faux chocolate bunny Easter mantel styling

I can’t believe how quickly Easter is sneaking up on us. I’m here today to inspire you with a super easy, fast and adorable Easter decor idea. A faux chocolate bunny design sprinkled across the fireplace mantel does the trick.

Last year I showed you how to create these adorable faux chocolate bunnies with a super easy DIY {Easter bunny tablescape -Target dollar spot hack}. These bunnies graced an Easter table last year. This year they hopped from the dining room into the living room and settled on the mantel shelf.

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details about the faux chocolate bunny DIY

All the details about how to create these bunnies is in my original post if you follow the links above. I did add a couple more bunnies this year, because I love the furry texture on these figurines.

I used the same technique using the Rustoleum Espresso satin spray paint I had left over from last year. These latest bunnies started off gold as you can see above. After a couple of coats of spray paint they blend right in with the faux chocolate bunny family.

Like I say, everything in mass always looks better, that’s why collections always shine. The bunnies look so cute and happy together on the mantel. I love the variety in styles, shapes and sizes.

details about the faux chocolate bunny mantel styling

If you’re a regular around here, you might remember my mantel decor I shared last month {mantel styling inspired by mushroom fancy}. Well, I kept the books and the mossy mushroom to break-up the faux chocolate bunny mantel styling plus adding some texture.

It’s always easier to not reinvent the wheel every time you style or redecorate something new in your home for the changing seasons. By keeping the books, it instantly provided the stage for the bunny styling, and the frames remain the same as the back drop.

The mossy mushroom is the latest addition to my mushroom collection, and I love all the texture it has so I kept it so the bunnies can nestle underneath it. Some of the bunnies have baskets, where I included colorful eggs. Plus I scattered a few more eggs on the mantel shelf.

The eggs mimic the eggs in the basket of the chocolate bunny. They add a pop of color to the styling, which would otherwise be very drab with just a sea of chocolate. I also included my vintage bunny mold to coordinate with the chocolate bunny theme.

Seriously, this styling took about half an hour to put together, which included the time to unwrap the items from the Easter bin. I love easy seasonal decor.

don’t neglect the hearth when you style the fireplace mantel

To finish off mantel styling projects, I like to include the hearth to make a higher decor impact. Since it’s a time a year when we don’t use the fireplace in the living room it’s not a problem. I can leave the decor through Easter Sunday.

It adds another layer of festive vibes. As promised I moved one of the thrifted Easter baskets from the dining room table I recently shared here {thrifted goodies – the Easter basket edition} onto a bench .

By the bench, I added a burlap sac full of oversized grapevine carrots. These carrots are one of my favorite Easter decor items we own. You can see how I used them last year here {rustic Easter carrots wreath frame}.

Under the bench I piled high a coke crate with all the Easter eggs I didn’t use this year in my decor and were left over idly. You can read all about my coke crate journey here {have a coke and a smile}.

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“Every Easter, at one household or another, I find a battle begins and the conversation of how to ‘properly eat’
a chocolate bunny.”

Hilary Farr

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