27 Easter ideas to upgrade your at-home celebration (2024)

Create a unique centrepiece for Easter lunch with a flower cloud decorated with painted baubles, or small chocolate Easter eggs. Your flowers can be foraged, and there are plenty of branches available on Etsy (such as these plain options) if you want something sturdy to act as a frame. Most DIYers suggest hanging a flower cloud from small ceiling hooks, so make sure your decorations are lightweight.

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Take a stab at this deceptively easy mini egg cake. A simple sponge and buttercream icing forms the base for a rainbow of mini eggs. One for the little ones.

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If you want to decorate more minimally, these would make great decorations for your hanging branch, or to add to a simple Easter bouquet. The set includes four clear glass, four ribbed optic glass and four white speckled eggs.

Shop now: Mixed Egg Decorations at The White Company

Here's a Christmas tradition with a fresher and more optimistic take for Easter. Easter wreaths are most often made with pliable branches like puss* willows, and decorated with foliage, spring blooms, and pastel-coloured eggs. There are plenty of pre-made Easter wreaths for those who don't fancy any DIY (see our roundup of the best Easter wreaths here). We love the idea of hanging them on dining chairs for Easter lunch.

Shop now: Easter Egg Wreath at Lights4fun

Encourage a smoother Easter egg hunt for little ones. These Easter egg hunt kits contain cute gingham bunnies and little signs printed with directions to dot around your home or garden.

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If you want to make an egg hunt extra special, consider these sweet bunny baskets from Monsoon with 3D faces and floral ears. These are sturdy enough to be used as storage afterwards.

Shop now: Monsoon Easter Bunny Basket Bag at John Lewis & Partners

If you don't want to buy Easter decorations that will likely sit in a cupboard for the rest of the year, tablescape with fresh flowers instead. A trail of green foliage and seasonal daffs is as easy as it gets.

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One from the Easter cheat sheet – just add bunny ears. These sweet cake toppers can transform a less-than-festive cake to an Easter centrepiece. And there are plenty of options available for smaller desserts and cupcakes, too (we like these pastel-coloured ones.)

Shop now: Bunny Ears Cake Topper at Etsy

Traditional Easter desserts are predictably sugary and usually laden with chocolate eggs. We say embrace both, and try this chocolate meringue nest topped with mini eggs, whipped cream and chocolate shavings...

Get the recipe: Easter Egg Meringue Nest Recipe at Tesco

Keep your eggs cosy. These little woolly lamb cosies are hand-crafted, perfect for an Easter breakfast of boiled eggs and soldiers.

Shop now: Lamb Egg Cosies at The White Company

For friends or family members who can't join you in person, a flowering basket could arguably last longer than chocolate. This M&S option includes a fresh springtime arrangement of ferns, peace lilies, white roses, a kalanchoe succulent, and a fittonia plant.

Shop now: Large Spring Flowering Basket at M&S

For those that err on the side of minimalism and wince at the sight of primary colours and sugary bunting, your decoration can be as simple as adding a handful of spring branches to a bud vase.

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Why use standard bunting when you can use fluffy bunny bunting instead? This looks (surprisingly) understated suspended over a table, or it could be a great way to dress a mantelpiece.

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Take a hopeful punt on balmy springtime weather and decorate your outdoor dining sets, summerhouses or arbours as a sweet backdrop for an Easter tea party. Some simple bunting, an Easter wreath, and an abundance of colourful eggs would work wonders.

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If you are hesitant to buy Easter decorations, use some colourful tableware instead to create a springtime feeling. Anything with playful patterns and bright and hopeful colours will be enough to enliven an otherwise plain table.

Shop now: All tableware at John Lewis

For the confident baker, these little showstoppers have two layers of chocolate sponge, buttercream icing and delicate nest toppings to hold your chocolate eggs (made with Shredded Wheat of all things).

Get the recipe: Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes Recipe at Tesco

Easter decorating is for grown ups, too. We are totally taken with this fabulous Easter set up that uses simple willow branches and paper baubles as a sophisticated centrepiece. Keep your table linen crisp and white, and let some simple chalky colours stand out.

Shop now: Easter Collection at Layered Lounge

As the outdoors start to flourish, the cocooning textures and colours of a home dressed for the winter months can begin to feel heavy. We are huge proponents of decorating with the seasons and introducing hopeful pops of colour that reflect the outdoors.

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Simplicity itself, but a treat for the Easter table nonetheless, pick some colourful cotton napkins like these beautiful Tori Murphy examples and tie them around an egg – hard boiled to avoid mishaps, or wooden decorations would work too – to create sweet bunny ears.

Shop now: Harbour Stripe Napkins at Tori Murphy