Easter is just around the corner and it is important for us to decorate not only the inside of the house but also the garden to bring the festive mood. If you are looking for unique ideas, here are the best Easter garden decorations to brighten up your outdoor space and impress your guests and neighbors with your creativity.
Make your own Easter decorations for the garden
Easter is a wonderful time of year to celebrate with the whole family. Delight everyone with these creative decorating ideas that are perfect for outdoor spaces. Create a colorful, festive garden to spread the spring spirit outdoors.
Outdoor Rain Boot Easter Basket
Turn your old rain boots into a colorful Easter decoration for the lawn. Fill the bottom of each boot with a layer of fake grass. Then add plastic eggs, candy, and other small gifts until you reach the top. Add more fake grass to create this pretty basket alternative.
Making an Easter tree
This Easter tree is quite simple, but about time consuming.
You'll need an old tree stump, twigs, fake moss, a few plastic Easter eggs, and string.
Attach the tree branches to the tree stump using a hot glue gun. Add some artificial moss between the branches and decorate the tree trunk as desired.
Cut a few pieces of string about 8 to 10 cm long and tie a knot in the bottom end of each string. The string needs to be inserted into each plastic egg and then sealed. Then tie the Easter eggs to the branches.
Easter decoration for the garden: egg garland
This Easter egg garland is ideal for garden decoration and is very easy to make with children.
Necessary materials:
- Serviettenkleber (Mod Podge)
- 7-8 balloons
- Multicolored yarn
- Sponge brush
How to make the garland:
- Blowthe balloonsuntil they are about 15 cm tall and have an egg shape.
- Use the sponge brush to cover the balloons with the napkin glue.
- Take the yarn and tie a small piece to the balloon knot to secure it. Wrap the thread around the balloon and shape it however you like.
- When you're done, cut the end of the thread and wrap it under another piece.
- Dip the sponge brush into the napkin glue and dab it generously onto the string to cover it really well.
- Allow all balloons to dry for approximately 24 hours. You want them to be really dry when you pop them, otherwise the yarn will lose its egg shape.
- Pop the balloons with a pin and carefully remove the deflated mass.
- Weave some string through the balloons to create a garland and hang them on the trees in your garden.
Make an Easter bunny for outside
This Easter bunny is a great decoration for the front door and garden fence, you can even attach it to a tree in the garden. It is made quickly and easily, using only a few materials.
Necessary materials:
- fresh birch branches
- Ribbon or string
- Something to decorate
Step-by-step instructions:
- Choose 3 branches about a meter long for the bunny's lower body. Bend them into a circle and tie them with a string.
- Make a smaller circle for the head from 2-3 shorter branches and tie them together.
- Use a few shorter branches for the rabbit's ears, about 40cm long, and you've already got all the pieces ready.
- Attach the body and head with a colored ribbon, which will also serve as part of the decoration.
- Also tie on the ears and decorate your bunny with feathers, Easter eggs, bows or flowers as you like.
Giant plywood Easter eggs
These giant Easter eggs will last for many years and they are made very quickly.
Materials required:
- cardboard
- plywood panels
- Hand or jigsaw
- drill
- flat brush
- Color
- tape
- colored ribbon
This is how it's made:
- Start by drawing the outline of the egg on the cardboard, cut it out, and then trace it on the plywood.
- Cut out the egg with a saw and drill a hole in the top of the oval.
- Then paint the egg a bright color. Allow the paint to dry for at least 4 hours and then paint the eggs with your chosen motif. You can also use painter's tape to create stripes or paint spots with a brush.
- Finally, thread a colored ribbon through the hole of the egg.
- Hang the eggs on trees or old bushes and enjoy the Easter decorations in the garden.
Decorate the tree in the garden
If youI prefer it outsideOf course you like to decorate the trees and shrubs in the garden. Simply hang Easter eggs on the branches and you're ready to go.
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