Handmade Easter Decor and Spring Craft Ideas
30 tutorials published
Wrap plastic or foam craft eggs in cotton yarn or twine: start with a flat spiral at the wide end, glue in short sections, keep the rows tight, change color for stripes and finish neatly at the tip.
Style a basket as a display piece or gift presentation: pick the shape, build a hidden base of crumpled paper, add paper shred or moss, then arrange tall items at the back and eggs at the front.
Make two simple cardstock flowers: a cupped tulip from three overlapping petals and a daffodil from a six-petal star with a rolled trumpet. Includes shaping, stems, leaves and arranging a bunch in a jar.
Make a garland of seated bunny silhouettes in two layers of felt, joined with a running stitch or glue, finished with pompom tails and strung on baker's twine with wooden beads.
Build a long, low Easter centerpiece in a tray or shallow box: a liner, a bed of preserved moss, eggs in odd-numbered clusters and a few stems, kept low enough to see across. Includes a round-table version.
Plan and build a full ring of craft eggs on a foam form: how many eggs to buy for a 12 or 14 inch wreath, how to glue an outer row, an inner row and a top layer, and how to fill the gaps with moss.
How to apply the printed top ply of a paper napkin to blown, wooden or paper mache eggs: separating plies, tearing motifs, brushing on in small sections, smoothing wrinkles and sealing.
Draw a seated or upright bunny from two ovals and two ears, cut it cleanly from white or kraft cardstock, add a fringed paper tail and fix it to a window with removable putty.
A flat cardstock egg garland from start to finish: how many eggs per yard, two-hole punching so every egg faces forward, paper stripes and dots instead of paint, spacing on twine and damage-free hanging.
Plan a handmade Easter table before making a single piece: one palette, a low centerpiece, the right surface, matching place settings and a small detail per guest, with a checklist for four to eight.
A foundation Easter wreath on a grapevine base: how to choose a base, plan an asymmetrical crescent, tuck and wire faux stems, add eggs, a bow and a hanging loop, and store it flat.
Two ways to build a 3D paper egg: a folded honeycomb-style egg glued spine to spine and an open strip egg held with brads or thread, with paper weights, piece counts and sizes for a tree or table.
