25 gorgeous Easter decorations to buy now (2024)

FAQs

What date do you put up Easter decorations? ›

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.

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.

Easter is associated with spring, which is why decorations in the shape of flowers, eggs and bunnies usually dominate, symbolising nature's rebirth to life after winter. Eggs are one of the most important symbols of this time.

The date for Easter changes every year, but it's best to decorate about two weeks before the holiday. The good news is that Spring decorations can stay up through March and April.

The black cloth remains on the cross from Good Friday, through Holy Saturday (the day Jesus was in the grave). The white cloth represents the resurrection of Christ. The white cloth remains on the cross from Easter Sunday through Ascension Day when the cross remains bare until next Lenten season.

Green is the ultimate Easter color. This holiday combines sacrifice, resurrection, and eternal life – a new beginning and growth. Appropriate for spring, when new life blooms on every corner. Once Easter is over, priests wear green to symbolize the resurrection of Jesus and a promise of a new life.

Yellow & Gold. Yellow and gold are common colors to see during Easter traditions and celebrations.

On the evening of Holy Saturday (Easter vigil), or certainly come Easter Sunday, white or gold are used to celebrate the resurrection. The Easter color is used until Pentecost. On Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter, red is used.

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.

What are the four main Easter colors? ›

Here's why hues like purple, pink, yellow and white are so traditional for the holiday.

White and Gold (The Colors of Easter Day)

The Sanctuary colors for Easter Sunday and Ascension Day are [traditionally] white and gold.” Throughout the Bible, white symbolizes purity: “'Come now, let us reason together,' says the LORD.

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.

The First Day of Advent

For many Christians, it's traditional to start putting up Christmas decorations on Advent Sunday, i.e. the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day (in 2023, this will happen on Sunday, December 3rd). Advent marks the start of the new liturgical year and a time of expectation and hope.

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.

Holy Saturday is a time of preparation for Easter: decorating Easter eggs, organizing the upcoming Easter breakfast and Easter lunch.

Most people start decorating for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving, while others choose to wait until mid-December. Right after Thanksgiving is a great option because often, family is still gathered in one home and can decorate together. It also allows for a great transition between the two holidays.