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Tiered Bouquets

Enliven your next buffet with an arrangement of eggcup bouquets displayed on cake stands.

Bouquet How-To

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Egg Garland

Dyed in fresh spring hues, our egg chain makes a cheerful seasonal swag for a mantel mirror; the blown-out eggshells are light enough to loop across a doorway.

Garland How-To

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Easter Bunny Garland

These cheerful decorations multiply quickly, thanks to their simple construction. To bring some festive cheer to your dessert table, march the rabbits across a garland, sit them atop cupcakes, or use them to offer sneak peeks into gift bags.

Garland How-To

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Clover Basket

This fanciful green-meadow vignette seems a fitting home for a chocolate bunny. His eyes (dabs of tinted royal icing) and bow-tie (ribbon with a glued-on rosette) match his surroundings.

Basket How-To

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Grass Candles

Celebrate spring by bringing some greenery indoors. Embellishing pillar candles with blades of grass highlights a plant that's rarely appreciated up close -- and unifies an assortment of candles.

Candle How-To

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Daffodil and Pom-Pom Chicks Basket

Set inside a rustic boat-shaped birch basket, this cheerful yellow hilltop vista is a breath of fresh air. You can practically hear the chicks peeping and feel the warm sunshine on your face.

Basket How-To

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Pounded-Grass Place Mats

White cotton or linen place mats are an ideal backdrop for a verdant lawn motif.

Place Mat How-To

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Egg Creatures

Are you "dyeing" for a new way to decorate Easter eggs? Here's a recipe for fun using basic crafts supplies.

Egg Creature How-To

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Spring Flowers in Eggcup Vases

For an Easter centerpiece, arrange several eggcups of spring flowers on a tray.

Make Spring Flowers in Eggcup Vases

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Green Grass in Eggcups

Celebrate spring by decorating your breakfast egg cup with fresh blades of grass. Simply place a few green leaves around the edges of the cup before the egg. Breakfast becomes a spring surprise.

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Tulip Egg Basket

A tulip egg basket is the perfect addition to a springtime dinner table, and is sure to impress your guests with its creative and decorative touch.

How to Make a Tulip Egg Basket

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Easter Egg Wreath

Symbols of rebirth in many cultures, eggs serve as the perfect star component in this festive wreath. To hollow out the eggs, working over a bowl, pierce one end of a raw egg with a pin. Pierce the other end, and use the pin to enlarge the hole slightly and break the yolk.

Wreath How-To

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Oversize Egg Vase

An oversize eggshell filled with flowers unites two symbols of spring in a single arrangement.

Vase How-To

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Elegant Eggs

Inspired by an easy Japanese technique, we've created these delightful decorations to enjoy this Easter and next.

How to Make Elegant Eggs

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Chocolate Bunnies and Pansies Easter Basket

When you're in the room with this extravagant brown basket, every fragrant breath is like a moment in a chocolate shop. Set out at an Easter party, it would make a wonderful centerpiece -- then dessert.

Make a Chocolate Bunnies and Pansies Easter Basket

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Egg Ornaments

In Europe, Easter eggs are often hung on tree branches and bushes. Bring this custom into your home with these charming ornaments embellished with ribbon and trimmings.

How to Make Egg Ornaments

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Easter Egg Tree

In Germany and Austria, it's customary to celebrate Easter by hanging hollow eggs from the branches of trees. This year, bring the tradition indoors by creating a unique display for blown and decorated Easter eggs.

Make an Easter Egg Tree

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Wheat Grass Centerpiece

Wheat grass makes a wonderful Easter table runner or centerpiece and provides the perfect background for displaying decorated eggs, flowers, and chocolate bunnies. Seeds take a few days to sprout, and in about 10 days, the grass will be ready to use as a decoration in your home -- just in time for Easter.

How to Make a Wheat Grass Centerpiece

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Metallic Polka-Dotted Eggs

This dramatic scene sets a new silver standard for Easter. There are whimsically polka-dotted and beribboned silver blown-out eggs, filigreed sterling silver "baskets," and, of course, dapper chocolate bunnies -- here, white chocolate, tied with ribbons to match the dots.

Metallic Polka-Dotted Eggs How-To

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Jeweled Egg Display

Adorned with artificial flowers and shimmering with Swarovski crystals, these hanging eggs make a dazzling addition to any Easter decor.

How to Make a Jeweled Egg Display

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Fuzzy Chicks on a Flowering Branch

A whimsical flowering branch is a natural perch for these handmade baby birds. We wrapped a fallen oak branch with ivory perle cotton thread, and then glued on fabric millinery flowers. To make a centerpiece, bunch several branches, nestling chicks among the buds.

How to Make the Chicks

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Bird's Nest with Quince Branches

Bring the beauty of spring into your home with this speckled eggs-and-nest display.

Make the Bird's Nest Display

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Birch-Wrapped Basket with Tulips and Daffodils

This oversize nest cradles an exuberant mix of blooms from spring-flowering bulbs -- the botanical counterpart to newly hatched birds.

Make the Birch-Wrapped Basket

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Faux-Chocolate Bunnies

This beautiful faux-chocolate bunny is a timeless Easter decoration you can enjoy year after year.

Learn How to Make Faux Chocolate Bunnies

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Doily Basket

Not only are these beautiful baskets perfect for Easter, but they also can be displayed year-round.

Doily Basket How-To

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Eggshell Flower Arrangement

Hollowed-out eggshells make naturally beautiful vases for tiny flower arrangements.

How to Make an Eggshell Flower Arrangement

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Botanical Eggs

Eggs adorned with the delicate shapes of greenery and herbs announce the arrival of spring. Blown-out eggs work best for this project, but hard-boiled eggs can also be used.

How to Make Botanical Eggs

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Spring Bulbs Basket

Here we celebrate purple and honor the early springtime landscape by bringing it inside -- and turning the mantel into a garden path.

Make a Spring Bulbs Basket

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Glittered Floral Egg Basket

Being blue has never felt so good. Especially since little presents, such as a vintage bluebird, are tucked inside these shimmering egg boxes.

Glittered Floral Egg Basket

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Pussy Willow Nest

This time of year, birds instinctively put the materials at hand to good use. Here, the downy, gray catkins of pussy willow branches soften a densely woven nest, while dried grasses inside cushion fragile decorated eggs. A trail of feathers suggests that the winged occupant has just taken flight.

Instructions for Pussy Willow Nest

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Cherry Blossom and Dogwood Arrangement

Jump-start spring by forcing branches of early-flowering trees and shrubs and displaying them in a lush arrangement.

Cherry Blossom Arrangement How-To

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Spring Lights Easter Bouquet

Give a gentle nod to the season with this fresh take on a pastel Easter palette. Fragrant white hyacinths and buttery-yellow double tulips and carnations shimmer against green-and-white pittosporum foliage. A porcelain vase sets off the textures and tones of the flowers, as well as the variegated leaves. We began by grouping stems of pittosporum to shape a framework and establish height. The rest was filled in with hyacinths, then tulips and carnations, to create a mounded form. If arrangements could smile, this one would.

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Paper Basket Bouquet

Try a twist on Easter baskets, and make a paper basket bouquet for every place setting.

Make a Paper Basket Bouquet

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Pussy-Willow Wreath

A wreath covered with catkins from a pussy-willow branch makes a lovely Easter or spring decoration.

Make a Pussy-Willow Wreath

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Spring Bulb Arrangement

Creating a spring bulb arrangement is a beautiful way to make the season come alive indoors.

How to Make a Spring Bulb Arrangement

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Eggs-in-a-Nest Centerpiece

Make a distinctive needle-felted bird's nest for your Easter table.

Eggs-in-a-Nest Centerpiece How-To

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Pussy Willow Arrangement

Make this lovely pussy willow arrangement for Easter, and when the holiday is over, remove the eggs and display with your spring decorations.

Make a Pussy Willow Arrangement

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Beaded Egg Ornaments

Deck arrangements of flowering branches with personalized pendants.

How to Make Beaded Egg Ornaments

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Tulip and Pussy Willow Arrangement

This delicate tabletop arrangement will be a great addition to an Easter brunch or dinner party.

Make a Tulip and Pussy Willow Arrangement

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Needle-Felted Chicks

Add a charming touch to your Easter decor by crafting one of these adorable needle-felted chicks.

Make Needle-Felted Chicks

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Spring-in-a-Pot Centerpiece

No special flower-arranging skills are needed to make these brunch-table centerpieces -- just a few hallmarks of spring: blades of grass, muscari blooms, and a cache of pretty eggs.

Spring-in-a-Pot Centerpiece How-To

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Easter Fabric Silhouettes

Complete your Easter decor with a parade of fabric cut-out chicks and bunnies.

Make Easter Fabric Silhouettes

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Egg-Shaped Hyacinth Topiary

Inspired by the jeweled treasures crafted by Peter Carl Faberge around the turn of the twentieth century, this "egg" is decorated with spring-blooming hyacinths and pearl-headed pins.

Make an Egg-Shaped Hyacinth Topiary

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Oversized Botanical Decoupage Eggs

Selected flower- and bird-themed artwork can transform a variety of eggs -- from naturally deep-green emu eggs to tinted and undyed ostrich eggs to painted wooden orbs -- into instant collectibles.

How to Make Oversized Botanical Decoupage Eggs

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Dyed Easter Baskets

Why should eggs have all the fun? For one-stop decorating, dye the basket -- and everything inside it -- at once. A nice bonus: The pretty monochrome nests highlight subtle variations among the eggs.

Make Dyed Easter Baskets

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Easter Tree with Eggs, Rabbits, Chicks, and Baskets

The branches of our feathered tree feature egg and carrot ornaments hanging from loops of silver thread, as well as pipe-cleaner baskets filled with Easter creatures and more eggs.

Make the Easter Tree

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Simple Easter Display

To create a great Easter display without a great deal of effort, limit your palette to one spring-inspired color, such as yellow.

Make a Simple Easter Display

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Pussy-Willow Basket

Cover a vase with pussy-willow branches to form a pretty seasonal basket arrangement.

Pussy Willow Basket How-To

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Colorful Egg Tree

Every passerby, including a wayfaring rabbit, stops to admire this weeping cherry tree. With bright marbleized eggs suspended on yellow ribbons and a ring of golden pot marigolds around the base, it sets the stage for a lively egg hunt or leisurely spring brunch.

How to Make a Colorful Egg Tree