Easter ideas 2019: 10 DIY projects for spring decorations and party bags

For Easter we have put together 10 new Easter ideas 2019 for you. The spring-like Easter decorations and the sweet party bags ensure a good mood and a festive atmosphere in the house. Surprise the family with a door wreath made of wool, decorate the children's room with a colorful garland made of motif paper, brighten up the living area with an Easter egg made of buttons or make a flying cup with the children. By the way, you can also give away homemade items: in the article you will find several craft instructions for small gifts and packaging.

Make a door wreath out of wool

Acolorful door wreathmakes the entrance to the house appear hospitable and inviting. We offer you an idea for a long-lasting decoration: our wreath is made of wool and decorated with fabric flowers, satin ribbons, buttons and wooden mushrooms.

Materials required:

Styroporkranz
Knitting yarn (various colors)
Satin ribbons (various colors)
Buttons (various colors)
Stoffblumen
Decorative mushrooms
Decorative ladybugs
Hot glue
Scissors

Easter ideas 2019 – instructions:

1. Wrap the wool around the Styrofoam wreath.

2. Cut the satin ribbons into 40 cm long pieces. Tie the decorative ribbons into bows and attach them to the wreath with hot glue.

3. Set the finished wreath aside and let it dry and decorate it the next day with buttons, fabric flowers and small decorative figures. For example, mushrooms and ladybugs made of wood are particularly suitable.

Easter ideas 2019: Garland made of motif paper

The children's room is decorated with soft pastel shades such as pink and sky blue. In the next craft project we will show you how to do ita sweet garlandcan conjure up a festive atmosphere in opaque colors. The cute Easter bunny silhouettes ensure that the anticipation of Easter increases immediately.

Materials required:

Motif paper (various colors)
Eva foam board (various colors)
Pompoms (four small and four medium-sized)
Scissors
Pencil
Hot glue
Twine or a string

Directions:

1. Print out a template for the Easter bunny. Transfer the rabbit silhouette nine times onto motif paper and cut it out.

2. Attach the small pom-poms to the bunny's head as a nose, and glue the other four medium-sized pompoms at the bottom to form the bunny's tail.

3. Thread the Easter bunny silhouettes made of motif paper onto a string or twine.

3D image with Easter egg motif made of buttons

In a small apartment there is hardly any free space for imaginative decorations. Fortunately, there are space-saving alternatives to Easter baskets and the like. We'll show you how you can make a 3D picture with an Easter egg made of buttons.

Materials required:

Photo frame
Buttons
colored paper
Scissors
Lineal
Hot glue
Pencil

Directions:

1. Cut a square out of yellow colored paper (it should be exactly the same size as the picture frame). Draw an Easter egg in the middle.

2. Stick buttons of different sizes on the Easter egg. Display the finished Easter decorations in a stylish picture frame. If you wish, you can also give the 3D image as a gift.

Make your own paper chicks

These cute chicks made of motif paper also take up little space and are great mood-setters for the Easter table. You can also use them as Easter brunch invitation cards.

Materials required:

Motivpapier (2 Designs)
Colored paper, red
Googly eyes, 2 pcs.
craft wire
Feathers
Pencil
Circle
PVC tape
Scissors
Hot glue

Directions:

1. Draw a circle on the motif paper with a compass, cut it out and fold it in the middle.

2. Draw a wing on another sheet of motif paper, cut it out and glue it onto the semicircle.

3. Cut out a triangle from the red colored paper for the beak.

4. Make the bird feet out of floral wire and attach them with PVC tape.

5. For the bird's tail, glue two or three feathers together and attach them to the back.

Make your own flying cup

Flying cups offer numerous design options and are therefore very popular. The next arrangement with Easter eggs can be effectively staged both in the garden and in the house.

Materials required:

Tea cup and saucer
Gabel
Kunstblumen
Artificial plants
artificial moss
Plastic Easter eggs
Decorative mushrooms
Decorative ladybugs
Glass plate
Acrylic paint (various colors)
Paint brush
Never
Hot glue

Directions:

1. Bend the fork with the pliers. Glue one end to the saucer and the other end to the cup. Additionally attach the cup to a glass plate with craft glue and let it dry.

2. Once the structure is stable, you can start decorating. Cover the fork with artificial moss and arrange plastic Easter eggs and fabric flowers on top. Place smaller fabric flowers in the cup. Decorate with decorative wooden ladybugs.

Easter bunny in the pot – fun decoration idea for Easter

Welcome spring with fun decorations in bright colors. The next craft project leaves plenty of room for creativity and promises wonderful craft hours for the whole family.

Materials required:

flower pot
Kunstblumen
artificial moss
Felt, pink and white
Bumble
Scissors
Hot glue
Knitting yarn, white

Directions:

1. Wrap the knitting yarn around your hand and then tie it in the middle with a piece of thread.

2. Cut the loops at both ends. Cut the finished pompom with scissors.

3. Then decorate the flower pot with the artificial moss and fabric flowers.

5. Cut out Easter bunny paws from the white felt. Cut four circles out of the pink felt and glue them onto the paws.

6. Attach the finished rabbit feet to the flower pot with the glue gun.

7. Place the large wool pompom in the flower pot and decorate with the small pompom.

Make your own flowers out of paper

Paper flowers have a decorative effect and can add accents to the children's table. Origami flowers have become very popular in recent years, but they are usually elaborate and complicated, and are suitable for more experienced craft enthusiasts. If you are looking for a child-friendly alternative, you will find it here. Colored paper, glue, a shish kebab skewer and scissors - that's all you need for our imaginative arrangement.

Materials required:

Crepe paper 50 cm x 10 cm
double-sided tape
Crepe tape, green
Wooden shish kebab skewer
Never
Glasvase

Directions:

1. Cut narrow fringes into the paper. Do not cut the crepe paper completely through, but leave a narrow edge (3 cm).

2. Wrap the shish kebab skewer with the masking tape.

3. Attach the finished flower to one end of the kebab skewer.

4. Arrange the finished flowers in a vase.

Make a souvenir: gift box with sweets

Especially when Easter is just around the corner, many people are looking for small party favors with which they can surprise family and friends. We offer you an idea for a box for sweets. The children will especially be happy about it.

Materials required:

Motivpapier 20 cm x 20 cm
Scissors
double-sided tape
Styrofoam plate, white
Styrofoam plate, pink
sweets

Directions:

  1. Place a sheet of motif paper in front of you, the white side facing up. Fold the corners of the sheet toward the center.
  2. Fold the top and bottom edges towards the middle as well.

3. Now fold the edges back and fold the right and left edges towards the middle.

4. Fold out the bottom and top corners completely, press the sides in a little and fold up the two tips.

5. First fold the top and then the bottom tip into the box.

6. Cut out rabbit ears from paper and stick them onto the box using double-sided adhesive tape. Fill the box with candy.

Easter egg made of wool – instructions

The last craft project we present to you today is for a wool Easter egg. Suitable as a spring decoration or, if filled with sweets, as a present.

Materials required:

To want
adhesive
Balloons
Bowl
Ribbon
Scissors

Directions:

1. Put a little craft glue in a bowl and mix it 3:1 with water. Mix well until you get a sticky mixture without lumps. Dip the wool into the glue.

2. Inflate a balloon and wrap the wool around it. Allow to dry.

3. Cut the balloon with scissors or pop it with a needle and then carefully remove it from the sturdy cover. Decorate the finished yarn egg with satin ribbon as desired and fill it with sweets.

Make a bunny with a bobblehead

Materials:

Papier
Marker, black
Marker, pink
Pompons 2 St.
Googly eyes
adhesive
Hot glue
Lineal
Scissors

Directions:

1. Cut out a rectangle measuring 29.7 cm x 6 cm from the paper.

2. Cut out the rabbit's feet and head from the paper, draw the rabbit's face, glue the googly eyes.

3. Slightly curve the rectangle and glue it to the rabbit's feet.

4. Cut out a small rectangle and fold it like a harmonica. Glue one narrow side of the smaller rectangle to the rabbit's body. Attach the other narrow side to the rabbit's head.

5. Attach the pompoms.