Whether you’re hosting an Easter egg scavenger hunt or inviting your friends and family over for a backyard brunch on Easter Sunday, sprucing up your space with some cute Easter outdoor decorations will make your home feel so much more festive and fun. In the weeks leading up to Easter, which falls on April 17 this year, transform your yard into a scene Peter Cottontail would be proud of with these 40 adorable DIY yard decorations that are sure to put a spring in your step—without draining your energy or your wallet in the process! Check out some inspo!
40 Outdoor Easter Decorations
- Washi Tape Eggs Dying Easter eggs can be such a hassle! So when you’re hoping to display a whole basketful by your front door, this DIY idea is a much easier solution. Apply strips of washi tape to the outside of your hardboiled eggs in any design you like for a colorful, 5-minute DIY outdoor Easter decor idea that has just the same amount of impact—if not more!
- Chalk Bunny Paw Prints Using sidewalk chalk, draw oversized bunny-shaped paw prints in different colors along your home’s front walkway. Outline each one in white chalk to really make them pop!
- Easter Bunny Flower Pots Hot-glue cardstock bunny ears onto a white flower pot and draw on a cute bunny face using pink and black paint pens. Attach an oversized white pompom tail to the back and show it off on your front porch for everybunny to see!
- Egg-ceptional Place Settings To add a little flair to your outdoor table setting, take a pastel craft egg and adorn them with each guest’s first initial. Place them according to seating arrangements.
- Burlap Easter Bunnies Transform an old burlap bag into an adorable DIY stuffed bunny you can hang by the front door. Don’t forget to accessorize it with a pompom tail and patterned bow for some extra flair.
- Colorful Easter Sticky-Note Wreath Have your family members and closest friends write sweet Easter-themed wishes onto pastel-colored sticky notes and stick them onto a cardboard ring to make a sentimental outdoor Easter wreath that’s full of sweet sayings and sentiments.
- Paint Chip Egg Banner Gather free paint chip strips from your local hardware store and cut them into the shape of an Easter egg. Punch a hole at the top of each and string them into a colorful, low-cost Easter garland you can hang outside.
- Bloom On Recycle an old apple picking basket and fill it with wet floral foam, plastic wrap, and bunches of spring flowers. Fill negative space with wheat or cat grass.
- Backyard Peeps Bunny Wreath Unwrap a few boxes of Peeps in assorted colors and Easter shapes and let them dry out for 72 hours until they harden. Then, attach them to a Styrofoam wreath base using toothpicks for a super sweet outdoor Easter decoration idea.
- Flower-Filled Lantern Rather than filling your favorite outdoor lantern with candles, stuff it with flowers (fresh or faux) for a chic springtime look. Top off this DIY outdoor Easter decor idea by weaving in some battery-powered fairy lights for an even more whimsical feel.
- Colorful Candleholders Transform your leftover broken dyed eggshells into something that will give your backyard some glow. Simply take the broken shell and place a tea light inside.
- Easter Egg Mason Jar Planters Using craft or acrylic paint, decorate small Mason Jars in fun springtime colors and Easter egg designs. Fill with soil and seeds and watch your favorite plants bloom!
- DIY Easter Egg String Lights Bust into your Christmas decorations and find your favorite string lights. Measure the lightbulb and find a drill bit in the same size. Grab a bag of plastic eggs and, using your drill and your new drill bit, make a small hole in the center. The eggs should fit snugly making this a quick outdoor decoration!
- Ribbon-Covered Eggs Find a piece of foam at your local craft store and carve it into an egg shape. Hot glue your favorite springtime ribbons on top until the egg is covered. Then, tie a bow on top to complete the look of this easy outdoor Easter egg decor.
- Easter Embroidery Frame To make embroidery flowers, hot glue pastel-colored paper doilies to a screen mesh. Then, hot glue the screen to a fitting frame. Hang on the front porch for a rustic country feel.
- Bunny Bottom Flower Pot Take a large dark-colored cotton pom pom and hot glue it to a terracotta flower pot. Add a smaller white pom pom to the center of the dark-colored one. Cut out some bunny feet using construction paper and hot glue them on either side of the bottom of the dark-colored pom pom.
- Easter Egg Tree Take the plastic eggs your kids find at the Easter egg hunt and hang them with string for an instant holiday tradition. Top it off with a pair of felt rabbit ears! 18. Easter Egg Piñata Make your own DIY Easter egg-shaped piñata! Blow up a ballon and cover it with newspaper dipped in a mixture of Elmer’s glue and water to make the base of your paper mâché piñata. Cut a hole in the bottom once dry and fill it with Easter candy before you finish decorating the exterior with fringed tissue paper or paint.
- DIY Chalkboard Eggs Coat some plastic eggs with black chalkboard paint. Write hopeful sayings and doodle cute Easter drawings to give them a fun effect.
- Painted Easter Rocks Collect some smooth stones and transform them with some pastel-colored paint. Write inspirational messages or some fun Easter puns!
- Easter Rain Boots Take an old pair of rain boots and stuff them with Easter accessories, like Easter grass and plastic eggs—or even a classy bunch of fresh tulips!
- DIY Floral Boxes Pick some of your favorite flowers from your backyard or create them with construction paper. Next, hot glue to the center of a small gift box. Fill the box with chocolate eggs for a sweet surprise. Perfect for an outdoor setting!
- Easter Bunny Balloons Blow up white balloons and cut bunny ears and nose out of white and pink cardstock. Glue ears on top of the balloon and nose in the center for an instant conversation starter!
- Reclaimed Wood Easter Sign All you need for this fun and easy decoration is a piece of reclaimed wood, stencils, chalk, and paint! Space out the words “Happy Easter” on the piece of wood, trace the letter with chalk and paint over in your favorite pastel color.
- Easter Egg Balloons Blow up some pastel or neon-colored balloons to your desired size. Next, turn it upside down so the knot of the balloon is facing up. Next, take some paint and design the balloon with classic Easter prints.
- Flower Pot Gumball Machine Take a flowerpot and turn it upside down. Next, take an old candy jar and hot glue it to the bottom of the flowerpot. Make sure the opening of the candy jar is front-facing. Next, take the top of the candy jar and hot glue it to the top to finish off the classic gumball machine look. Fill with Easter goodies or fresh flowers.
- Rustic Metal Easter Signs Take some corrugated metal and a jig or circular saw (remember to wear protection!) and cut into a carrot or egg shape. Decorate with brightly colored spray paint!
- Bunny Tail Bunting Cut a bunny’s silhouette out of white cardstock. Take some pom-poms and cleverly place it on the bunny to create a bushy tail. Glue the finished bunnies to a piece of string.
- Egg-ceptional Wreath Take an egg carton and cut it into groups of 4. Then, paint white and arrange into a circle. Fill with flowers, candy, or eggs!
- Eggshell Planters Fill half an eggshell with soil and a succulent. Place in egg carton or scatter them in your outdoor garden for a little spring joy.
- Easter Egg Flower Box Fill an indoor or outdoor flower box with plastic grass. Add decorated eggs for a little holiday touch.
- Eggshell Garland Hollow out the eggs and crack off the top. Then, hot glue ribbon to either side of the egg. Fill with wet floral foam and press in a few small flowers.
- Polka-Dot Pots Paint terra-cotta planters in different shades of pastel. Then, ask your kids to decorate them with polka dots using sidewalk chalk. Plant wheat grass or cat grass seeds and wait a week to ten days. When fully bloomed, add lilies and colored eggs for a sweet Easter surprise.
- Umbrella Wreath Take an old umbrella and overfill it with artificial or natural tulips. At the base of the umbrella, tie a matching colored ribbon.
- Pinecone Flowers Find the prettiest pinecones in your backyard and ask the kids to help you turn them in peonies. Place them on your runner on your outdoor table setting!
- Mini Egg Tree Grab a styrofoam ball and hot glue mini plastic eggs until the ball is covered. Stick a crafting stick at the bottom and stick in a flower pot full of fake moss and clay.
- Bunny Sign Take a stencil of a bunny’s silhouette and place it on a piece of reclaimed wood. Next, hold the stencil down with a glass and spray paint the wood with your favorite spring color, making sure to cover the area around and over the stencil. Remove it for a cute bunny backdrop for your favorite Easter quote and hang it in your garden.
- Colorful Garden Eggs Add a little whimsy fun to your garden with these colorful wooden Easter eggs! Trace an egg over a piece of cardboard or cardstock, cut it out, and decorate it with fun colors. Hot glue it to wooden stakes and add to your backyard for a little springtime fun!
- Easter Chick Mailbox Stick a few of those miniature chenille Easter chicks to the top of your mailbox to give your mailman—and any observant passerby—a smile!
- DIY Fabric Carrot Garland Use scraps of leftover orange fabric filled with stuffing to make an adorable carrot garland to hang above your front door! Top each off with faux grass or a bundle of green yarn to look like the carrots’ stems. Easter Puns100 Easter Quotes50 Easter Crafts for Kids25 Easter Zoom Backgrounds101 Easter Recipes50 Easter Basket Ideas for KidsEaster TriviaEaster Jokes