As we move through false summer, back into winter snows, from T-Shirts to Woolly jumpers again, this week I thought I would focus on Easter and some ideas around decorating your home for this magical time of year.
Easter is relatively late in 2022, in around Mid-April. Making this post about two weeks before the actual date, will give you time to do some of the suggested activities with any children you have.
Easter decorations need not be too over the top, but can add some fun and joy to your house if you are missing the Xmas decorations. There are two main themes for Easter decor as you may already have guessed:
Eggs
Rabbits
But you don’t have to stick to tradition, bring in spring flowers and baby chicks to mix it up a bit.
EGGS
Eggs are great things to decorate with at Easter, and kids can join in as well. You shoud have boxes of eggs hard boiled fo them to help you decorate. You can start off the fun by adding food dye to the water when you boil them to colour the eggshells before you start. Kids can then use paint to create designs of their own. Or you can use the plain dyed eggs to create baskets, wreaths or other decorative items with them. You can get egg shaped plastic or ceramic items from hobby shops if you don’t want to use real eggs.
You could even use Balloons as very large eggs. Get children to decorate them when flat, and see how their pattterns change when they get inflated!
Here is a post about how to ‘blow-out’ eggs if you want to use this method, and here is how to hard-boil eggs for decorating.
Rabbits
Rabbits are associated with Easter because of their link to fertility and it is because of this, they have been chosen to bring the Easter Eggs to all. Using Bunnies in decor could get to twee or over the top, but there are ways of incorporating them in your decor. Use silhouettes on cards and decorate them gaudily, add a motif to a table cloth edge or buy ready prepared table cloths, tea-towels or cushions.
You could learn Macrame or Origami to fold paper or cloth into rabbit shapes - a bit more time is needed here! Instead of Rabbits, perhaps add in some chicks or lambs to symbolise spring and fertility. Cotton wool balls and pipe-cleaners are you friend here.
Finally, don’t forget to add in spring flowers, such as daffodils, tulips and so on, which bring in colour and fragrance to a room. Use pastel colours for your table clothes/linen when setting the table, and have fun.
Here is a great article with more tips about creating your own Easter Decor.