Do it yourself Free
One weekend, a sheet of plywood and some string lights. Costs almost nothing and still stops traffic.
| Spot | What to get | How big | How many | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A |
36 in. Giant Egg Stack (opens in a new tab)
Amazon
3 pieces
The star. Two thirds of the way up the walk, not down by the sidewalk and not parked against the porch. Go bigger than you would on a normal lot. At 55 ft back, a 6 ft piece disappears.
|
3' H | 1 | $49 |
| B |
18 in. Giant Easter Eggs, 6 pack (opens in a new tab)
Amazon
6 pieces
Sidekick, left. Left of the walk, a few feet behind the centerpiece so the two do not line up flat when you look up the yard.
|
1' 6" H | 1 | $26.99 |
| C |
Pastel Bunting, 30 ft (opens in a new tab)
Amazon
24 pieces
Sidekick, right. Right of the walk, matching the left. Keep both off the driveway edge.
|
10" H | 1 | $18.99 |
| D |
Solar Path Light Stakes, 10 pack (opens in a new tab)
Amazon
10 pieces
The approach lights. Both sides of the walk for the last 36 ft up to the door. You do not need to light the whole 55 ft. Starting the run partway up pulls the eye toward the house instead of stopping it at the sidewalk.
|
1' 3" H | 2 | $49.38 |
| E |
Warm White Incandescent Mini Lights, 300 count (opens in a new tab)
Amazon
300 pieces
Roofline and porch. Gutter line and porch. Use the biggest bulb you are willing to buy. At this distance small twinkle lights turn into a faint smudge.
|
2" H | 1 | $25.99 |
| F |
Bare Arch, Dressed
Build it
The halfway moment. The theme says eggs get hung off anything that will hold one, and this is the only thing in the yard that will. Hang them at wildly different drops, from two inches to two feet, so they sit at different heights: a row all at the same length reads as bunting. Plastic eggs weigh almost nothing so the twenty pound crown limit is not in play here, which makes this the one theme that can properly load the top. Keep the lowest egg above head height. Fishing line rather than ribbon, because ribbon goes limp and gray after one wet night and fishing line disappears, so the eggs look like they are floating.
|
7' 4" H | 1 | $31 |
1 thing needs an outlet, about 1 amps all together. That all fits on one 15 amp circuit, you are fine. Outdoor GFCI outlets only, and leave a drip loop in the cord at every plug so rain runs off instead of in.
You will also need
The cord is the part everybody forgets, and stores run out of them at the peak of every season. Outdoor rated only, and plugged into a GFCI outlet.
- 1× 25 ft Outdoor Extension Cord, 16 gauge (opens in a new tab) 1 plug-in piece across 1 spot $16.98
- 1× Outdoor Timer with Photocell (opens in a new tab) Switches the whole display on and off on its own $14.98
About $31.96 of hardware, on top of the $201.35 of decorations. Buy it once and it comes back out every year.