Easter Decorations

Easter Decorations: Tips on How to Prepare for the Easter Celebration

Easter is coming and it’s time to think over how you will decorate your home for the holiday this year. We have gathered a number of interesting Easter decoration ideas for your home and garden as well as some tips on how to make creative Easter eggs.

The Variants of Easter Wall Decorations

When we need to decorate our house for a certain holiday, we first of all start to think about wall decorations. There are a great number of wall décor ideas for Halloween and Christmas, but the number of possible Easter decorations is a bit lower. So, let’s see how we can decorate the walls for Easter.

Colorful Bunny Garland

We use garlands for wall décor at almost all the holidays and there are many variants of garlands for Easter home decor. For example, you can make a garland with colorful bunnies and place it on an empty wall. It also looks nice if located above the mantelpiece.

A Bunny Garland

A Bunny Garland

Bunny Silhouette Poster

The images of bunnies are must-have for Easter home decorations. There are dozens of ways how they can be presented. A cute idea is to hang a bunny silhouette poster. Such posters are available in all possible colors, but we would advise to give preference to pastel colors as they are especially good for spring time.

A Bunny Silhouette Poster

A Bunny Silhouette Poster

Funny Easter Chick Pictures

Chicks are associated with Easter not less than bunnies. That’s why, the use of their images is also widespread. As chicks are very cute animals, we offer you to use the funny posters  and humorous images of them. The cartoon chicks look especially cute but you may find some funny photos of them as well.

A Funny Chick Picture

A Funny Chick Picture

Happy Easter Posters

If you are going to have an Easter party, use some Happy Easter posters or pictures in order not to forget what you have gathered for. There are no strict rules as to the design of such a pic, it may either contain only words or be complemented with the images of eggs, chicks, bunnies and flowers.

A Happy Easter Poster

A Happy Easter Poster

Spring Flowers Print

Easter is a spring holiday and it will be great if you use some spring-related things for Easter wall decorations as well. For example, make a large print of spring flowers. They will definitely add the necessary atmosphere to the room. You may make a poster or choose a canvas print instead.

A Spring Flowers Print

A Spring Flowers Print

Easter Table Decorations

Table is the place, where all the family gathers to celebrate Easter and so, it’s important to pay attention to its décor, accessories and laying. Here are some ways of how to create a festive atmosphere on the table.

A Mossy Basket

It’s quite easy to make such an unusual basket. You just need to buy an ordinary basket and attach moss to it with the help of hot glue. Don’t forget to fill the basket with eggs, flowers or toy bunnies and chicks.

Mossy Baskets

Mossy Baskets

Egg Topiary

By placing a single topiary on the table, where you will gather with your relatives and guests, you will make the table look holiday-like even without some extra Easter decor. Such topiary is usually made of artificial plastic eggs, which you can paint and decorate to your taste, a stick, which serves as a tree trunk, a vase or pot and additional decorations, which will make the topiary original. If you don’t want to make it yourself, you can buy it.

Egg Topiary

Egg Topiary

Bunny Napkins

The use of bunny napkins is a wonderful idea for the festive table decoration. That’s very easy to make them from ordinary crisp cotton or linen napkins. The instructions of how to do that are illustrated in the picture below.

Bunny Napkins

Bunny Napkins

Egg Crate Centerpiece

Empty egg shells can serve as little vases for flowers and be used for the centerpiece décor. You just need to make a hole in an egg, empty out the yolk and white, wash an egg inside and paint the shell; however, you may also leave the shell as it is. Then, just put a flower or flowers in it and that’s it.

An Egg Crate Centerpiece

An Egg Crate Centerpiece

Polka Dotted Theme

Polka dotted design is very appropriate for the Easter table décor. It’s very spring and fresh. The combinations of light green and pink or orange/yellow/green and white colors look extremely beautiful. Use napkins and tablecloth in such a pattern and complement the design with decorating some pieces with a polka dotted ribbon.

A Polka Dotted Theme for Table Decor

A Polka Dotted Theme for Table Decor

A Fruit Centerpiece

Fruits are frequently used for home décor and as a part of centerpieces. Easter dinner is a good occasion to make a fruit centerpiece, for example, of lemons and limes.

A Fruit Centerpiece

A Fruit Centerpiece

Easter Door Decorations

The front door is the part of the house, which may state about its owner without coming inside. Here are some original diy Easter decorations for your door, which will definitely impress everyone, who approaches your porch.

Wreaths

Just like for many other holidays, wreath is a traditional way to decorate a front door for Easter. Easter wreaths are usually made from vine, plastic eggs, ribbons, toy bunnies, chicks and flowers. However, a wreath can be fully made just of one element. For example, make a wreath of colorful plastic eggs or a completely floral one.

An Egg Wreath

An Egg Wreath

A Felt Bunny

A bunny made of a felt is a very cute way to decorate the door originally. Just cut a simple bunny silhouette, stitch it and add some accessories, for example, a bunch of flowers or a small basket with eggs.

A Felt Bunny Door Decor

A Felt Bunny Door Decor

A Button Bunny

An Easter bunny for the door décor can be also made out of colorful buttons. If you have many unnecessary buttons at home, it’s a nice way to get rid of them and, at the same time, create a wonderful Easter décor. Find a wire or plastic silhouette of a bunny and attach all the buttons to it.

A Button Bunny Door Decor

A Button Bunny Door Decor

An Umbrella Décor

Instead of a wreath, you may also use an umbrella. Sounds strange, but looks very cute. Place plastic eggs, flowers, bunnies, chicks in it and finish the decoration with a colorful ribbon. If you use real flowers for such an umbrella design, it’s better to put their stems in water vials to keep them fresh longer.

An Umbrella Door Decor

An Umbrella Door Decor

Outdoor Easter Decorations

While preparing for the Easter celebration, don’t forget to add some holiday atmosphere to your yard and porch as well.

Yard Stakes

Festive yard stakes are one of the easiest Easter decorations as you just need to stick them in the ground at whatever place you want and they will add a nice look to the yard or garden. The Easter yard stakes will definitely need to be bright and colorful so that everyone sees them from afar.

An Easter Yard Stake

An Easter Yard Stake

Trees Decoration

Germans have a tradition to decorate trees and bushes with Easter eggs. Why not use such an idea for your garden? Choose a small tree or bush and attach colorful plastic eggs to it. This tradition is slightly similar to Christmas decoration when we attach colorful balls and garlands to a Christmas tree.

An Egg on a Cherry Tree Print

An Egg on a Cherry Tree Print

Easter Flags

You may also order an Easter flag for your yard. The prints, which can be used for it, are the same as the ones for posters. You may either place some lovely pictures dedicated to the holiday or to congratulate your neighbors with the holiday in such a way.

An Easter Print

An Easter Print

Interesting Designs for Easter Egg Decorating

When all the Easter decorations are ready, it’s time to think about how to decorate eggs. You can just dye them into your favorite color or make their design more complicated. If you aren’t afraid of creative work, the following egg decorating ideas are for you.

Ombre Easter Eggs

As ombre effect is in trend now, make stylish ombre eggs for Easter celebration with the help of gel or paste food coloring. Mix paint with water and vinegar. Dip an egg fully in dye and leave to dry. Then do the same but dip only ¾ of an egg and so on.

Ombre Eggs

Ombre Eggs

Mosaic Eggs

That’s very easy to create a mosaic design on an egg. You just need to take colored cracked egg pieces and glue them to the surface of an egg. You can either cover the whole egg with those pieces or make interesting patterns with them.

Mosaic Eggs

Mosaic Eggs

Watercolor Eggs

Watercolor eggs, featuring flowers and plants will be a good addition to the Easter home décor. If you have, at least, some artistic skills, try this kind of egg decoration. However, if you don’t know how to make complicated patterns, you are free to make an abstract watercolor pattern on the eggs.

Watercolor Eggs

Watercolor Eggs

Glitter Eggs

If you want to have glamorous eggs for the Easter celebration, decorate them with glitter. You may draw some patterns with glitter or just cover the whole egg with it.

Glitter Eggs

Glitter Eggs

Emoji Eggs

If you are fan of emojis, choose such a design for eggs decoration. Just paint all the eggs in yellow and draw the necessary emojis.

Emoji Eggs

Emoji Eggs

Calligraphy Eggs

Calligraphy is one more easy way to decorate eggs. After dying eggs and drying them, take a calligraphy pen and write on the eggs with the help of ink. You may write your wishes there or just words, which have to do with Easter.

Calligraphy Eggs

Calligraphy Eggs

So, we hope that our pieces of advice will help you to get into a festive spring mood and make all Easter decorations with much inspiration. Have a special Easter this year!


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