garden stores or flower shops) in milk glass vessels such as the sugar dish, goblet, and vase shown here. Water as necessary to keep fresh. Sugar dishes also make for sweet placecard holders; simply tie a card to each handle.
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Pom Pom Bunny Wreath
Soft and plush, this wreath can be made with homemade or store-bought pom-poms.
To make: Make or buy 17 large white pom-poms. Attach to a 12-inch craft ring ($5; joann.com) with hot-glue. Cut ears from white and pink felt; use glue to attach together and then to the back of the craft ring.
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Dip-Dyed Baskets
A simple dyed cotton basket will add pops of color for storing candy or utensil on the Easter Table.
To make: Dip the top quarter of a cotton basket in desired color of fabric dye. When dry, fill with moss and Easter eggs or candy.
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Mini Egg Topiaries
Made from moss and faux boxwood, these topiaries make the perfect focal point for your Easter table.
To make: Using hot-glue, attach preserved green sheet moss and fake mini boxwood greenery to a round Styrofoam ball until covered. Nestle faux robin’s eggs in moss, attaching with glue. Fill a clay pot with floral foam. Poke a stick into bottom of topiary, and insert into floral foam; cover foam with moss.
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Coffee Filter Flowers
Make these flowering candy dishes with an item you probably already have in your house: coffee filters.
To make: Submerge regular-size white coffee filters (you’ll need four to six for each flower) in a watered-down Rit Dye solution (here, Petal Pink); dry completely. Cut into flower shapes of various sizes, and stack largest to smallest. Attach at centers with craft glue. Glue a papier-mâché or store-bought candy cup to center of each. Fill with candy.
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Egg Carton Wreath
Made from the common paper egg carton this wreath will look spectacular displayed on a covered door or over the mantel.
To make: Cut individual egg cups from paper egg cartons. Notch and cut decorative edges with scissors. Dye or paint cups desired colors. Attach cups and craft paper leaves to a painted craft ring with hot-glue.
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Speckled Egg Garland
Display this simple to make garland year after year.
To make: Use an awl to poke holes in ends of papier-mâché eggs, then paint eggs white, robin’s-egg blue, and turquoise with acrylic paint. Once dry, spatter with dark blue paint. Thread twine through holes, and hang, adding a tassel detail, if desired. Yahoo News is better in the app
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Daisy Napkin Rings
Created from grosgrain ribbon and vintage or new buttons, these sweet DIY napkin rings will brighten up any table
To make: For each napkin ring, cut 3/8-inch-wide white grosgrain ribbon into five 3-inch-long pieces; round ends. Glue one piece on top of the next, offsetting as you go to create a flower shape. Glue a yellow button in center and a length of green twine to back for tying.
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“Egg” Vases
These papier-mâché vases are ideal for serving candy or holding a beautiful bouquet.
To make: Blow up a large and a medium balloon. Cover each with white papier-mâché craft paper, leaving bottom quarter to third uncovered and edges rough. Let dry. Pop balloons, and remove. Set a vase inside each, and fill with water and flowers.
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Jordan Almond Wreath
Egg-shaped Jordan almonds make an especially sweet spring decoration.
To make: Take a 12-inch Styrofoam wreath form, and beginning with the inside circumference, hot-glue the almonds in place, overlapping a few of them to add dimension. Continue in a circular pattern until the entire front and inner and outer edges of the wreath are covered. Hang with a sturdy piece of cotton ribbon, or oversize rickrack trim as shown.To store the wreath, wrap it in paper, place flat in a box, and keep in a cool, dry spot. It should last for one to two years.
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Perfume Bottles
Don't throw out those empty perfume bottles sitting on your vanity! Lilies of the valley look beautiful arranged in these glass vessels, and they're perfect for Easter.
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Easter Bunny Decoration
Why throw out old party decorations? A generic crepe paper ball can become an Easter bunny with the addition of craft paper ears, eyes, and whiskers, plus pom-poms for the nose and eyes.
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Easter Centerpiece
To create this spring chicken—and bunny—hot-glue two pom-poms together, using the smaller tool to make the head and the larger for the body. From craft felt, cut out small black and white circles for the eyes and pink petal shapes in two sizes for the bunny's ears. Use premade mini pom-poms for the nose and beak (just trim the orange pom-pom into an oval shape). Separate a one-inch length of embroidery floss into strands, and knot it in the middle for bunny whiskers. Adhere everything with little dabs of hot glue (place the smaller items with tweezers), then nestle the completed figures in a box filled with wheatgrass—found at most farmers' markets and florists.
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Vintage Tea Tins
Use antique tea tins to recreate this eclectic assortment. Don't have a collection already? Good news: They're easy enough to find online!
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Seed Packet Place Setting
We love the idea of bringing some of the beauty of your garden right onto the dinner table with these seed packet place settings. It's so easy to replicate: Allow the greens of baby radishes to peek out of the top of vintage seed packets.
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Vintage 'Lettuceware' Decorations
It's time to celebrate spring's bounty—and what better way to do so than with "lettuceware"? This inspired trend, which involves vintage dishware in the shape of lettuce and other veggies, will delight all of your guests. Here, we used salt-and-pepper shakers in the shape of asparagus.
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Easter Egg Balloons
Upside-down balloons look an awful lot like eggs. That's the premise of this adorable decoration idea.
Get the tutorial at Studio DIY.
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Easter Egg Candles
There's no reason to throw away egg shells after prepping for Easter brunch! Instead, upcycle them in creating the molds for these too-cute-for-words candles.
Get the tutorial at Hello Glow.
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Monogram Eggs
Goodbye, traditional place eggs! These personalized eggs are a far more sophisticated option, and you can craft them in less than 15 minutes.
To make: Use a small paintbrush to fleck tan acrylic paint (thinned with a bit of water) on undyed farm eggs. Once dry, handwrite each guest's initials with a gold paint pen.
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Striped Easter Egg Table Runner
Got a few leftover egg cartons and some pretty dyed eggs? Then you're ready to take on this fun, true-to-theme craft!
Get the tutorial at The House That Lars Built.
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Mismatched Vintage China
Give Grandma's china a new life at your Easter brunch this year. Not only do her dishes tell a real story, but they also look lovely when paired with more modern elements—like brass silverware and colorful glassware.
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Vintage Linen Tablecloth
Bet you've never seen a table as pretty as this one! Using various vintage linens in different patterns, create a layered tablecloth of your very own. (You can also use pinking shears to cut an uneven edge into newer, store-bought linens.)
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DIY Easter Bunny Garland
How about a homemade garland to hang in the doorway or above the dessert display at your Easter party? This free template makes it easy to create bunny shapes, and pom-poms are the perfect finishing touch.
Get the tutorial at DIY Candy.
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Easter Table Decorations
You put all that work into dyeing Easter eggs. Why not add them to your Easter table for a super-simple setting? Here, they add color to a flower arrangement in a double-walled vase, not to mention mark each spot with a monogram sticker.
Get the tutorial at Jelly Toast.
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Recipe Card Holder
Add some pizzazz to your holiday buffet or food table with some rustic branches fashioned together to display the names of your dishes. Craft these pieces by cutting a thin sliver in a small piece of wood; place atop wood round and add moss and eggs.
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Paint Chip Easter Egg Chalkboard
Repurpose leftover paint chips as colorful Easter eggs. When strung across a chalkboard sign saying "Happy Easter" and placed on the porch, this easy homemade decoration provides a warm welcome.
Get the tutorial at A Thoughtful Place Blog.
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Pastel Mason Jars
Paint a collection of Mason jars in cheerful pastel shades to use as centerpiece vases all spring long.
Get the tutorial at Design Improvised.
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Easter Egg Wreath
This handmade wreath, crafted using moss, pastel Easter eggs, and flowers, signals to those entering your home that you're ready to celebrate spring!
Get the tutorial at A Pumpkin And A Princess.
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DIY Easter Kitchen Linens
Give your napkins, dish towels, or table cloth a touch of Easter spirit with this iron-on little animal.
Get the tutorial at Simple Simon & Company.
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Bunny Wreath
Why settle for an ordinary store-bought Easter wreath, when you could craft this adorable, flower-covered bunny? This sweet fixture will be the perfect statement for your front door this holiday.
Get the tutorial at Sprinkle Some Fun.
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Easter Floral Arrangement
You'd never guess from the look of it, but in the center of this arrangement is a handy vase that ensures your flowers will stay in place amongst the eggs.
Get the tutorial at The Casual Craftlete.
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Reclaimed Wood Easter Bunny
Step up your crafting game with this woodworking project. You'll need access to a jig saw for this DIY, but don't let that intimidate you—even novice crafters can nail this one.
Get the tutorial at My Recipe Confessions.
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Burlap Bunny Table Runner
Delight your friends and family this Easter with this adorable piece for your holiday table.
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Pom Pom Bunnies Garland
These teeny bunnies may seem like a small touch, but they make an adorable statement when they're strung together.
Get the tutorial at Clean and Scentsible.
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Easter Egg Topiary
The muted hues and elegant design make this piece the perfect springtime addition for for any space in your home.
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Burlap Easter Bunny Pillow
There's no sewing required for this one thanks to handy template provided in this tutorial.
Get the tutorial at On Sutton Place.
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Jelly Bean Topiary
Give your mantel or kitchen island some springtime flair with these easy-to-make, pastel pieces.
Get the tutorial at Crafty Sisters.
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Cupcake Toppers
Leave no detail untouched! These miniature signs were made using free printables.
Get the tutorial at Yellow Bliss Road.
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Easter Egg Tree
Hang your decorated Easter eggs on a sprigs of silk flowers for a festive "tree."
Get the tutorial at Peanut Blossom.
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Rabbit Ears
It doesn't get much easier than this: A couple of old wooden spoons, some felt, and paint, and you've got two cute bunny decorations.
Get the tutorial at Hobby Craft.
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Springtime Silhouettes
Give jars a cute makeover with silhouette stickers and a coat of chalk paint. Fill them with candy, baking mix, or DIY sugar scrub for a fun hostess gift.
Get the tutorial at Happiness is Homemade.
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Door Decor
Eyelash yarn from the dollar store provides the look of grass for this adorable wreath.
Get the tutorial at The Happy Housie.
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Candy Jars
These gorgeous candy containers were created using Mason jars and ceramic figures from the dollar store.
Get the tutorial at the Passionate Penny Pincher.
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Button Egg
Use pink, purple, and teal buttons in various sizes to create this colorful springtime art.
Get the tutorial at The Cultivated Nest.
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Easy Artwork
Grab this print-at-home Easter signage for free, throw in a frame, and you're done!
Get the tutorial at Yellow Bliss Road.
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Easy Easter Centerpiece
This Easter centerpiece idea couldn't be easier to pull off—just fill a glass vase with dyed eggs and a few flowering branches from your backyard.
Get the tutorial at Home Bunch.
Make the holiday even more beautiful.