With Easter just around the corner, we’ve decided to share a few of our favourite tips for entertaining at home this season… and how best to impress without the stress!
Easter in Queensland is one of the best times of year to entertain alfresco style. The days are still warm and sunny, but the summer humidity has subsided. With this cooler weather comes the opportunity to try delicious new recipes, plan fun family activities, and get creative with your decorating style.
No matter how you choose to celebrate, setting the scene is just as important as planning the menu. Let’s explore some effortless ways to bring an Easter-inspired touch to your table and alfresco space.
Easter is traditionally associated with the pastel hues of springtime. Here in Queensland, our homeware stores are overflowing with Easter-themed pink, yellow and pale blue decorations.
Consider embracing Queensland’s native flora as a unique theme for your Easter event. Curate a table setting to complement your beautiful garden, alfresco area, or natural surrounds. We adore both the aesthetic and fragrance of fresh Eucalyptus leaves, with hand-picked sprigs of Rosemary or Lavender. Add pops of colour from a choice of flowering Autumn natives like bright red Bottle Brush, Banksia and Gum blossom. Or if you’re in a coastal area, run with a relaxed sub-tropical theme by lining the table with rich green Palm fronds, striking Birds of Paradise, and a sprinkle of Frangipani.
If you love this idea of integrating natural elements for Easter but don’t have the real thing, a stunning range of affordable faux foliage is widely available. Plus, with this option you can continue to style your home with Aussie natives year-round!
And of course, feel free to blend touches of 2025’s trending designer décor into your Easter entertaining theme. Think monochromatic or tonal patterns, mixed metals and textural layering. Earthy neutral palettes remain popular, and natural timber never goes out of style. So, bring out your existing home items like chunky wooden serving boards, crisp white table linen, and elegant glassware (plus a few gold accents) to elevate your display.
Make Easter extra easy and enjoyable by keeping children entertained with plenty of planned activities. Provide paper bags or cups for them to decorate using coloured crayons, markers, and Easter-themed stickers. These can then be used for collection during the egg hunt.
What about bringing the whole family together for an Easter Pinata filled with dozens of chocolate eggs and bunnies? Simply dangle it from the roof of your alfresco area. Then head onto the lawn for games of Bocce and cricket. Or check out the super popular “Finska” throwing game, which you will play again and again.
Take advantage of Easter’s perfect climate for outdoor dining—it may be your last chance before winter. Hallmark’s home designs offer generous alfresco spaces, all with an effortless connection to the interior living and entertaining areas. This means you and your guests can still enjoy fresh air and natural outlooks, should the weather not go to plan.
Our most important tip when hosting is to prepare ahead of time. Complete as many tasks as you can the day prior, like the table setting or vegetable chopping, and write a prioritised list of jobs for the actual day.
Adventurous chefs may like to experiment with a new menu. However, it’s perfectly fine to keep the meal fuss-free with dishes you know how to prepare like salads, potato bake and a trusty barbeque. Either way, start the event with a healthy fruit/snack platter for the kids and a beautifully presented cheese or charcuterie board to keep adults happy while you finalise the meal preparation. And if you’ve got an outdoor woodfired pizza oven, this will always be a winner for catering.
Don’t forget to enhance the Easter mood with some music. Create your own playlist or stream from Spotify and Apple Music’s endless choice of party, seasonal, or laid-back collaborations. If hosting an evening event where temperatures may drop, provide a selection of soft blankets for guests, have your outdoor heater on hand, and break out the smooth red wine you’ve been storing since last winter! And don’t forget, there is always a place for string lights, candles and lanterns to illuminate your outdoor entertaining area.
With winter approaching, your easter extravaganza might also be the perfect time to invest in that outdoor fire pit you’ve been eyeing off. Kids can huddle around it and toast marshmallows before heading into the media room to wind down and watch their favourite Easter movie.
Good Friday is all about seafood—seasonal Barramundi, king prawns, or homemade Snapper’n’chips. With Hallmark’s seamless indoor-outdoor flow, you can fire up the barbeque in your alfresco space or cook with ease in your well-appointed kitchen while staying connected to the festivities.
For Easter Sunday, roast seasonal veggies and a succulent leg of lamb in your spacious kitchen, or take the celebration outside with chops, cutlets, and kebabs on the grill. And of course, no Easter is complete without a spread of hot cross buns, home-baked cookies, and decadent chocolate truffles—perfectly displayed on your kitchen island, ready for guests to enjoy!
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This Easter, we hope our entertaining ideas help make your home extra special for family and friends. When you’re ready to experience the quality of a Hallmark Home firsthand, visit one of our display homes—like The Fairways at Kensington Grove, SkyRidge at Worongary, or Aura Sunshine Coast at Bells Creek—and see why we love what we do.
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