It's almost Easter, so here are a couple of ideas for decorating your home or event venue for the holiday. The key is to think spring. Tulips and daffodils are great springtime flowers for centerpieces, but bare tree branches, twigs, and blades of grass also work as creative and beautiful decor.
Use egg cups everywhere. They make great miniature vases for spring flower table centerpieces. Stack them on tiered cake trays or display stands with an assortment of small blooms inside (even fabric ones from the store look nice, or make your own flowers out of paper). Fill them with colored jelly beans or speckled candy eggs. Or use them as intended, and place a beautifully dyed hard-boiled egg in each one, with a few pieces of grass sticking out for a springtime feel.
Hang eggs. Whether real egg shells, decorated elegantly for a sophisticated party, or the colorful plastic ones, you can't be more festive than eggs for Easter. The easiest solution - hang them from tree branches outside, or have a flower vase full of a few spindly branches and hang the eggs down inside to make great centerpieces. Not only is it trendy - it's a long standing tradition in Europe. Check out these adorable egg ornaments for inspiration.
Make your own baskets. Wrap an old bucket, paint can, or tupperware container with twigs or bendy tree branches. Don't worry about perfect weaving, and let the basket look more like a handmade nest. Pussy willow and long grass blades are other great options for nest creation. Or make delicate paper baskets out of oragami paper, scrapbook paper, or lace doilies. These are great for displaying candies or other small items. You can even use paper grocery bags to make miniature baskets. Place a small mason jar or shot glass inside for a miniature centerpiece at each table setting. Another easy idea is to purchase pastel-colored baking cups. You can set them out on tables as is with collections of jelly beans or Easter-colored M&Ms inside, or decorate the baking cups with paper flower petals to amp the "cute factor" up even higher. ;)
Finally, if you're looking for unique new ideas for dyeing and decorating Easter eggs, Martha Stewart has some really great ideas:
Make miniature egg sculptures by decorating them with felt and pipe cleaners to make little animals
Wrap eggs in elegant oragami paper
Spray paint eggs silver
Happy Easter!
Use egg cups everywhere. They make great miniature vases for spring flower table centerpieces. Stack them on tiered cake trays or display stands with an assortment of small blooms inside (even fabric ones from the store look nice, or make your own flowers out of paper). Fill them with colored jelly beans or speckled candy eggs. Or use them as intended, and place a beautifully dyed hard-boiled egg in each one, with a few pieces of grass sticking out for a springtime feel.
Hang eggs. Whether real egg shells, decorated elegantly for a sophisticated party, or the colorful plastic ones, you can't be more festive than eggs for Easter. The easiest solution - hang them from tree branches outside, or have a flower vase full of a few spindly branches and hang the eggs down inside to make great centerpieces. Not only is it trendy - it's a long standing tradition in Europe. Check out these adorable egg ornaments for inspiration.
Make your own baskets. Wrap an old bucket, paint can, or tupperware container with twigs or bendy tree branches. Don't worry about perfect weaving, and let the basket look more like a handmade nest. Pussy willow and long grass blades are other great options for nest creation. Or make delicate paper baskets out of oragami paper, scrapbook paper, or lace doilies. These are great for displaying candies or other small items. You can even use paper grocery bags to make miniature baskets. Place a small mason jar or shot glass inside for a miniature centerpiece at each table setting. Another easy idea is to purchase pastel-colored baking cups. You can set them out on tables as is with collections of jelly beans or Easter-colored M&Ms inside, or decorate the baking cups with paper flower petals to amp the "cute factor" up even higher. ;)
Finally, if you're looking for unique new ideas for dyeing and decorating Easter eggs, Martha Stewart has some really great ideas:
Make miniature egg sculptures by decorating them with felt and pipe cleaners to make little animals
Wrap eggs in elegant oragami paper
Spray paint eggs silver
Happy Easter!
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