Easy DIY Easter Crafts and Decorations

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Easter Egg Wreath

This rainbow Easter egg wreath is the perfect craft to use as decoration in your living room or to brighten up your front door. To make it, cut 1⁄4-inch and 3/8-inch strips of colorful tissue paper.  Use glue stick to adhere thinner strips to smaller Styrofoam eggs and thicker strips to larger eggs. Wrap tissue paper around egg lengthwise, then apply second strip horizontally.

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Saguaro Cactus Easter Egg

This cute craft has a cactus motif that's right on trend.  When you're done painting it, "plant" it in a terra cotta pot for totally Instagrammable decor when you're done.

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Cake Stand Centerpiece

After the kids (and adults!) decorate their Easter eggs, show them off with this elegant DIY cake stand.  To make it, place a mix of decorated eggs and bundles of flowers in egg cups on each level for a sweet and simple display.

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Hanging Egg Centerpiece

Use a craft knife to cut a 2" x 2" oval into 4" eggs. Apply one to two coats of paint to the 4" and 2" eggs; let dry. Stuff 4" eggs with tissue paper, then place all eggs inside cardboard box.  In small bowl, mix a few drops of water with a dollop of paint, then dip the toothbrush bristles in and use your thumb to fleck the paint onto the eggs to create speckles.

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Golden Eggs

Dye or paint eggs; let dry completely. Use a foam brush to paint abstract splotches of glue from the Mona Lisa Metal Leaf Starter Kit on the eggs; let dry according to package instructions. Apply the gold leaf from the kit to the sticky areas (the glue is tacky when it dries) and smooth down with your fingers. Use a stiff-bristled brush to sweep away any gold leaf around the egg where there was no adhesive.

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Monogram Egg Centerpiece

This simple, sophisticated place setting is a creative way of telling people where their seat is while also matching your utensils and making sure your decorations match the holiday. Stick on a letter, spray paint the egg, and then peel the letter off. That's it!

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Ribbon Place Setting

Jazz up your Easter brunch with some lovely ribbon centerpieces that are easy to make but will make a big statement on your table.  Simply tie as you wish in a coordinating or contrasting color. Voila!

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Ombré Easter Eggs

You can create this dramatic display with just two 0.25-ounce vials of blue dye you may already have in the kitchen. Set out six 12-ounce glasses, labeled A through F. Add one cup of boiling water and two teaspoons of white vinegar to each and stir, using a separate spoon for each glass. Then, mix in the color as follows: A, two drops; B, six drops; C, 10 drops; D, 20 drops; E, 45 drops; F, 60 drops.

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Easter Egg  Tree

Gather sturdy branches — flowering quince, pussy willow, cherry blossom, magnolia, dogwood, or forsythia — and place them in a heavy vase. Round up a dozen or so blown-out eggs or faux craft eggs.  One by one, attach a 20" piece of thin ribbon to the bottom of the egg to the midpoint of the ribbon.  Once dry, tie the eggs onto the branches and trim excess ribbon.

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DIY Paper Flowers

Upcycle cupcake liners into flowers with this fun and easy craft. First, fold dyed cupcake liners (or use colored ones) in half and cut out petal and fringe shapes. Then fold a piece of floral wire in half and twist around the faux flower stamen. Poke the wire through the center of three to four paper liners. Finish it off by wrapping floral tape around the base of the liners and continue to wrap down the "stem.

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Speckled  Eggs

These cute speckled eggs look like actual bird eggs, and they're fun to make... as long as you're not afraid to make a bit of a mess. Use a toothbrush to flick watered-down acrylic paint across (dry) spray-painted plastic eggs.

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Animal  Critter

In need of an Easter brunch centerpiece? Grab the kids and have them help you make this adorable ensemble that doubles as table decor. Dye hardboiled eggs green, pink, orange, and yellow. Print templates of the animals’ features. Print out on corresponding colored paper and cut. Attach features using craft glue.

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Easter Egg Buddies

Get your fine-tip markers out — these adorable egg buddies are a great way to decorate your Easter table. Give them a sweet face or a goofy one — just have fun with it! Add wire or popsicle ears for an extra touch of pizazz.

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Dipped Herb Silhouettes

Gather herbs like sage, thyme, and parsley and snip them into small sprigs. Lightly paint the backs of herbs with egg white and let set 10 minutes. While herbs dry, cut a nylon stocking into 5-inch tubes. Place a prepared herb onto an egg and carefully tie the nylon around both ends so the herb stays put.  Submerge egg in dye. Remove and blot dry with paper towels before removing nylon, then slowly peel off herb.

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Cute and Colorful Easter Eggs

Turn a bushel basket into a cheery catchall for Easter loot by adding a few bright stripes of paint and a pair of homemade pompoms.  Add colorful Easter eggs inspired by chicks and cute characters for some extra festive flair.

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Easter Bunny Ears

These bunny ears might be for Easter, but your kid will want to s them for dress up time year round. To make one of these kid-friendly accessories, you'll need a child-size headband and 11⁄2 yards of 1⁄2-inch-wide double- fold bias tape.

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Monogram  Eggs

Save a trip to the store by making your own place cards for the big Easter feast this year. Get the look by using 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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DIY Stem  Straws

Add a little touch of nature with these adorable flowers for straws. They'll take your Easter brunch drinks to the next level. Just cut dogwood-shaped flowers from watercolor paper and decorate the edges with watercolor pens. Then, punch a hole in the center of the flower, and slip the straw through the hole.

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Pretty  Pots

Push flower cookies into painted terra cotta planters that are filled with fresh wheatgrass. Adhere letter stickers to the sides of two pots to spell Happy Easter. Apply one to two coats of acrylic paint to the pot, plus inside the top rim; let dry about one hour.  Carefully peel away the letter stickers and discard. If needed clean up the edges of the letters with a craft knife.

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Flowers by the Dozen Centerpiece

To make this centerpiece, empty eggs by carefully cracking a small hole (about ¾" across) in the pointy end of each egg; rinse out. Choose to dye the eggshells, decorate them or leave them plain.  Place eggshells in a ceramic egg crate, or the bottom half of a cardboard or clear plastic egg carton. Then, fill each halfway with water and stick in cut flowers.

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Eggshell  Garland

This colorful egg-shell garland is an Easter party must-have. Plus, it's so easy to make! Hot-glue ribbon around the outside of clean shells with the tops cracked off. Then place a wet piece of floral foam inside each and push in a few short stems. Hang a handful along a string in front of a blank wall or window.

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DIY Floral Favor Boxes

Send your guests home with some homemade treats, and use these decorative flowers to make the boxes extra special. Top a small box with dogwood flowers cut from watercolor paper and decorated with watercolor pens. Hot-glue tiny pieces of green pipe cleaner to the centers, then cut leaves from green paper and hot-glue them to the bottoms of the flowers. 

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Bunny Window Shade

These subtle and adorable window shades are the perfect way to add some Easter charm to your home. First, measure the width of the window where the shade will hang. Then, at equally spaced intervals, lightly trace with a pencil the outline of a bunny-shaped cookie cutter. Freehand, draw tall blades of grass between each bunny. Finally, to create a channel for the curtain rod, fold over the top edge of the shade and secure with tape.

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Ribbon  Runner

Arrange ribbons in your chosen palette along the dining table, trimming them so that about one foot hangs over either end of the table.  Pieces of double-stick tape keep ribbons in place.

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