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7 Pretty Cottage Style Easter Decorating Ideas

In: DECORATING, Spring & Easter Ideas and Projects

Today I’m sharing my favorite cottage style Easter decorating ideas and Spring DIYs with you. In the Springtime I love adding pretty and natural decor to my home.

For this month’s Thrifty Style Team we all have great decorating ideas and DIYs for our readers! Every month a group of my blogging friends organized by Julie of Redhead Can Decorate come together to share thrifty and budget-friendly decorating ideas with you.


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DIY Spring & Easter Decorating Ideas


1. Easter Egg Napkin Holders

This is a quick and easy DIY idea for your Easter table this year. What I did was grab my air-dry clay and roll it out with my rolling pin to about 1/4 inch in thickness. Next, I arranged a few small dried flowers on the clay and rolled over it again with the rolling pin.

clay and egg shaped cookie cutters
flowers pressed in clay

Then I took small Easter egg cookie cutters and cut out the shapes and used a drinking straw to poke a hole near the top edge.

The clay needs about a day to dry completely.

making egg shape in clay
making a hole in clay

Once the clay was dry I used a piece of thin jute twine to secure the clay eggs to a set of water hyacinth napkin rings. An alternative idea would be to simply string a pretty ribbon through the eggs and tie it right onto your napkins.

egg napkin ring

2. Natural Egg Wreath

One of my favorite projects to make would be wreaths…I have wreaths for every season on the blog! My latest wreath was influenced by a few Scandanavian Pinterest accounts I have been following. They create the most beautiful Spring decorations using fresh flowers and things brought in from nature.

making a grapevine wreath
adding moss to a wreath

I made this wreath by first taking apart an old grapevine wreath and bending the pieces into a teardrop/egg shape. Filled it in with fresh pussy willow stems then added preserved moss, hollow quail eggs, guinea feathers, and a few dried flower sprigs.

Spring Wreath with eggs, feathers, and moss
natural wreath

3. DIY Spring Bird Nest

Those little bird’s nests can cost close to $10 each in the home decor stores! Did you know how easy it is to make your own to scatter throughout your Spring and Easter decor?? Soooo easy!!

spray adhesive can and spanish moss

All you need is a bag of Spanish moss from the Dollar Tree and a can of spray adhesive to make a basic nest…then you can embellish it with moss and either real or faux mini eggs.

Wear gloves…this is sticky business!!

Grab a clump of Spanish moss and squirt it with the spray adhesive. Then use your fingers to form a circle shape while forming a dent in the center.

Give another squirt of the spray adhesive and add moss and a few eggs and that’s it!!

decorative bird nest

4. Speckled Eggs

I came up with this idea after I couldn’t find any speckled eggs to use in my Spring decorating last year. I had to be crafty and think of a way to make them myself.

After finding a decent price for a bag of fake eggs (they looked like real eggs!) I spray painted them with chalk paint.

Do it in a box with sides because the pressure from the spray paint was enough to make them roll around everywhere.

painting plastic easter eggs

Once the spray paint was dry it was time to add the speckles. I did this using dark brown craft paint and a toothbrush.

speckling eggs

All you have to do is dip the tip of a toothbrush into the paint and then using a plastic knife dray the brush over it…going away from you…don’t pull the brush towards you or you will be speckled too!!

speckled eggs in nest
speckled eggs


5. Live Easter Centerpiece

Instead of a bouquet of flowers on your Easter table why not make a centerpiece using fresh Spring plants and bulbs??

You will need a large bowl, I’m using a footed bowl.

pink hyacyinth
adding potting mix to flowers

Then grab a few different Spring flowers. For mine, I used a couple of hyacinth bulbs from Trader Joe’s, bright pink primrose, and white pansies.

I added a handful of small stones at the bottom for drainage and a layer of potting mix.

Next, I added the flowers and bulbs.

preserved moss
white pansy

To cover the dirt I added preserved moss (I dampened it first to retain moisture in the planter).

A ring of grapevine garland, a few short pussy willow branches, and a little bunny finished off this pretty cottage-style centerpiece.

Cottage style easter centerpiece

6. Cement Bunnies

Do you have any cutesy bunny figurines in your decorating stash? Nothing against cutesy anything…I don’t want any mean messages here (I’ve actually had mean comments on Pinterest from these…)

covering bunny in joint compound
painting bunny figurines

What I did was grab my container of joint compound (this is different than spackling compound) and coat the bunnies with it.

Once the joint compound was completely dried I painted it with a melange of cement-colored paints.

The “cement” bunnies fit in better with my cottage-styled home.

DIY Cement Bunnies
cement bunny diy

7. Moss Ball Topiaries

Not only can you use these to decorate in the Spring but they will fit in perfectly all year round in a cottage-style home.

HOW TO MAKE A TOPIARY
making a topiary

This was a 2 step project: the “aged” pots and then the topiaries. For the pots, I used small terra cotta planters and coated them with joint compound and paint.

For the topiary, I wrapped pieces of grapevine garland around premade moss balls. I am telling you to grab a grapevine garland to have in your craft supplies,…it’s so useful for adding that extra touch to so many projects.

The sticks for the topiary are from the crab apple tree in my front yard.

moss topiaries
moss ball topiary
Thrifty Style Team

Now please check out all the fabulous ideas the rest of the Thrifty Style Team has for you this month!!

  • Redhead Can Decorate – Thrift Store Milk Glass Flower Tower
  • Our Crafty Mom – DIY Wooden Carrots
  • DIY Beautify – 5 Must Make Spring and Easter DIYs
  • 2 Bees In A Pod – Wicker Bottle Centerpiece
  • The How To Home – Bead Garland Tag DIY
  • Postcards From The Ridge – Free Antique Ginger Jar Printable Art
  • Lora B. Create & Ponder – DIY Hutch Makeover Tips (with Vintage Style)
  • The Tattered Pew – Scripture Eggs
  • Cottage On Bunker Hill –7 Pretty Cottage Style Easter Decorating Ideas
  • Amy Sadler Designs – Chinoiserie Lantern
  • Songbird – Easy DIY Wood Bead Bunnies Easter Decor
  • My Family Thyme – How to Decoupage a Pretty Planter
  • I Should Be Mopping The Floor– 11 Used For A Vintage Creamer Pitcher

Thrifty Style Team

here are a few of my past projects…

  1. Pressed Flower Art
  2. Cottage Garden Tower
  3. Patriotic Crate Planter
  4. Mini Flower Pot Wreath
  5. Moss Wreath
  6. Wheat Centerpiece
  7. Pottery Barn Dupe Vase
  8. Gingerbread Wreath
  9. Magnolia Inspired Planter

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By: Jennifer Howard · In: DECORATING, Spring & Easter Ideas and Projects

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Comments

  1. Stacy Ling says

    April 18, 2022 at 3:45 pm

    Fabulous ideas!

    Reply
  2. Vicki and Jenn 2 Bees in a Pod says

    April 14, 2022 at 4:32 pm

    Jennifer – you have shared fabulous ideas for Easter and spring. We especially love the air dry clay eggs – so cute and creative!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      April 19, 2022 at 6:36 am

      Awww thanks, ladies!!

      Reply
  3. Kristi Dominguez says

    April 12, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    Jennifer– these are all such sweet ideas! I’m definitely filing away the joint compound on terra cotta pots for later…I LOVE that look. Thanks for the wonderful Easter inspiration. xoxo, kristi

    Reply
  4. Julie says

    April 11, 2022 at 4:46 pm

    Jenn… you could seriously have your own Easter decorating line!!! Your work is truly amazing.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      April 12, 2022 at 4:07 pm

      Julie, thank you so much!!

      Reply
    • Cindy says

      April 14, 2022 at 5:42 pm

      Jennifer I love the eggs. You shared amazing ideas.

      Pinned Happy Easter

      Reply
      • Jennifer Howard says

        April 19, 2022 at 6:36 am

        Thanks so much, Cindy!!

        Reply
  5. Lora Bloomquist says

    April 9, 2022 at 11:11 pm

    I love all your creative DIY projects! Each one has such an organic, natural style; so pretty!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      April 12, 2022 at 4:08 pm

      Thanks Lora!!

      Reply
  6. Lynne Zemaitis says

    April 9, 2022 at 9:39 pm

    Jennifer, I love all of your creative ideas! They are all so beautiful. Your centerpiece is perfect for Spring and those napkin holders are so pretty! Happy Spring, my friend!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      April 12, 2022 at 4:08 pm

      Thanks, friend!!!

      Reply
  7. Angie @ Postcards from the Ridge says

    April 9, 2022 at 12:21 pm

    These are all such wonderful ideas for spring decorating. I love the little birds’ nest and the speckled eggs. And your flower arrangement is so pretty! Pinned!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      April 9, 2022 at 6:43 pm

      Thanks so much Angie!

      Reply
  8. Kelly Radcliff says

    April 8, 2022 at 11:08 pm

    Jennifer you have quite the collection of beautiful Spring DIYs! I loved them all but your wreath is my absolute favorite! So unique!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      April 9, 2022 at 6:43 pm

      Thanks, Kelly!!! I’m obsessed with the little quail eggs!!

      Reply
  9. Kim | Shiplap and Shells says

    April 8, 2022 at 6:58 pm

    I’m loving all these great Easter ideas, Jennifer. I am sharing them on Saltwater Sounds this Friday.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      April 9, 2022 at 6:44 pm

      You are the best!! Thanks!!

      Reply
  10. Mary Beth says

    April 8, 2022 at 12:00 pm

    So many lovely ideas, Jennifer! While I love them all those cement bunnies are quite the amazing transformation.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      April 9, 2022 at 6:45 pm

      Thanks, Mary Beth!!

      Reply
  11. Cindy says

    April 8, 2022 at 10:57 am

    I always love your creative ideas my friend! Your cottage style centerpiece is amazing, and I love those DIY clay napkin rings 💜

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      April 9, 2022 at 6:46 pm

      I’ve never worked with air dry clay until this year and it’s so much fun!

      Reply

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