Decorations for Spring and Easter often revolve around three key things: eggs, bunnies and flowers, all of which are symbols of new beginnings. Whether your style is that of Easter brights or Springtime subtlety, make your home extra special for the long weekend with decorating options from doorway to dining table.
Easter Eggs
Eggs are the most symbolic part of Easter, representing new life and rebirth. They further became associated when eating them was prohibited during the fast of lent. Nowadays we know them as the delicious chocolate versions that children go on hunts to find.
Decorating your house with delicate eggs is a wonderful way to welcome Easter. From pastel painted, speckled eggs adorning wreaths and garlands, to dainty glass hangers dotted on a tree, you could even make a nod to the new life they bring with sweet little chicks as part of your tablescape.
Easter Bunnies
Originating in German folklore, the Easter Bunny shows similarities to another holiday favourite, Santa Claus. The tradition was that of a rabbit going from door to door on the night before Easter, leaving eggs and gifts in baskets that children set out for them.
With the Easter Bunny being a favourite with children, you can get them into the spirit by gifting them their own cuddly bunny, or even a bunny basket that can be filled with their favourite chocolate treats. Not forgetting the big kids who love the Easter Bunny too, of course, quaint decorative bunnies featuring textures like bristles and moss make for a lovely tabletop piece, whether they stand alone, as a family, or as part of a showstopping centrepiece.
Easter Flowers
The vibrant colours and delicate blossoms of beautiful Spring flowers are a natural symbol of renewal and rebirth. They represent the beauty and abundance of life, emerging from Winter.
The most obvious flowers that come to mind for the season are of course daffodils and tulips, often the first Spring flowers you see emerging from the ground and available in the shops. Other key flowers perfect for the season are sunny yellow forsythia, bright and colourful sweet pea, dainty, delicate cherry blossom and the effortlessly elegant pussy willow. Whether you choose to showcase these bountiful blooms as bunches, mixed arrangements, garlands or wreaths, they’re sure to bring a lovely Springtime feel to wherever they are placed.