Getting ready for Easter is one of the loveliest times of year — colour, spring blooms, sweet treats, and maybe a little chocolate! If you’re after some seasonal inspiration, we’ve pulled together a lovely mix of budget-friendly and, most importantly, easy Easter table ideas that the kids can get stuck into as well.
A beautiful Easter table doesn’t need to be an afterthought, and it doesn’t need to be complicated either — it can be as simple or as extravagant as your time (and budget) allow. Many of the nicest Easter table decorations come together with just fresh flowers, dyed eggs, a few splashes of colour and a little planning.
Take a look below for some inspiration to bring to your own table this year.
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Easter Table Ideas: Centrepieces
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Isn’t this stunning! We love the pastel-coloured eggs teamed with gypsophila (‘baby’s breath’) for a truly elegant and affordable Easter centrepiece idea. The Casual Craftlete created this look with a vase set inside a wire basket — cover the gypsophila in the vase with the dyed eggs, and voilà!
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Those little plastic eggs that are perfect for garden egg hunts also come in handy for quick and easy Easter table decorations. We love this idea from Made With Happy, which shows how a little creativity can transform something so simple into a really cute decoration.
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The colour combination of these pastel and gold eggs from Style by Emily Henderson is stunning, and yet easily achievable. Try an ombré effect, or take inspiration from spring flowers already blooming in your garden. A touch of metallic paint on a few standout eggs really brings the whole look together.
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In contrast, perfectly pink spots, solids and stripes are the order of the day with this cute basket idea from Best Friends for Frosting. They look like they’ve come straight from the farm — albeit a very cute, very pink farm.
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An Easter tree has become a real staple of Easter decor, and for good reason — it makes a fantastic centrepiece and is really easy to put together. All you need are some branches from the garden (or picked up on a nature walk) and a few blooms, like the daffodils used in this lovely version from Blooms.
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Set the kids to work decorating paper oval shapes for “eggs,” then hang them from the branches with ribbon. You could also hang small decorated sugar cookies, or dyed eggs threaded with ribbon, like this version from Life at Clover Hill.
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Easter Table Ideas: Edible Treats
Flowers and eggs are beautiful, but if you fancy a sweeter approach to your easy Easter table, we’ve got you covered.
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Who would have thought jelly beans could make such a lovely Easter table decoration? If you can prise the beans away from the kids, use them to surround flowers or plain pillar candles, like this delightfully simple idea from Take Time for Style.
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A chocolate centrepiece is perfectly seasonal for Easter, and would make a fabulous dessert to share with guests — we’re just not sure how long this gorgeous display from Ciao Newport Beach would last in most houses! There’d likely be chocolatey faces all round and a very empty platter.
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These are just the kind of flowers kids will love! Toothpicks, Starburst sweets and a little creativity bring Spit Up is the New Black’s idea to life.
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Free Easter Scavenger Hunt
Chocolate, sweets, a visit from the Easter Bunny, baby animals — what’s not to love about Easter! Add a little extra fun to your celebrations with our free Easter scavenger hunt, ready to download and print.
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Easter Table Ideas: Kids’ Projects
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Eye-catching and cute, these painted jars are a lovely Easter craft for kids. Use any glass jars in a variety of sizes and paint them in a selection of colours — will they be bunnies or chicks? All it takes is some permanent marker or paint to bring these jars to life.
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Give your serving platters an Easter-inspired makeover. The Farm Chicks created this look using colourful paper napkins cut into shape to brighten up plain tableware — perfect for serving bread, rolls, finger food or other dry snacks.
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Empty jars get a glorious Easter makeover in this idea from Make Life Lovely. This adorable little bunny family is perfect inspiration for turning empty jars of any size into cute Easter table decorations.
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Easter Table Ideas: Place Settings
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Simple and cute! This easy Easter decoration from Oh Happy Day is a fun way to create individual place names. Combine colour-coordinated chocolate eggs with glittery pipe cleaners for a “nest” to complete the look.
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What’s not to love about this bunny napkin place setting? In My Own Style shares step-by-step photos so you can create your own — we also love the crepe paper flower centrepiece ideas on the same page.
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For a different (and equally adorable) take on a bunny napkin, try this standing bunny from Hot Polka Dot. That extra height at each place setting adds lovely variety to the table.
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For an elegant but still easy Easter place setting, we love this individual bunny menu from Miss Mustard Seed. A simple white carnation makes the bunny’s fluffy tail, so each menu is decorative and useful at once.
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More Easter Table Touches
Get creative and keep the kids amused with these fun printable Easter colouring pages for kids — guaranteed to brighten up your springtime table or waiting time before dinner.
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Teeny tiny egg cup gardens are a lovely way to mark out each guest’s spot at the table. The Farm Chicks created this look with moss and handmade toothpick flags — genius!
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A few small details can transform a simple napkin into a decorative touch at your Easter table. This idea, via Mad Hatter Party Box on Etsy, uses a simple doily and thin ribbon to finish off a spring look with pastel napkins.
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Here’s one for the kids to help with! Make and Takes created a pipe cleaner bunny as a napkin holder — a perfect easy Easter table decoration little hands can manage.
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If tulips are your favourite flower, you’ll love this elegant Easter place setting idea from Boxwood Clippings. Guests will feel special sitting down to a single beautiful bloom at their place.
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The whole look of Darling Darleen’s Easter table is a favourite — from the coordinating tableware to the individual bud vases of tulips, decorative sweet bowls and dyed-egg place names.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the easiest way to decorate an Easter table on a budget?
Start with what you already have — jam jars, plain napkins, garden branches — and add colour with dyed eggs, spring flowers or pastel ribbon. Small, simple touches at each place setting often make the biggest difference for the least effort.
Can kids help with Easter table decorating?
Yes, definitely! Painting jars, decorating paper eggs for an Easter tree, making pipe cleaner napkin holders and colouring in printable pages are all great ways for children to get involved and feel proud of the finished table.
Do I need fresh flowers for an Easter centrepiece?
Not at all. Branches from the garden, dyed eggs, or even sweets like jelly beans can form the base of a lovely centrepiece. Fresh flowers are a nice addition if you have them, but they’re not essential.
What can I use instead of a proper place card holder?
A dyed egg, a small nest of pipe cleaners, a folded bunny napkin, or a tiny egg-cup garden can all mark a place at the table just as sweetly as a traditional place card.
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