Egg-citing Easter ideas
Celebrate a family Easter the fun way with our selection of crafty tips
1 Make use of spring flowers
After all those dreary winter months, the appearance of sunshine, da odils and cherry blossom puts a spring in everyone’s step. So what better way to boost your mood by incorporating them into your house this spring.
2 Reinevent the traditional Easter Egg
Eggs don’t all have to be eaten! Get creative with your designs and use paper mache, découpage or real eggs painted in pastel shades. Display them in upcycled egg cartons and decorate with paper frills and flowers.
3 Get snapping in an Easter setting
Get out and about while the weather is good. Make use of the vibrant landscape and flourishing spring features around you to photograph beautiful scenes you may want to blow up and frame in your house. Spring scenes also make a great backdrop for your knits too, if you’re selling them!
4 Get busy card making
Friends and family will love to receive a special card this Easter. Modern pastels are huge for Easter this year and clean, simple cards are making a comeback, too. Try heat embossing with metallic powder – an Easter egg design with gold details will look stunning!
5 Create Easter packaging
If you like to go the extra mile with your birthday wrap, Easter packaging can add to the joy of giving and receiving gifts. Brighten parcels with ribbons and paper flowers in bright, zingy colours.
6 Bake Easter-themed sweet treats
Whether you’re making them to sell or to give to your kids as an Easter treat, biscuits are a long-standing tradition at this time of year. For 2021, why not give the usual spiced cookies a twist by cutting them into fun springtime shapes and icing them in pretty pastel shades?
7 Have an Easter egg hunt
Haven’t done an Easter Egg hunt for a while? No children around, or a bit too old? Don’t worry! Kids and adults alike might enjoy the thrill of a quick hunt around the house and garden for their fave chocolate, especially this year.
8 Make an Easter tree!
Painted branches decorated with hanging ornaments and flowers make a fantastic display for your dining table, but they’re also a savvy way to hang jewellery and Easter decorations too. Decorating a tree is a wonderful way to build memories, and discuss seasonal changes with kids.
9 Teach them to knit
Make the most of the long Easter weekend to teach your children to knit pretty pastel scarves for their Easter-looking toys, from your stash. We’re sure Loppy the Bunny and Charlie the Chick will love their new, warm attire!
10 Make vintage Easter decorations
Using original vintage materials will ensure Easter decorations are used year after year. Salvage patterns and motifs from beautiful old bedspreads, clothing or table linen to create Easter bunting, mini cushions and more.