40 Quick and Easy Easter Decorations You Can Make Today
Catch spring fever with our quick and easy Easter decorating ideas for your home. We have an array of fun and colorful DIY spring decorations that you'll be sure to love, from Easter mantel decor to kid-friendly crafts.
Gorgeous Fresh Flower Wreath
This floral spring wreath showcases the beauty of a few bold blooms. Perfect for an Easter brunch, this DIY wreath is made with fresh greenery and assorted seasonal flowers. Make it and hang it on the day of your meal.
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DIY Easter Tree
You heard it here first: Easter trees are this spring's hottest decor trend. Make your own with a vase full of twigs or branches (we spray-painted ours pink!) and hang decorated Easter eggs from them for a festive holiday display.
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Easter Bunny Banner
Make a pretty Easter bunny door decoration from a plain piece of canvas fabric. Once you've cut your banner shape, this DIY banner is as easy as painting on a bunny and adding a bright yarn pom-pom tail. Hop to it!Â
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Easter Centerpiece Tray
You'll have this Easter DIY project ready in a snap! Fill a tray with moss and votive candles. Finish the display with a bunny figure (or chocolate bunny), candies, and decorated eggs. Easter table decor doesn't get easier than this!
Related: How to Make a Centerpiece Tray
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Spring Tulip Wreath
Make your own gorgeous spring wreath with bunches of faux tulips. Wrap a wire wreath form with wide ribbon, then tuck bunches of small faux tulips into the ribbon folds. We made ours on an 18-inch wreath form but you can use a smaller wreath to cut down on costs. Faux flowers can be expensive, so watch for sales and stock up on tulip bundles throughout the year so you'll be ready to create this outdoor Easter decoration in the spring.
Related: How to Make a Tulip Wreath
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Vintage Easter Decor
These Easter eggs are gorgeous—and you won't believe how easy they are to create. Incorporate this vintage look into your DIY spring decor by applying temporary tattoos to dyed eggs, and display them with a variety of other colored and patterned eggs. See our other vintage Easter decor ideas for even more classic inspiration.
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Cracked Easter Eggs
These hanging Easter eggs are the perfect place to display small figurines, trinkets, or holiday ornaments. We found the cracked paper mache eggs at the craft store and painted them with chalk paint. We chose different colors for the inside and outside of each egg, then filled the eggs with faux gold grass and foil-covered chocolate eggs once the paint dried. Display the finished Easter egg decorations on cut branches.Â
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Floral Chandelier
Make your Easter home decor extra special this year with a fresh flower chandelier. Strands of cut flowers and greenery add a whimsical touch when hung above your dining room table.
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Easter Egg Garland
Decorate a staircase or transform an Easter mantel with this easy egg garland. To make it, string colorful blown-out eggs onto string or ribbon. It is fragile, but with careful storage you'll be able to display it for years to come.
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Crepe Paper Carrot Garland
Make a gorgeous DIY Easter garland that's perfect for decorating a brunch setup. We used decoupage and paper streamers to make the crepe paper carrots—we love how easy (and cheap) they are! Hang this Easter craft for adults above the buffet table when you host the ultimate brunch.
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Plastic Easter Egg Wreath
If you have old plastic eggs bouncing around your holiday decor bins, put them to good use. Use patterned napkins and decoupage to transform ordinary plastic eggs into a colorful Easter door decoration. We used a variety of colors and patterns for a rainbow display, but you can use monochromatic packs of napkins for a more cohesive look.
Related: How to Make an Easter Egg Wreath
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Pretty Spring Wreath
Make this sugared citrus fruit wreath that'll last all season long, or swap in Easter eggs for the fruit to create a stunning Easter decor piece. To make it, use decoupage to cover the eggs in translucent glitter. When they're dry, attach the eggs and some faux greenery to a plain grapevine wreath.
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Washi Tape Easter Eggs
This pretty spring decorating idea is seriously easy—and inexpensive! Grab a set of ceramic eggs (in crafts supply stores or online) and cover them with strips of patterned washi tape before displaying them in ceramic egg cups. Your handmade Easter decorations will be done in minutes, and it's easy to change up the look; just remove the tape and start over!
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Simple Centerpiece
This DIY Easter centerpiece is all about the colors of spring. It's as easy as placing small arrangements of spring flowers on a white tray. Look for colorful blooms like tulips or hyacinths. Fill in spaces with dyed eggs and you're done!
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Silk Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs
Our favorite Easter decorating hack is using dyed eggs as decor. If you're already decorating eggs with friends or family, just add a few of them to a plate to create a pretty display. These DIY silk tie Easter eggs are one of our favorite crafts for adults. Plus, we love how easy it is to customize them to your existing decor!
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Tiered Easter Egg Display
Tiered serving stands aren't just for desserts! Create a fun Easter centerpiece with faux nests and colorful dyed eggs. Simply stack them on a cake or serving stand and add fresh flowers or greenery.
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Bunny Wreath
Make your own bunny-shape wreath form by shopping the Valentine's Day aisles a few months before. Stack a plain grapevine wreath over a heart-shape wreath form and wire them together. Then, use hot glue to attach faux flowers and greenery to the circular wreath. When Easter is over, you can unwire the heart wreath and display the floral wreath for summer.
Related: Learn How to Make a Bunny Wreath
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Printable Easter Sign
How fun is this printable sign? Use our free download to make a yard sign to welcome guests to brunch. This cheap Easter decoration makes an adorable start to a family Easter egg hunt, too.
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Colorful Easter Egg Display
This Easter home decor idea can be used as a pretty spring centerpiece or an accent decoration elsewhere in your home—and it's so easy to make. Spray-paint ceramic eggs in colors that match your home's decor (or save time by purchasing colored ceramic eggs) and add the eggs to a glass jar or bowl.
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Fresh Cut Flowers
These bright purple Easter flower arrangements prove sometimes simple is best. Showcase the bounty of spring with a trio of cut blooms in simple vases. Look for early spring flowers like hyacinths, anemones, and irises.
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Tulip Carrot Wreath
This carrot-shape tulip wreath is so pretty, the Easter bunny might eat it right off your front door! The project may look complicated, but you can have it hanging on the front door in under an hour. All you have to do is gather small bundles of faux orange tulips and wire them together. Then, layer the bundles in rows to form an upside down triangle shape and wire each one into place as you go. When you're done, add a few sprigs of faux greenery and a pretty plaid bow.
Related: Make a Tulip Carrot WreathÂ
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Rice Shaken Easter Eggs
Set out a basket of decorated eggs for friends and family to admire. All you need for this spring decorating idea is a pretty basket, faux grass, and a few colored eggs. If you're looking for a quick egg decorating project, these rice-dyed Easter eggs couldn't be easier.
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Colorful Kokedama
Bring the outside in with a free-form hanging moss planter. Perfect for spring, this handmade Easter decoration lasts throughout the season. Fill your kokedama with fresh violas and hang it above your Easter table.
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Fabric-Wrapped Spring Containers
Welcome spring with pretty pails dressed up to fit spring plants or to serve as your DIY Easter baskets. To determine how much fabric you'll need, wrap fabric around the container, allowing extra fabric on all edges; trim. Cut openings for the handle. Fold under all edges to get a smooth look. Spread decoupage across the pail, place trimmed fabric atop the decoupage, and smooth. Apply a second coat of decoupage atop the fabric while working your way around the container.
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Easter-Inspired Fabric Garland
Carrots with their frilly greens still attached add a dose of spring sunshine to your Easter centerpiece. Pair with yellow and orange ranunculus and tulips, or other spring flowers.Wash carrots thoroughly (but don't peel) before arranging to keep the water clean.
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Easter Picture Display
Use adorable stickers to amp up your everyday family photos for a cute and creative Easter bunny decoration. Simply stick bunny ears and mouths on the glass front of your favorite pics. For a little extra fun, tell the kids that the bunny did it!
Editor's Tip: If stickers don't come in the right sizes, use construction paper and tape to make your family all-ears.
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Hanging Easter Egg Decoration
A bundle of pastel Easter eggs works as a festive decoration for your front door. Wrap plastic foam egg shapes with crepe paper, and attach the ends with glue or a small straight pin. Add yellow ribbon, secured with small straight pins, and leave a long end for tying. Gather the eggs at various lengths and tie the ribbons together. Finish with a pretty bow, and hang the decoration from a removable adhesive hook or wreath hanger.
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Living Spring Wreath
Celebrate the season with a handmade Easter wreath that showcases the beauty of spring flowers. Fill your wreath with an assortment of small flowering plants like violas and pansies. Display this living spring wreath on your front door or fence.
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Paint-Chip Easter Egg Art
This pretty Easter artwork can be made with free paint-chip samples from home improvement stores. Have kids pick out a variety of colors to use, then cut them out using a cookie cutter. Attach the paint-chip eggs to a 12x12-inch piece of scrapbook paper with adhesive foam dots. Frame the paper and hang for an easy Easter decoration.
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Easter Chick Display
Set out our creative egg and chick project for a fun DIY Easter decoration. To make, start by gluing together two yellow pom-poms for the chick. Add a face and feet using felt and fabric paint. Insert the chick into a pre-stretched balloon; blow up to desired size. Knot the balloon and spray with cooking spray. Dip colorful string in white glue and wrap coated string around balloon, adding crisscrossing strands as you go (make sure gaps are no larger than the chick). Let string dry; pop balloon and remove it.
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Yellow Daisy Candleholders
Easter decorations aren't just eggs and bunnies. For this pretty table display, wrap a rubber band around a votive holder and tuck in a bright marguerite daisy, then place in a small dish with water. March a line of these down the center of a table or place one at each setting.
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Framed Paper Easter Bunnies
Need some Easter decorating ideas? How about these oh-so-easy framed bunnies. All you need is 6-inch-square window boxes, fabric, scrapbook paper, and a bunny cookie cutter. Trace the cookie cutter onto various colors of paper; cut out. Use adhesive to secure cutouts to 6-inch squares of patterned fabric, and set the fabric squares in each window box.
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Easter Egg Embroidery Art
Simple embroidery patterns make this colorful Easter egg decoration a breeze. Print our free pattern or design your own egg! Put a 12-inch-square piece of thin white fabric over the pattern, and use a pencil to lightly transfer the design. Center the fabric on the inner embroidery hoop, and secure the outer hoop over it. Trim the excess fabric with scissors, and hot-glue to the inside of the inner hoop. Now you're ready to stitch your egg design! Stitch the border of the egg first then follow with the egg details (this is so you can tie each end to the border). When you're finished stitching, tie a bow on top of the hoop to conceal the screw and hang.
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Easter Branch Bouquet
Hot-glue several pink flowers onto branches for a fresh look. This is a great, long-lasting alternative to a floral spring arrangement or a complementary piece.
Editor's Tip: To secure the vase—and to make it more festive—fill with glass pebbles, decorated eggs, or Easter candy (just don't plan on eating it).
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Potted Plant Display
Nothing blooming outside yet? Create a garden view with this improvised indoor window box. Line up small potted plants or flowering bulbs on a sill, then fence them in with wire garden-bed edging propped on the sill or stapled to the underside.
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Framed Easter Postcard
Turn a simple postcard into seasonally sweet artwork. Look for vintage Easter postcards at flea markets or find reproductions at bookstores. Adhere them to decorative paper, then frame. Attach a ribbon or a string of beads to hang them with style.
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Tea Time Flower Display
Red tulips and white roses are awe-inspiring inside a stacked cup and kettle. Using two different colors adds interest, while the matching green dishes keep the display cohesive.
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Simple Easter Mantel Display
Cut plant sprigs and place them in vases and bottles for a simple mantel display that you can keep up throughout spring.
Editor's Tip: Choose vases of various sizes and colors to create an interesting arrangement.
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Flower Easter Cups
Form a flower-like favor by nesting a mini paper baking cup inside a standard-size one. Perch both on an eggcup and fill with an Easter treat. For a place card, prop a tag between the liners.
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Flowers-and-Vegetables Display
Carrots and lettuce leaves arranged around the inside of the wide vases create a textured and festive look. Keep the vegetables propped up by placing a smaller vase inside the larger one and laying the vegetables in between. Wrap string around the vases for a homespun accent.