If you found yourself wondering if I’d skipped Easter, the answer is yes, and also no.
I didn’t do anything to celebrate (if I remember correctly, my family and I didn’t even wish each other a happy Easter on the actual day), which is a very common occurrence for holidays these days, but it’s also kinda weird when I think about it, because Easter used to be a really big holiday in our family.
Not because we’ve ever been religious (we have not), but it was always a day that my family and extended family celebrated together.
7-year-old Jordan Rae searching out chocolate in my Disney princess pajamas
For me, Easter may just always bring to mind the family get-togethers at my grampa’s house with big tables of food (Grampa’s ham was my Easter favorite, not too long before I went vegan), little plastic kites that we’d put together and fly out in the yard, and special shiny shoes that would either get muddy (if we were blessed with a warm day), or fail to keep our white tights dry in the snow that still covered the ground.
There were other years where we’d have the meal at my gramma’s house, or we’d go over to her house for an Easter egg hunt (Gramma wouldn’t hide candy, but would instead hide hard-boiled eggs — I loved them).
And on every Easter morning we’d wake up to an egg hunt and Easter baskets from the Easter bunny Mom. The contents of the eggs changed over the years (starting with candy, and ending with dried fruit when we started making dietary changes), but we loved them no matter what was inside (believing in the Easter bunny feels like such a fever dream — like, what do you mean a rabbit came into my house and hid candy for me…? Admit it: it’s extremely weird).
2004 in our matching dresses that Mom made us for the holiday
Easter always feels like a holiday that officially welcomes in spring, with its bright colors and blooming daffodils.
But now, like most holidays, I do little to celebrate. Times change, and I enjoy celebrating in my own quiet way: by creating holiday-themed projects (truly a well that never runs dry).
So here are my 3 DIY Easter Projects that I made this year! 🐰
1. wooden easter eggs
The morning that Pinterest showed me a painted wooden Easter egg was the morning that I ordered a pack of wooden eggs so that I could create some of my own.
It wasn’t long before I had a color palette, and a vision (I sketched out all my ideas while I waited for my eggs to arrive).
I absolutely love how all of these came out; my favorites ended up being the spring flowers surrounded by the frames of intricate lace, but the gingham chicken one is also high on the list of favorites.
I thought these stands were the perfect finishing touch — each egg comes with one to easily display it on!
I very much enjoyed this project, and wooden eggs are something that I’d likely paint again for other holidays, occasions, or aesthetics.
There are two YouTube shorts that you can watch of me making these; both have mostly the same footage, but this one is set to an adorable little song, while this one is narrated by me (the narrated shorts seem to generally get more attention, but I quite enjoy the aesthetic of a good song to match the vibes of a video).
This was the first video that I put together with footage from my new camera, and I could definitely see the quality upgrade!
These Easter eggs are available for purchase here!
2. floral fridge magnets
I was given these cute little wooden heart blanks, and I knew almost immediately what I wanted to do with them: make them into fridge magnets.
I made these after I had already painted the aforementioned wooden eggs, so the spring flowers were still fresh in my mind.
Watching the spring bulbs bloom in the garden every year is one of my favorite things, so I wanted to capture my favorite ones on these magnets: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, snowdrops, and tulips.
I think they came out so beautifully, and I finished each one off by adding gold foil to their edges, and sealing them with mod podge.
I, of course, put together another YouTube short of me creating these magnets, which you can watch here 🎨
These floral fridge magnets are available for purchase here!
3. vintage cut-and-sew bunny dolls
not gonna lie, they looked a bit dead when I first sewed on their button eyes, but thankfully adding white French knots really ended up bringing them to life
Continuing on with the vintage cut-and-sew dolls, I knew I had to buy Bunny Sue’s pattern as soon as I saw her adorable dress. And then once I’d made one, I couldn’t resist making another, just so that I could keep one, and list one in the shop!
She was printed by Cranston Print Works and is made of 100% cotton. She’s the biggest doll I’ve made yet, and I just love how she’s a real armful 🥰
She’s no longer in print, but patterns for her are still readily available on eBay and Etsy!
Complete with her sunhat, bloomers, and posable ears — I would have absolutely loved to have gotten one of these on Easter morning when I was a kid. Actually, I would love to get one of these at the grown age of 28! 🎀
For some reason, these cut-and-sew dolls are typically my most popular content that I post on YouTube (ironically it’s the project that takes the least amount of skill from me), and Bunny Sue’s YouTube short ended up getting over 10.2k views. You can watch her come to life here!
Bunny Sue is available for purchase here!
And that’s all for Easter 2026; unfortunately I didn’t have enough time to create as many projects as I did for Valentine’s day this year.
If I had started just a wee bit earlier then I definitely would’ve painted an Easter version of my Valentine’s day garlands…but I suppose it’s not too late to make a spring flower version anyway 🌷
art by jordan rae 