DIY decoration ideas for Easter
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Easter wrapping
Bigger Easter chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies and chicks are put in the traditional Easter basket which can be a table centerpiece after „finding” it, independently the fact that some chocolates are already tasted. Smaller chocolate eggs, dragées, candies can be purchased in less decorative bags which can’t be re-closed after opening. These can be decorations also with some creative ideas.
Choose an Easter patterned fabric. Sew a small sack from a simple rectangular piece which mouth can be narrowed with a sewn ribbon. Just like a gym bag. If there is only a plain fabric, for example a bunny can be drawn on it with a marker or textile paint. The candies should be refilled to it from the plastic bag. It will be easier to handle, and the candy content is an additional surprise.
A threaded glass jar is perfect for this purpose. Paint it with a color suitable to the occasion and cover its lid with fabric. It can be decorated with a cotton wool bunny tail glued to it and card board ears glued on the lid.
Let’s make funnels from thicker orange papers – just simply roll them. The longer part on the top should be folded back as a lid. This part should be pinned and strings made of green crepe paper or yarn can be crossed out the hole and knotted. Glue the lid after filling it. A whole carrot-basket can be made of them in which a chocolate bunny can sit.
A simple brown, folded paper bag could be cut in the middle of the opening side to get a curved V-shape. Knot it just under the cut with a nice ribbon after filling it. Glue a cotton wool tail on one side of it. The bunny-shaped sack is ready.
Draw eyes with a marker on a disposable white plastic cup. Two circlets made of fabric could be glued under them and a pink cotton wool glued between the circlets. Whiskers should be drawn with a marker as the addition to the bunny head. Ears made of card board or felt could be fixed to the edge of the cup. After filling it with sweets, close it with a fitting jar lid, upside down.
Ask for help of an interior designer for further ideas.
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Easter basket
We prepare for Easter again. Easter eggs deserve a proper „nest” which fits for classic style. But instead of the simple hand-basket, let’s seek for a unique one which could be the ornament of the decoration.
For example, antique fruit bowls made of copper/silver are perfect for this purpose. If real grass is put in it, line it with a thick paper before. It is tubby enough for the eggs sitting in.
The glass punch bowl – depends on the size – is also a good choice. If it is made of cut or lead glass, it gives additional shine as part of the decoration.
Porcelain cake stand is an elegant solution. Commonly it has only a thin edge, so rolling of the eggs has to be prevented. If no (faux)grass is put under them, they should be surrounded with flower heads for example, but Easter eggs can be piled even in the middle of a round cake.
Using a bigger buckled jar is a good solution for rustic or vintage style. Just fill it as you like. Small color bucket, wooden bowl or flower pot (even painted) fit for this surrounding also.
If there is only a hand-basket at home, it can be made unique also. Paint the basket in gold or silver color, decorate it with a fitting silk bow and color the eggs with glittering paint also. It’s a more natural solution to cover the whole basket with moss which has the effect as if the eggs were hidden outdoor.
Many other objects found at home could be transformed to an egg-nest. Ask for help of an interior designer to plan the center decoration piece fitting for classic style.
Door wreaths 5.
Old postcards 1.
Easter eggs
Painting Easter eggs has a long tradition. Beyond the paints that can be brushed, there are pulver-state, water-soluble, so-called egg paints available. Let’s be creative! Our classic style home can be decorated lots of ways for the holydays.
Let’s use silk bands, stripes can be attached in different directions to the egg using glue. It’s not necessary to cover the whole surface. With its moderated shine, silk provides an elegant look to our Easter egg.
Lace also can be the material. Wide or narrow stripes are good as well, but a smaller, round cloth also can be used. This later can be sewed with similar color thread at the top of the egg. Attaching a ribbon, it can be hanged. Small pearl buttons can be fixed on it in any pattern. Perfect solution for vintage style.
Luxury effect can be reached using gold or silver smoke foil. Coat the egg’s surface with decoupage glue and fit the foil with a soft brush carefully. The texture will be even more interesting, if the gilding is not continuous, but covers the egg in patches. The egg should be painted to a bright color before. If we like shiny result, small pearls or glitter can be poured into the pattern painted from liquid glue.
If we would like to purchase the decoration instead of making it, there are eggs made of glass, gems, or porcelain available. These are perfectly fit into a classic interior. For the sake of children, don’t forget the pastel coloured, egg shaped candies, which can be served in an elegant glass tray to decorate the table itself.
Ask for help from an interior designer to prepare the perfect decoration harmonizing your home.
Easter preparations
Easter arrives soon. People usually decorate their homes for the holiday. What can we do if we have a classic style home and we would like to emphasize this elegance in the decoration as well?
Best solution are cut and potted flowers. Feel free to use the gifts of spring for decoration purposes: muscari, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths. Pots should be covered by fabric or paper harmonizing in color with the flower, or fits to the furniture with its classic pattern. Attach it with a bow tied silk ribbon even decorated with crystal pendant. Put smaller pots on the window sill, the mantel, the side of the coffe table or the unused space near the entrance on the floor.
Cut flowers, bud / flower branches, catkin should be inserted in decorative vase, which can be made of crystal or porcelain – which best fits to the room. Let’s tie brightly colored silk ribbons and white lace tapes to the branches, let’s hang egg-shaped gems on them, that can be selected by shape and color in the shop dealing with minerals. By this, we can produce a delicate view at low cost. A greater bouquet should be placed in the middle of the table, and in line with it, some shorter flowers along the whole size of the table. Not only vases can be used for this, but crystal glasses, smaller dishes only for flower blossoms, or even a jar covered by silk fabric. Under white plates, dish pads can be placed from flower patterned fabric, instead of napkin rings, flowers can be tied on textile napkins.
Table should be covered by white damask tablecloth, even with flower patterned. On this, some antique porcelain decorations can be placed that are associated to Easter: rabbit, egg, flower, bird, etc. Candles are also preferable. On a flat dish, colorful small cakes, decorated muffins and marzipan flowers can be served.
A professional interior designer can help to plan and realize the decoration best fitting to the home in a consultation taking 1-2 hours.