Mini nests, bunny hoop art, eggs galore -- these easy DIY Easter crafts starring simple, colorful supplies will brighten your home in no time. Hop to it and get crafting!
Embroidery hoops aren't just for needlepoint. Dawn used a mix textures and small, medium, and large embroidery hoops as the foundation for her Easter decor. She crafts three distinct looks: an open hoop with painted wood eggs and moss; a canvas hoop with bright bunny backsides; and a burlap hoop with pom-poms and a bunny silhouette. To make this project even easier, trace her bunny templates onto foam sheets, then cut them out to use as stamps. Prop the finished embroidery hoops on a mantel, bookshelf, or string them up on a wall for easy viewing.
Photo: Dawn Wade
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A paper shredder is the secret tool behind these perfectly fringed nests. Parents used partially shredded flattened paper lunch bags to make the nest shapes, then filled each nest with even more shredded bags before laying faux eggs on top. Group the shredded nests on a tabletop for an easy, inexpensive Easter centerpiece with loads of texture.
Photo: Dane Tashima for Parents
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Whitewashed wood trays filled with wheat grass and cut blooms (Women's Day hid stems in mini vases of water among the wheat grass) quickly turn a tabletop into a lush meadow. For an extra pop of color, nestle a few dyed or plastic eggs into the arrangement -- they can be part of an Easter egg hunt following the meal!
Photo: Alexandra Rowley for Women's Day
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Haeley from Design Improvised and her little ones turned plastic confetti eggs, painted ceramic egg ornaments, and a vaseful of branches into a one-of-a-kind Easter tree. For a fun twist on her idea, trade the ceramic eggs for these Magic Color Scratch Egg Ornaments and let both kids and adults marvel at their black-and-neon scratch-off creations!
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Resolving to be the hostess with the mostess this Easter? Plain fabric napkins become spring-perfect works of art for your Easter tabletop thanks to a few wallet-friendly craft supplies and a simple tutorial from Sarah Hearts. To make, print Sarah's leaf stencil onto cardstock, then cut it out with a utility knife. Set the stencil on top of your napkin and fill in the leaf shape with white paint. Remove the stencil, let dry, then let the compliments roll in over family brunch.
Photo: Sarah Hearts
The beauty of this trendy Easter basket by Amy from Delineate Your Dwelling is that it's easy to repurpose beyond the holiday. Use her twist-around-a-pencil technique to make your own embroidery thread tassels (yarn works, too!) to hot-glue along the handle of a purchased rope basket. Fill it with no-mess tissue paper grass and colorful or metallic Easter eggs to coordinate with your tassels, and your masterpiece is complete!
Photo: Delineate Your Dwelling
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If you've ever found yourself intimidated by a DIY wall vase project, Amy from This Heart of Mine Blog has a simplified version you'll love. She used polymer clay and gold foil to construct these egg-shaped wall vases that look worthy of an art gallery when strung up with satin ribbon. Go for the gold (and white) palette like Amy, or change up your clay color to make your pocket vases look like colorful eggs.
Photo: This Heart of Mine Blog for Design Mom
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Give your entry some festive flair! Rather than disguise the metal frame for this DIY floral wreath, Sara and Melissa from Alice and Lois made it a focal point. They spray painted a metal wreath frame gold before gluing on bunches of colorful ranunculus made from spiral felt sheets.
Photo: Alice and Lois
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If the holidays were too hectic to whip up a wow-worthy gingerbread house, Easter is your time to shine. Lovely Indeed designed an adorable gingerbread house with a spring-perfect twist. Start with a gingerbread kit or graham crackers to form the structure of the house. Cut home and garden features like tree tops and a front door from colorful cardstock, then use Glue Dots to stick in place. Now for the best part: add candy! Use an assortment of pastel-colored M&Ms on the rooftop, windows, and grass, then mix various candies for the walkway. Design an Easter bunny house as a family, or turn it into a friendly competition. May the best house win!
Photo: Lovely Indeed
Dawn combined glitter and foil to give painted ceramic eggs a glitzy, dressed-up look. To make, use Washi tape to block off a portion of your egg to coat with acrylic paint. The brighter, the better! Let dry, then reposition the Washi tape to overlap with the painted ege. Cover with gold paint, let dry, then apply a layer of Mod Podge. Next, add gold leaf or glitter (or both!) while the Mod Podge is still wet. Seal with a final coat of Mod Podge, then fill with candy for an egg-xtra special gift.
Photo: Dawn Wade
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Krys from the blog Melodrama recreated a favorite Easter craft from her childhood, sugar string egg baskets, the good old-fashioned way: with a homemade sugar glue and a few simple supplies! To make, inflate a balloon, wrap with yarn, and cover with a mixture of a warm sugar and water. Let the balloon dry, then pop it with a pin. Use a pair of scissors to cut a circular opening, then fill the "basket" with multicolor Easter grass and a chocolate candy rabbit. Top your creation with a pink satin bow for extra sweetness!
Photo: Melodrama
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If you're looking for an excuse to host an Easter-themed brunch or chic springtime soiree, these DIY glass charms are the perfect prompt. Colorful enamel bunny charms look great on bracelets, but they're even cuter as glass identifiers! To make, Carrie from Dream Green DIY strung metal crimp beads onto a metal wine glass charm ring. Next, she looped the bunny charms onto large metal jumprings and added them to the beaded charm ring before slipping around the glass base. The project is so simple, you could even turn it into a cocktail crafternoon. Grab some friends and get hopping!
Photo: Dream Green DIY
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