Decorating Ideas For the DIY Challenged
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Are you looking for super-easy Easter and spring decorating ideas?
Then you are at the right place! Who has the time for elaborate decorations?
Here are 10 Easter and spring decor ideas that are so easy that you can make them even if you are DIY challenged!
All of these ideas will only take a few minutes to make, promise.
Easter and Spring Decorating Ideas
Easter Subway Art
Just download, print, and frame this free Easter art (8×11). It doesn’t get any easier. If you don’t have a frame, just glue it to your wall with washi tape that you can easily remove later.
Clothespin Egg With a Surprise
I would do this with cardboard paper instead of wood.
All-Natural Easter Egg Dye Recipe
Synthetic food dyes found in most American candy have been linked to cancer, hyperactivity, and allergies, so they don’t enter our house if I can help it.
So if you don’t want to dye your Easter eggs with food colors, what can you do? You can dye them with natural colors, like beets.
These soft natural egg dyes are so beautiful, don’t you agree? Here is a tutorial I wrote about dying Easter eggs naturally.
Flower Centerpiece With Peeps
Along the lines of no food dyes, this is the only reason I would buy bunny Peeps – for a fun centerpiece.
Seeing this, I’m glad I didn’t donate that square vase I have to our thrift store.
Don’t put water into the vase with the Peeps — fill a smaller vase with water for the flowers so the Peeps don’t dissolve.
Healthy Easter Egg Hunt
Have the kids hunt for their lunch, or surprise them with this whole egg carton full of eggs filled with healthy treats in plastic eggs!
DIY Daffodil Candy Cups
You can make these cute table decorations with the kids and fill the cups with organic/all-natural jelly beans.
All you need is mini cupcake liners and yellow cardstock.
Egg Cup Vases
Growing up in Germany, we would eat boiled eggs every Sundays, out of egg cup.
I’ve found that Americans don’t eat them like that very often, but maybe you still have some pretty egg cups around you could use for this sweet Easter/spring display.
I did something similar for this easy Easter tablescape:
Brown Paper Bag Basket
This brown paper bag basket is so easy to make, and the kids can decorate it with crayons or Easter stickers.
Pretty DIY Easter Cards
I have a whole book of scrapbook paper I didn’t know what to do with until I saw this idea for pretty Easter egg cards you can make with left-over paper (scrapbook, wrapping paper, wall paper, etc.) or even scraps of fabric.
This is another great craft project you can do with your kids.
Decorating With Baby Food Jars
How adorable is this?
Just clean a baby food jar or any glass jar you would have otherwise thrown out, find a few twigs, and buy inexpensive fake butterflies on Amazon or at the craft store to make this spring decoration everyone will be talking about.
Want even more ideas? Here is a post about easy Easter table and mantel decor in our cottage.
Pin this for later for inspiration!
Janet Vinyard says
Enjoyed looking at all these ideas -love the easter egg cards using leftover papers! Thanks for sharing! Blessings, Janet
Leanna says
This is an awesome roundup but my favorite is the daffodils candy holders. What a cute easy idea. thank you for the inspiration.
Sandi magle says
there are some adorable ideas here. i have a couple of egg cups that never get used, I willhave to drag them out. Though easter season is far away, the birds are trying to begin their nesting. So I will begin there. Lovely ideas, thank you! Sandi
sara says
great roundup of ideas! I love the egg lunch idea! Thanks for linking up at Merry Monday Link party!
Sandra says
You were reading my mind thank you! I have some much scrapbook paper just sitting around collecting dust now I have a plan for it.
Nicole says
What a great round up of ideas!! I especially love that they are super easy, it’s not that I’m DIY challenged it’s just that with homeschooling 6 kids there just isn’t the time. I have been looking for a natural way to dye eggs this year, the less chemicals the better in my opinion. Pinning, stumbling, tweeting, and sharing on Google+. Thanks for lining up with Inspire Me Monday. Have a blessed week!!
Dagmar Bleasdale says
Hi Nicole, thank you so much for sharing this post all over – I so appreciate it!
Raquel says
These are all so cute! Found you on the IFM hop! Love the clothespin craft!
Erin @ Stay At Home Yogi says
My toddler is obsessed with plastic easter eggs so I have to try that lunch idea! :)
Nicole Neverman says
Thank you so much for attending week 16 of #PureBlogLove and linking your fantastic blog post, I can’t wait to see what you have in store for our next party, Thursday 8 PM EST- Sundays at midnight. Your post has been added to the #PureBlogLove Pinterest board for all to see :) Have a great day!
Nicole
Dagmar Bleasdale says
Thanks so much, Nicole!
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
So many great ideas – and I am ready for Spring! Thanks for sharing at Freedom Fridays – pinned and sharing on Facebook! :)
Dagmar Bleasdale says
Thank you, Jamie!
Lou Lou Girls says
Oh my! I love everything. Pinned and tweeted. Thank you so much for being a part of our party. We really appreciate you! I hope to see you on Monday at 7 pm. Happy Saturday! Lou Lou Girls
Elaine says
Great Ideas!! Hey I would love for you to share your stuff on my new link party that started today! Its called My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday! Here is the link http://www.cookinandcraftin.com/my-2-favorite-things-link-party-1/
Leslie says
What cute little ideas! I’m loving these. I hope you’ve had a great weekend!
Natalie Z says
great ideas! I especially loved the clothespin egg :)
Erinn S says
Bautiful ideas. I am going to have to steal the Egg Lunch idea for my 3 year old. He would love it!