Easy DIY Easter Centerpiece with Bunnies and Spring Flowers

Every spring, social media fills up with gorgeous Easter centerpieces – and I have one that is too good not to share again. If you’ve been looking for an easy DIY Easter centerpiece with bunnies and spring flowers, you’re in the right place.

This project started the way so many good ideas do – a vision, a bunny, but I didn’t have to make a trip to the craft store. I already had everything in my Easter decorations. Whether you spotted something on Pinterest, fell in love with a pretty basket at HomeGoods, or already have a bunny figurine waiting for its moment, this tutorial will show you exactly how to bring that vision to life.

I originally made this Easter centerpiece last year, and the response was so warm that I knew I had to share it again. It’s simple enough for a beginner, beautiful enough for your Easter table, and budget-friendly enough to make you smile – just like the bunnies themselves.

Let’s make something pretty together.

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Supplies for an Easter Centerpiece with Bunnies and Blooms

My vision for this centerpiece came to me while I was outside in our backyard. I spied one of my favorite things. Could I make an Easter centerpiece from a dirty bunny in our flower bed?

I had a bunny as my inspiration. Could I build a pretty Easter centerpiece around him?

Before creating a new DIY project of any sort, I shop my craft boxes to find items I need to create my project. For this Easter centerpiece, I had everything I needed. Not even one little bitty trip to the store.

Here are the elements I gathered and that you will need for this Easter centerpiece:

• a decorative tray, dough bowl, or rectangular or shallow basket
• a tall bunny – either wood, ceramic, metal, stone – whatever you have on hand
• faux moss or grass
• faux carrots – like these sisal jute carrots or these patterned fabric carrots
• Easter eggs like these painted ones, these bright paper mache ones , or these pastel speckled ones – wood, plastic, decoupage, painted
• fresh or faux flowers in spring colors, like these pink tulips that feel and look so real or pink cherry blossoms.
• small twig nests

I decided that for now, I would create my Easter centerpiece on our breakfast room table. The light is wonderful in there and I pass by it dozens of times a day. I left my burlap runner on the table as a rustic contrast to the white tabletop.

The Base

Every centerpiece needs a base to ground it.

I started this Easter centerpiece with my rustic wood rectangle tray with bead handles. I love that tray! It’s absolutely one of my favorite things. A dough bowl would also be a great choice.

If you follow Bluesky at Home, you’ve seen it many times. I just love it. It’s from Kirkland’s. I recognized it immediately as the base for the inspiration centerpiece.

Unfortunately, I looked on their website and didn’t see it. I bought it in the fall of 2017, so maybe it’s been discontinued. The rustic look of this wood one with metal handles would be good, too.

The Bunny

I’ve had this bunny in our backyard for years. This bunny does not hop because he is so heavy. I bought him inside as soon as I knew he would be the center of my centerpiece. He had dirt on his feet, so I washed his feet and let him dry out before assembling my Easter centerpiece.

When his feet were dry, I set him in the tray to make sure he fit. He did,

Any large bunny will work for this Easter centerpiece. If he is standing up, it will give you more height. I also found this one, which could be really cute.

The “Grass”

Instead of faux grass, we always have bags of Spanish moss and green moss for all sorts of planting needs. You might remember how I used it to finish off our indoor plants.

I laid pieces of green on the bottom of the tray for my “grass”. You could use any kind of grass – shredded paper or the kind used in a child’s Easter basket.

For years, we had bought our moss locally at $16.00 a pound. Last year, the price went up to $24.00 a pound. I almost choked. When I found this deal, I thought never again about buying moss locally. This really is a great price for green moss and it will last for a long time.

The Flowers

You might remember this white ceramic crock that I stenciled with a spring theme.

I couldn’t leave the other side of the white vase without an Easter design.

Using the same ChalkArt colors, I stenciled the other side with these two darling Easter stencils: Happy Easter Bunny (sold out) on the top and Hippity Hop (sold out) on the bottom.

The Tablecloth

In going through my Easter decorations, I found an Easter tablecloth that I forgot about.

I bought it at the Lakewood Flea Market north of Atlanta about seven years ago. The vendor had a huge stack with different color trims. I picked blue. I think they were made in Europe. Sweet Shark helped me lift the tray, which was halfway decorated, and I slipped the tablecloth underneath.

The Eggs and Flowers

Now I added a variety of our decorated Easter eggs. that we have had for many years.

The hand-painted egg in the lower right-hand of the picture is special. We bought it two years ago in Budapest on a pedestrian shopping street called Vici Vaci (vaci is street in Hungarian – about the only word we could pronounce and remember.) Painted Easter eggs are a tradition in Hungary.

The tulips stayed in the white vase.

I added cherrywood blossoms, which I bought a few years ago at Pier 1. I took them off the branches and now have a bag full of blooms. I tucked them in and around the eggs and grass.

I placed one bunch in the bunny’s paws. I also gave him some carrots to munch on.

The Nests

Was I through with my Easter centerpiece? I wanted little nests. Problem? I didn’t have nests, but I could make nests from mini-wreaths and reindeer moss.

The mini-wreaths came from the antique mall in Atlanta and I used them in my green and white spring tablescape. The reindeer moss came from Dollar Tree. I like to keep several bags on hand.

For the Easter centerpiece, I laid three mini-wreaths at the left, center, and right on the tray. Then I added a little more reindeer moss to make a nest.

I added a sweet little bunny to each nest for the Easter centerpiece. This is part of a set of five – it’s from a bunny band that I gave to my younger daughter when she was little. Since she has a little boy who isn’t interested in bunnies anymore, she told me to keep her bunny collection.

Here’s the conductor.

And the horn player.

And the violinist.

Now I had all the elements that the Easter centerpiece inspired me to create. This centerpiece would look great on your dining room table, coffee table, or mantel, too.

I have more fun Easter DIY decorations for you.

• How to Decoupage Easter Eggs
• 21 DIY Easter Decorating Ideas
• 5 Cute Ways to Make Air-Dry Clay Easter Eggs

Knowing how to make an Easter centerpiece is easy when you have an inspiration bunny ~ even if he has dirty feet. Since you now have this picture to inspire you, I hope that you will PIN it.

Check out these Pinterest Boards for more ideas: Easter DIY Ideas, Easter Decor, or Easter Tablescapes.

Now I’m ready to create this year’s centerpiece. Are you ready?