When you make DIY Easter decorations, they can always be much cuter and more durable than the store-bought ones. The following list contains 10 simple and pretty Easter craft ideas for adults and children that are relatively easy to make. Whether you're looking to spruce up something for your front door, need a unique centerpiece, or want to spruce up your home for spring, these crafts will add a sweet touch to your home. Our suggestions include all the favorites you need for your DIY Easter decorations: flowers, eggs, grass, Easter bunny, candy, carrots and of course lots of beautiful pastel colors.
Make your own Easter decorations
These craft ideas are child's play and no matter whether your home style is rustic, sweet, glamorous or old-fashioned, our examples are suitable for every taste. Guests at your Easter party are sure to be impressed with your craftsmanship when you display one of these homemade decorations. For this reason, just read on to discover great DIY Easter decoration step-by-step instructions. Make these adorable Easter artwork yourself and add a touch of spring to your home.
Easter garland
- 6 plastic eggs
- Acrylic paint (various colors)
- Paint brush
- cord
- Hot glue gun
- Pom poms (various sizes)
- Buttons (various colors)
- black felt-tip pen
- Foam for crafts (white, pink, orange, blue)
- Scissors
- wooden skewers
- First, paint the eggs with the acrylic paints while each egg is skewered.
- Then draw eyes, nose and whiskers on three of the plastic eggs
- First form bunny ears out of the pink and white foam and glue them together.
- Then glue the pompoms on the back as tails.
- Next, turn the remaining 3 eggs point-side down and draw eyes on them again.
- Then cut out diamond-shaped pieces from the orange foam and fold them together to make beaks.
- Then cut out the wings from the blue and orange fabric and glue them together again.
- You can soon attach the figures (rabbits and birds) to the cord by using hot glue.
- Finally, decorate the garland with pompoms and buttons.
Easter bunny made from toilet paper rolls
- Toilet paper rolls
- Designer wrapping paper
- Cardboard box
- 2 pom poms
- Hot glue gun
- Craft eyes
- black felt-tip pen
- Pencil
- Scissors
- white foam for crafts
- UHU craft glue
- First mark a roll on the cardboard with a pencil and then cut it out.
- First, wrap the roll with the wrapping paper using the craft glue.
- Then draw 2 bunny ears on the cardboard and two smaller ears on the wrapping paper and then cut them out.
- Glue the smaller ears onto the larger one and attach the finished bunny ears to the inside of the roll.
- You can then glue the craft eyes on the front together with a pompom as a nose.
- Draw the whiskers around the nose and mouth.
- Then cut out 2 teeth from the white foam and stick them onto the toilet paper roll.
- Finally, glue the other pompom to the back as a tail.
Make a carrot out of string and paper
- green paper strips
- Scissors
- normal printing paper
- tape
- cord
- Hot glue gun
- First, cut the paper strips into even thinner fringes on the tops that will stick out of the carrot. You can combine light green with dark green stripes for a change.
- First flatten the undersides to the left and right and glue the whole thing together with the adhesive tape.
- Cut a sheet of printing paper in two to wrap the paper strips with.
- Then secure again with adhesive tape and wrap in cord. After you reach the top, you can cut the cord.
- Use the hot glue to attach the remaining cord.
Easter eggs with beads
- Styroporea
- Acrylic paint
- Paint brush
- Bastelkleber (Mod Podge)
- Rocailleperlen
- Wooden skewer
- First, skewer the egg, paint it with acrylic paint and let it dry.
- First glue the seed beads onto the egg with the craft glue and let it dry again.
Easter bunny made of Styrofoam
- Styroporea
- white and pink acrylic paint
- white and pink foam for crafts
- Paint brush
- Hot glue gun
- Craft eyes
- black felt-tip pen
- Ribbon
- 1 Bumblebee
- wooden skewer
- First, skewer the egg, paint it white with acrylic paint and let it dry.
- First paint a tummy with the pink acrylic paint and let it dry.
- Then cut out two large bunny ears from the white foam and two smaller ones from the pink foam. Repeat the process to form rabbit feet.
- Glue the ears and draw toes on the feet, then attach all of them to the Styrofoam egg with the glue.
- Next come the craft eyes on the front and the nose, which you can cut out and make from the pink foam.
- Then draw the mouth and the whiskers with the felt-tip pen and glue the pom-pom to the back.
- Tie the bow and stick it between the ears.
DIY Easter decoration - egg cups made of toilet rolls
- Toilet paper rolls
- Crepe paper
- Double-sided tape
- Papiergrass
- decorative flowers
- Hot glue gun
- Scissors
- wallpapering knife
- Lineal
- Pencil
- First, divide the toilet paper roll into two by first measuring it with the pencil and ruler.
- Then stick the double-sided tape on the parts and cut out crepe paper that should be slightly larger than the roll itself.
- Use this to wrap the toilet paper roll and round off the ends.
- Glue the flower where the two sides of the paper meet for extra stability.
- You then fill the resulting cup with the paper grass as a nest and finally position the Easter egg on it.
Weave and wrap Easter eggs
- Styroporea
- Hot glue gun
- Yarn (3 colors of your choice)
- Scissors
- Braid a braid using different colors of yarn.
- Then glue the braid onto the egg using hot glue, as shown in the photos.
- Decorate your home with it anywhere.
Pom pom chick
- yellow yarn
- orange foam for crafts
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Craft eyes
- Hot glue gun
- First, wrap the yarn around your fingers and cut off the ends.
- Tie it tightly and cut it in the middle so that you can make a large pom-pom out of it.
- Glue the craft eyes onto it and cut out a small beak and feet from the orange fabric.
- Finally, attach these to the pom-pom with hot glue.
Pencil badges for children
- Pencil
- Felt (various colors)
- Yarn
- Hot glue gun
- Scissors
- Craft eyes
- small cotton ball
- 1 pink pearl
- Again, make a pom-pom from the yarn, like the chick from the craft craft above.
- Make bunny ears by cutting them out of the felt and gluing them together.
- Then attach the ears together with the craft eyes and the pearl as a nose to the pom-pom using hot glue.
- Then stick the cotton ball on the back as a bunny tail.
- Finally attach the finished figure to the top of the pencil using the hot glue gun.
Pen holder as a DIY Easter decoration
- toilet paper roll
- Cardboard box
- UHU glue
- Hot glue gun
- cotton balls
- black felt-tip pen
- Craft eyes
- First mark the height and length of the roll on the cardboard and cut out the piece.
- Then stick the cardboard box onto the toilet paper roll using the UHU glue.
- Next, draw the bottom of the roll and two feet on the cardboard, which you then cut out.
- Then glue the base to the paper roll with the silicone adhesive.
- Draw the toes on the feet with the felt-tip pen.
- First draw two ears again on the cardboard, cut them out and attach them to the back using the hot glue gun.
- The cotton ball then goes on the back as a tail, and the craft eyes go to the front.
- Finally, draw the mouth and the whiskers on the roll and place any pens in the holder.
