March through mid-April
Easter and Spring
A daylight holiday. Nothing needs to light up, everything needs to survive wind and rain, and the whole thing goes up in an afternoon.
- start planning late February
- 3 themes
- 30 plans
what makes this one different
Before you buy anything
Easter moves by up to a month year to year, so plan around the date rather than the month. It is almost entirely a daytime display, which means no cords, no outlets and no timers, but also nothing to hide a cheap finish behind. March wind is the real enemy. Anything light and hollow needs to be staked or weighted.
pick a look
3 themes for Easter and Spring
Each one works with every yard shape on the site, so pick the look first and the plan bends around your geometry afterwards.
Showing these on your Split-Level or Raised Ranch not yours? pick one
- Wide Shallow, No Porch
- Narrow Shallow with Porch
- L-Shaped with Projecting Garage
- Deep Narrow
- Corner Lot
- Split-Level or Raised Ranch
- Sloped or Terraced
- Small Urban Postage Stamp
- Circular Driveway
- Long Driveway, Rural Frontage
We will remember it for next time.
Easter Bunny Visit
Somebody came through the yard and left tracks. Rabbits at three sizes doing three different things, arranged so it looks like a moment rather than a store shelf.
1 free build plan in this one
See it on Split-Level or Raised RanchEggs, Eggs Everywhere
Eggs at every size the yard will take, in every pastel there is, stacked and scattered and hung off anything that will hold one. Almost none of it needs power.
1 free build plan in this one
See it on Split-Level or Raised RanchSpring Flowers
Tulips and daffodils at five times life size, in a drift rather than a row. It goes up in March and still looks right in May, which no other spring theme manages.
1 free build plan in this one
See it on Split-Level or Raised Ranchor start from your yard
Which shape do you have?
If you already know your lot shape, go in that way instead. Every theme above works with every one of these.
- Wide Shallow, No Porch Lining everything up in one flat row parallel to the house. It turns your yard into a store display. Stagger the depths even a few feet.
- Narrow Shallow with Porch Buying one giant inflatable that fills the entire yard and blocks the porch. The porch is your best feature. Do not park something in front of it.
- L-Shaped with Projecting Garage Treating the entry as the center of the house and spacing everything around it. The entry is off to one side. Symmetry built around it looks lopsided from the street.
- Deep Narrow Putting everything up by the house where you can see it from the front door. From the street it collapses into one small cluster with 40 ft of empty lawn in front of it.
- Corner Lot Decorating the front door and leaving the whole side street bare. Half the neighborhood sees that side first.
- Split-Level or Raised Ranch Crowding the top landing. It is about four feet deep, it is the only way in and out, and everything up there is invisible from the road anyway.
- Sloped or Terraced Putting the tallest thing on the bottom tier because it is the easiest to carry to. It hides everything above it. Height goes up the hill, not down.
- Small Urban Postage Stamp Buying at the same scale as a suburban yard. A 9 ft inflatable in a 12 ft setback is not festive, it is a wall.
- Circular Driveway Decorating the island and leaving the house behind it dark. The island reads as a floating blob with no context unless the roofline is lit too.
- Long Driveway, Rural Frontage Putting everything at the house, where the road cannot see any of it, and leaving the mailbox end completely dark. Most of your audience never gets past the mailbox.