Door Decorations Made With Tulle for Easter

Welcome Easte with a decorated front door.

With its traditional decorations of white bunnies, pastel eggs and bright yellow chicks, Easter can bring a burst of color to your home. Make your home a celebration of the season by decorating your front door with bright decor and easy projects. By using tulle, which is inexpensive and readily available, you can add lushness to your design without breaking the bank.

Bow

Take 16-gauge wire and cut a 40-inch length. Drill holes in both ends of a dozen plastic eggs. Lay them out and arrange them in an attractive color pattern. Following that design, thread them onto the wire. Wire silk leaves between each egg. Shape the wire into a circle and overlap the two ends. Wrap masking tape around the ends to hold in place. Add more silk leaves to hide the masking tape.

Take 6-inch tulle and cut three yards for the bow and 1/2 yard for the tail. Fold the three yards in one continuous accordion pleat, pinning it place if necessary to hold the pleats in place. Slide the 18-inch piece of tulle around the pleats and tie in a square knot so that both ends of the tail hang down evenly. Fluff out the folds to create a full-looking bow. Attach to the wreath with wire.

Tulle Garland

Measure the size of the doorway and multiply by 1.5, so if your door is 10 feet wide, you will need 15 feet of tulle. Cut 54 inch wide tulle to the right length. Cut the same length of 1/8 inch wide white ribbon. Cut the ribbon into 18 inch lengths. Buy enough faux ivy garlands so that they can hot glued together to measure the same length as the tulle. Lay the tulle flat on the ground. Lay the garland down the center of the tulle. Wire easter decorations, such as multi-colored easter eggs, to the garland at attractive intervals. Fold the top of the tulle to the middle, slightly covering the garland. Fold the bottom up to the middle so that it slightly overlaps the top fold. Every 15 inches, hand gather the tulle and wrap with the ribbon. Tie the ribbon into bows. Attach to top of the doorway.

Cardboard Easter Bunny

Go to appliance store and ask for a discarded box from a refrigerator or other large appliance. Draw a large Easter Bunny on the cardboard. Use a utility knife to cut it out. Spray-paint white. Wrap white tulle around the Easter Bunny, using hot glue on the back to hold the tulle in place. If desired, add several layers of tulle. Cut out pink felt in the shape of the bunny's ears, and hot glue to the inside of his ears. Add a giant pink tulle bow to his neck. Attach to front door using double-sided tape.

Tulle Wreath

Wrap lengths of white tulle around a styrofoam wreath shape, readily available at any craft store. Use straight pins to keep the tulle in place. Decorate the wreath with decorative eggs and small, yellow chicks.

Tutu

Buy a hinged Easter Bunny at any party store and hang it on the front door. Cut elastic to fit the bunny's waist. Cut 4 yard lengths of pink tulle into strips. Keep tying the strips to the elastic until you have created a tutu for the bunny Attach to bunny's waist. Use double-sided tape to attach the bunny's right foot to its left knee to form the classic ballet pose.

References

• Homemade Simple: One Bow, Many Uses
• Tulle: Tulle Garlands
• Martha Stewart: Easter Egg Wreath

Resources

• Family Fun: Kids' Easter Crafts