Celebrate spring with vintage Easter decorations, including flea market finds, antique bunny figurines, and handmade crafts.
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Try adding to your spring decor from this collection of vintage Easter decorations.
Thanks to atight color paletteand versatile collectibles, everything is on theme but not over the top.
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“These are all things that, when they come together, read Easter,” Eddie says.
“But you’ve got the option to really use them individually year-round.”
Create the look for your table by embracing vintage and rounding it out with quick DIYs.
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Give your display retro touches by applying temporary tattoos to Easter eggs that have been dyed and dried.
Useall-natural Easter egg dyesto create subtle muted colors.
These patterned eggs look best when displayed with greenery or arranged in a vintage ceramic Easter basket.
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Earthy Bouquet
This centerpiece plays up the carrots' sunny colors.
Youneed carrotswith their frilly greens still attached and a clear vase to show off the roots.
Pair withyellow and orange ranunculus, tulips, or other spring flowers in similar tones from the grocery store.
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Wash carrots thoroughly (but don’t peel) before arranging to keep the water clean.
For just a touch of nostalgia,delicate teacups and saucersare the perfect vessels for small flower arrangements.
Fill each teacup with soaked floral foam and add in small blooms, likegrape hyacinthor lily of the valley.
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These precious arrangementsadd springtime colorto a side table, kitchen counter, or powder room.
Easter Countdown
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Stylist Eddie Ross keeps theegg decoratingsimple in his treasure hunt display using washi tape and stick-on glittered numbers.
Inside the eggs are on-theme clues like “Where might you find dust bunnies?”
leading to giftshidden around the house.
(Under the bed, in this case.)
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He arranges numbered eggs and candy-filled eggs on stackedcake stands.
Boxed Easter Displays
Miniature spring dioramas are vintage Easter decorations from the Victorian era.
ThisDIY versioncaptures the look with the help of modern crafts supplies.
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The scenes are built into small cardboard boxes lined with colored paper and artificial moss.
Bring each box to life with old-fashioned figurines, tiny toys, or images from retro postcards.
Consider displaying your finished scene alongside a vintageEaster bunny.
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Mix and match patterns for dishes that make lovely vintage Easter decorations.
Vintage Easter Egg Holders
Plain eggs get anold-timey twistwith these vintage decorated Easter egg holders.
To create these antique Easter eggs, start with illustrations that fit into your vintage theme.
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Nostalgic images like Easter bunnies, flowers, orbutterflies are idealdesigns.
Print and cut out each design.
Glue the images to a strip of pastel construction paper.
Wrap the strip into a ring large enough to hold an egg and secure with glue.
Fill each holder with a white egg.
Vintage Scales
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Time to raid grandma’s cupboards!
Old-school scales are the perfectvintage Easter decorationsfor your kitchen or arranged on your springtime mantel.
Old cookbooks are a great way to round out the display.
Try checking out a local secondhand shop if grandma’s old cookbooks are too tattered to display.
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Easter Glass-Encased Centerpiece
Vintage Easter decorations can be a bit more fragile than their contemporary counterparts.
Try mixing up your treasures under a clear glass cloche.
Vintage Easter figurines, tiny ceramics, or even paper bunnies are all fun additions to this centerpiece.
Easter Cake Display
Of course, Easter dinner is a big dealbut so isEaster dessert!
Tempt your guests with a beautiful Easter cake display for the sweet treat ahead.
Dress up your special occasion cake stand by surrounding it with classic Easter decor.
We added one of our favorite vintage Easter bunny figurines and a simple potted white orchid.
Teapot Houses
These vintage Easter decorations give a whole new meaning totiny houses!
Butterfly and Flower Table Decoration
Make yourEaster table decorpop!
Start with a table runner in a springtime hue.
Paint quail eggs and butterfly cutouts to match.
Hot glue the butterflies to cut branches and arrange them on the table.
Fill small raised dishes with faux peony blooms and fill each flower “nest” with the painted eggs.
Tabletop Easter Tree
This DIY Easter tree will fit in perfectly with your vintage Easter decor.
Weigh down the pail with sand, stones, or pebbles.
To decorate your Easter tree, hangblown-out pastel eggswith ribbons and finish with handmade paper bird ornaments.
Plus, you could’t email the smell of fresh flowers.
To make it, glue a piece of scallop-edged vellum and decorative envelope to the front.
Place a small florist’s tube inside the envelope, then fill with water and a few springtime blooms.
Spring Lamb’s Ear Wreath
Welcome your Easter guests with ahandmade spring wreath.
Start by wrapping a foam wreath form with satin ribbon.
Hot glue faux lamb’s ear leaves to the wreath form.
Cut faux blooms and hot glue them to the wreath.
Chocolate Easter Bunny Place Card
Chocolate Easter bunnies are a springtime classic.
Delight everyone around your Easter table with a simple place setting that’s good enough to eat.
Set each place at your table with a largechocolate Easter bunnyand finish with place cards decorated with floral stickers.
Chick Egg Covers
This quick sewing project is both practical and an adorable vintage Easter decoration.
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Inspired byBritish teacozies, these little chicks will keep soft-cooked eggs hot.
To make it, trace and cut out two simple chick shapes from yellow terry cloth.
Layer the two chick shapes, wrong sides out.
Hand-stitch the edges together, leaving the base open.
Turn right sides out.
A black French knot stitch makes eyes, and a black felt becomes a beak.
Easter Memory Boxes
Think of these as the grown-up, vintage version of shoebox dioramas.
Purchase or make white shadowboxes.
Line the back of each box with colorful paper.
Then, add your favorite pieces of vintage Easter decorations.
Easter figurines, bird’s nests, and others create a lovely treasure trove of memories.
Photo Vintage
Sometimes, throwback Easter decor is more vintage-inspired than actual antiques.
Try a DIY version if you don’t have genuine vintage Easter decorations.
Cut old-time photos to make festive paper ornaments.
Then, attach each image to a ribbon or string and hang it on your Easter tree.
Vintage Ceramic Bunnies
Dress your vintage Easter bunny in his Sunday best!
Add somespringtime flairto each one with colorful ribbons and flowers.
Display your figures as part of a sweet spring centerpiece.
