Easter is almost here. And while we like to keep the focus on spending time with family after church and preparing a few time-honored recipes for Easter dinner, a well-placed decoration or two can really make the day special. Enter these charming Easter decorating ideas for every area of your home, from the front porch to the table.
Welcome guests outside with a chalkboard sign or a DIY spring wreath on the door. Inside, treat them to a visual feast of cheerful Easter colors, a simple but stunning floral arrangement, or cute Easter crafts. Hang a homespun garland across the mantel or buffet, and transform mason jars into pastel vases or candy vessels. For the showstopper, put up a traditional egg tree or, if you are a baker extraordinaire, try your hand at a beautiful Easter cake.
You don’t have to do it all—just choose a few projects you love. Some of these Easter decorating ideas are as simple as layering vintage tablecloths for a rustic country look or mix-and-matching charming floral dinnerware you’ve collected at antiques shops over the years. Even if you just take 10 minutes to transform your napkins into pink-nosed bunnies (see number three on this list), it will make the table look so special. After all, decorating for Easter Sunday should be easy and fun—and the spring sunshine streaming through the windows will go a long way without you doing any work at all.
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Easter Dogwood Door Décor
Start your Easter decorating at the front door with this idea. Representing new life and hope, these flowering branches start blossoming in early spring. Dogwood flowers hold a special symbolism at Easter too: The four petals form a cross, while the indentations in the petals are said to stand for the nails that pierced Jesus's hands and feet.
To make: Gather a cluster in a vintage fishing creel (lined with plastic and filled with a wet floral foam base, or alternatively a coir-based Oshun Pouch, to keep pieces secure).
2
Carrot Patch Cupcakes
This sweet idea doubles as an Easter table decoration and dessert!
Get the recipe for Carrot Patch Cupcakes.
3
Bunny Napkins
Cute as a pink button nose, these bunny napkins can be assembled in 10 minutes flat and will add so much charm to your Easter table.
To make: Paint small wooden craft beads pink, allow to dry completely. Fold a napkin in half, corner to corner, then roll up, starting from the point. Fold the rolled napkin into a U-shape. Loop a length of raffia around the napkin and through the craft bead. Fray raffia to create whiskers.
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4
Easter Egg Tree
The German tradition of decorating trees for Easter dates back centuries. To make this version, fill a tea tin with floral foam and insert blooming branches (here, dogwood). Hang dyed blown or painted wooden eggs using a length of ribbon looped around the egg and held in place with a wooden craft bead.
RELATED: DIY Easter Tree Ideas to Dress Up Your Holiday Table
5
Easter Basket with Frilly Flair
Give a tired Easter basket the Sunday-best treatment by adding a trio of fabric ruffles.
RELATED: Best DIY Easter Basket Ideas for Babies, Kids, and Adults
6
Mossy Nest Wreath
Adorn the door with this in-season beauty.
To make: Wrap a wire wreath form in ribbon and loop an additional piece around the top for hanging. Attach tart tins, moss, and quail eggs with hot-glue.
RELATED: DIY Easter Wreaths You'll Want to Keep on Your Front Door All Spring
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DIY Candy Stands
Serve seasonal candy and cookies on DIY pedestals.
To make: Set decorative plates or shallow bowls on overturned (or upright) footed dishes, candlesticks, or sugar bowls. Use museum wax to hold the pieces together.
8
Fabric Carrot Garland
Transform orange fabric scraps (or even flannel shirts) into seasonal swag. This homespun Easter decorating idea is "sew" easy with our template and instructions. Here, the garland adorns a farmhouse-style buffet topped with potted daffodils, white tulips, a topiary, and a basket of farm eggs.
Get the tutorial and template for Carrot Garland.
9
"Cute as a Button" Easter Eggs
Head the the sewing basket and grab the spare buttons to create these jewel-like beauties.
To make: Start by dying eggs the same colors as the buttons. Once dry, hot-glue buttons to the eggs, either covering completely or in a center band.
RELATED: Our Best Easter Egg Decorating Ideas
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10
Blooming Baskets
Forced spring bulbs, such as petite-petaled paperwhites, bring spring indoors. For this Easter decorating idea, layer pebbles in the bottom of a lined vintage basket of any shape or size, nestling in a few bulbs, then topping with moss. You can also try this idea with daffodil or hyacinth bulbs.
11
Candlestick Easter Egg Display
Place decorative eggs in a mix of sizes and colors on vintage brass or glass candlesticks to create a festive sideboard display. Keep eggs secured using museum wax.
12
Brass Bunny Tablescape
Create a welcoming fluffle (that’s the name of a group of rabbits!) by anchoring placecards under the paws of small brass bunnies. For added appeal, create a “rabbit runner” down the length of the table.
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13
Radish Easter 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.
14
Parsnip and 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.
15
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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Flower 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.
17
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 place card holders; simply tie a card to each handle.
18
Pom-Pom Easter 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 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 Cotton 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.
20
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.
Charlyne Mattox
Food and Crafts Director
Charlyne Mattox is Food and Crafts Director for Country Living.
