5 Ideas for Decorating Your Easter Table in 2026

This year, Easter falls on April 5th. This means it's high time to start thinking not only about what you'll be baking and cooking, but also about how your festive table will look. Because let's face it – even the simplest Russian salad looks better when accompanied by a beautifully decorated Easter egg, a blooming daffodil, and a warmly glowing candle.

We've gathered five ideas that will help you create a cozy and original Easter table without much hassle or expense.

1. Live greenery instead of artificial decorations

Instead of buying plastic bunnies and shiny artificial flowers, look around you. Nature is already waking up in early April – willows (willow branches with "catkins"), birch branches with their first buds, daffodils, and hyacinths. Place a few blooming stems in a small vase or glass jar and put them in the center of the table. Live flowers smell fragrant, change, and create that spring mood that no artificial decoration can replace.

If you have moss – even better. Moss laid out on a flat plate or in a wooden box with a few Easter eggs on top will look like a small spring nest.

2. Candles – a warm accent for the evening table

During the day, the festive table looks great in natural light. But when the sun sets, and the family is still sitting at the table sharing cakes and memories – candles become indispensable.

This year, instead of simple white candles, try something more creative. For example, the Easter beeswax candle "Margutis" combines two things in one – it's both a decoration and a candle. The plaster container is egg-shaped, and inside is a natural beeswax candle. It not only looks festive but also smells of a subtle honey aroma, and burns for about 9 hours – enough for the whole evening and still some left over.

3. Easter eggs not just on a plate – a central table composition

Easter eggs usually rest on a separate plate, waiting to be "cracked." But you can do it differently. Take a nice bowl, a glass container, or even a simple basket, fill it with hay or Easter grass, and arrange the Easter eggs in it. Add a couple of twigs, a small flower – and you have a central table decoration that looks like something you'd see in an interior design magazine.

Another tip – place one Easter egg next to each plate, on a folded napkin. A small gesture, but it immediately makes the table feel more personal.

4. Napkins as a decorative element

An underrated but very simple trick. Choose fabric or high-quality paper napkins in a nicer shade – pastel colors (light green, yellowish, pink) are perfect for spring. Fold them in an unusual way – this year's most popular option: tie a rolled napkin with string so that it resembles bunny ears. An Easter egg in the middle. It will look playful, and you can make it in a few minutes.

5. Handmade accents – something you won't find in a mass-market store

One of this year's strongest trends is authenticity. People want to see something with a story on the table, not a plastic chick made in China. Handmade decorations – be it a ceramic plate, a wooden Easter egg stand, or a hand-painted candle in a jar – add a warmth to the table that is immediately felt.

At "Matėja," you'll find an Easter decorations collection and an Easter candles collection, where each item is handmade in Lithuania. If you're looking for one accent that will change the whole mood of the table – start with it.

An Easter table doesn't have to be complicated. Sometimes, one beautiful candle, a few branches, and carefully arranged Easter eggs are enough to make a home breathe spring. The most important thing is that it feels good to sit at that table.