Sure you decorate your fireplace and mantel for the winter
holidays, but don’t forget this important focal point in your
room as Spring approaches. Here are some nearly-instant ideas
for springtime and Easter fireplace decorating:
Daffodils in crystal or glass vases on each end of your mantel
bespeak the coming of Spring. Tie a wired chiffon ribbon in a
soft spring hue in a bow around each vase for a nice touch.
March a line of fluffy chicks across your mantel. Five or more
chicks, whether stuffed toys, porcelain hens, or craft store
chickens, make a cute display.
And speaking of stuffed toys, now is a great time to find those
old stuffed bunnies and ducks and turn them into mantel
ornaments. Add Easter grass, and scatter decorated eggs along
the mantel to keep them company.
Tie wired gingham-checked ribbons into bows, and attach them to
the edge of your mantel. Let the ends of each bow hang down
various lengths from one to three feet. At the end of each
ribbon, open a plastic egg, tape the ribbon’s end inside the
egg, and force the egg shut. This creates a set of eggs dangling
at different heights.
Bring out your glass, crystal, white, and pastel candle holders
of different heights for your mantel. Select a trio of
springtime colors such as lavender, pink and eggshell or aqua,
pale green, and soft yellow. Use pastel candles in some of the
candle holders. In others, perch decorated Easter eggs (real,
plastic, wooden, or glass).
The ideas above are great for your fireplace’s mantel, but
what’s a terrific way to decorate your fireplace itself?
Fireplace candelabra are the perfect accessories. And using
candles in the shape of decorated Easter eggs in your fireplace
candelabra is a super-simple, but visually dramatic way to
decorate for the season. (Just don’t be too surprised if the
Easter Bunny replaces one of the candle-eggs with a chocolate
one!)
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