Bring on Spring with These Pretty Outdoor Easter Decorations (2024)

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How do you decorate outside for Easter? ›

Think: Easter crafts such as spring-inspired wreaths, porch signs, topiaries, garden flags, and statues that will give your home fun, festive curb appeal. You can even make an outdoor Easter tree or put up the most festive DIY Easter garland.

But when to start decorating for Easter? As with other holidays and festivities, there is no precise date (or rule!), though most of us usually start decorating around two to four weeks before Easter. In 2024, this would mean decorating from the weekend of March 2nd.

Decorating with organic elements after Easter is a wonderful way to enjoy the remains of spring. Whether it's real plants or faux botanicals, they add life and beauty to any room. I personally enjoy using organics and often keep them around until I'm ready to switch to early summer decor.

Choosing patio decor, furniture, and lighting in colors and styles that coordinate with what you use indoors is another subtle way to make your outdoor space look pulled together.

Easter lilies are a go-to choice for the holiday but feel free to play with any flowers that accent your current décor. One great DIY project that brings flowers into your home is an umbrella bouquet. These can be used around the home and even hung on your door as an unconventional wreath.

The three main Easter colors are purple, white and gold. Purple and violet hues are typically used during the Lenten season in the lead-up to Easter. Easter Sunday's most prominent colors are usually white and gold to represent the holiness and triumph of the resurrection of Jesus.

Shades of light blue, yellow, purple, pink, and green radiate Easter and can be combined to create a whimsical ensemble. To make a fashion statement, add a splash of color to your bottom half and pair it with a patterned dress shirt. If you're more conservative, pair any color shirt with khaki pants.

White. On Easter, the color white symbolizes purity, grace, and, ultimately, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the joyful culmination of the Easter season.

Easter Sunday- Put on your Sunday's BEST! Wear White or Gold to symbolize the glory of the resurrection or flowers that recall new live!

When should I bring out spring decor? ›

March is a good time to welcome the season of new beginnings with changes in your home decorations. Focus on a few design elements that you can easily refresh, such as color and texture. In spring, select pastel hues for your curtains, throw pillows, rugs, and sheets.

Essentially, there are no hard rules about when to decorate your home for the change in seasons, do so when feels right for your space. With that in mind, designer Bethany Adams suggests ' I usually wait until after Valentine's day to start shifting my decor towards spring.

One explanation for this custom is that eggs were formerly a forbidden food during Lent, so people would paint and decorate them to mark the end of the period of penance and fasting, then eat them on Easter as a celebration. Easter egg hunts and egg rolling are two popular egg-related traditions.

Easter Lilies and Flowers

White Easter Lilies symbolize the purity of Christ to Christians and are common decorations in churches and homes around the Easter holiday. Their growth from dormant bulbs in the ground to flowers symbolize the rebirth and hope of Christ's resurrection.