Odett Schumann

March 23, 2024, 7:04 am | Read time: 5 minutes

It won’t be long before it’s Easter. It’s the time when craft enthusiasts and families with young children can indulge in creative ideas. It’s already clear that the trend is increasingly moving towards simplicity and upcycling. With just a few steps and materials that ideally aren’t new but are given a second life, you can create an atmospheric Easter decoration for 2024.

1. Bunny Garland

For a bunny garland as Easter decoration in 2024, colored construction paper, cardboard, or card stock is recommended. The first step requires a simple bunny template, which is then repeatedly traced onto paper or cardboard. Once the desired number of Easter bunnies is drawn, they are cut out.

Now it’s time for a special detail of the Easter bunnies: the pompoms. For this, make a wide cut into the short side of a rectangular piece of cardboard and thread yarn through it. Then take another longer piece of yarn and wrap it around the short side until the cardboard is well covered. Finally, tie the short piece of yarn around the wrapped yarn and cut the loops on both sides. This creates pompoms, which serve as tails for the bunny garland. Attach them with a hot glue gun. Finally, thread the bunnies onto a string with a needle, and the Easter bunny garland is complete.

2. Eggshells as Mini Flower Pots

After enjoying a breakfast egg, the shells often end up in the compost too quickly. This Easter, it’s wise to save them and use them as Easter decorations for 2024. Simply take the lower, larger part of the shells from several eggs and carefully wash them. Now it’s time to get creative: Either add a little soil and some seeds to the empty egg to “harvest” fresh cress in no time, or place a flower bulb inside and add a bit of soil.

Another option is to fill the shell with a little water and add small flowers and leaves picked during a walk in the woods. Even simpler and just as pretty are mini dried flowers in the eggshells.

3. 3D Easter Eggs to Hang

For this Easter decoration in 2024, you’ll need thin paper in any color. First, create an egg template. Next, use this as a stencil, trace it onto the folded paper multiple times, and cut it out. This way, you can create several paper eggs with one cut. You’ll need about 10-15 pieces. The more you have, the finer the honeycomb structure will be. Now fold each “egg” once lengthwise in the middle and twice diagonally (for the future honeycombs).

Simply align with the centerline and draw two more lines at a 45-degree angle on both sides. Once all the eggs are folded, they can be assembled. First, glue the outer fold areas together in the middle, and then do the same with all the middle folds to create the honeycomb structure. Before the egg is finally glued, place a loop inside in the penultimate step. Now the egg can be “closed” and hung up.

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4. Easter Bunnies from Toilet Paper Rolls

This Easter decoration for 2024 is also an upcycling idea. Basically, all you need is a toilet paper roll and crafting supplies of your choice. The roll can be painted, covered with colored paper, or wrapped with yarn. Use fine liners to draw delicate “faces” and fine wire to suggest the bunny’s distinctive whiskers.

For its long ears, simply take two narrow strips of paper, cut them into the appropriate shape, and glue them inside the roll. There are no limits to creativity with this Easter decoration idea, so you can also add glasses, an apron, arms, and legs to the little bunny.

Also interesting: Can colored eggshells go in the compost?

5. Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

Dyeing Easter eggs is probably one of the oldest traditions. But instead of using conventional paints full of artificial ingredients from the craft store, there’s a more eco-friendly way. Use natural materials that might already be in your kitchen. Coffee grounds, carrots, turmeric, spinach, beets, black tea, and onions give Easter eggs a natural color in yellow, green, red, brown, and violet.

To do this, simmer the food in about a liter of water, preferably in an old pot, until a nice dye bath is created. Depending on the ingredient, this can take from just a few minutes to an hour. Once the dye bath is ready, simply dip the blown-out eggs or alternatively hard-boil raw eggs in it. The longer they stay in, the more intense the color becomes. It’s worth experimenting a bit. The final color is stronger on white eggshells than on brown ones.