Everyone searches for Easter lights, but the best glow does not come from a store-bought string. With a laser cutter you can make your own: bunny lanterns, backlit egg light boxes, and tealight holders that throw soft spring shadows across the room. We gathered 21 free, community-made designs, all built around light, and you can browse even more in the full DIY Easter decorations collection.
Key Takeaways
- 21 free laser-cut Easter and spring light-up designs, grouped by type.
- Always use a flameless LED tealight in wooden and paper pieces for a safe glow.
- 3mm plywood suits lanterns and holders; backlit boxes give the brightest, most even light.
- Start with a simple tealight holder, then work up to layered night lights and light boxes.
Easter Tealight & Candle Holders
Candle holders are the easiest way to bring a warm glow to an Easter table. Drop a flameless LED tealight inside any of these wooden holders and the cut-out bunnies, eggs, and crosses throw soft festive shadows across the room.
1. Easter Tealight Candle Holder
A simple wooden Easter tealight holder with cut-out motifs on each side, so a battery tealight inside casts a soft glow and patterned shadows onto the table. It sits flat as a centerpiece for a spring dinner or Easter brunch and stores away easily once the season passes.
Get this design →2. Easter Rabbit and Egg Tealight Holder
This holder pairs classic rabbit and egg cut-outs so an LED tealight backlights the shapes and scatters shadows around it. The compact footprint makes it easy to line several down a table runner, and the flat panels assemble without glue for a quick spring build.
Get this design →3. Holy Easter Tealight Holder
A faith-forward Easter tealight holder built around religious motifs, letting a flameless candle glow through the cut panels for a quiet, reflective display. It works on a windowsill or Easter dinner table and keeps the flame-free safety of an LED puck while still reading as a candlelit piece.
Get this design →4. Empty Tomb Easter Candle Holder

This candle holder illustrates the empty-tomb Easter scene, so a light placed behind it silhouettes the design for a meaningful centerpiece. Its desktop size suits a mantel, side table, or church display, and the wooden panels are cut to sit stable while the glow highlights the engraved details.
Get this design →5. Easter Candle Decorations with Bunny Holders
A coordinated set of wooden bunny candle holders styled for Easter, giving a table a matching glow when the candles are lit. The bunny silhouettes read clearly from across the room and pair well with eggs and spring florals for a full seasonal tablescape.
Get this design →Easter & Spring Lanterns
Enclosed lanterns wrap light on every side so the whole piece glows. These spring and Easter lanterns surround a tealight with cut panels, casting patterns onto the surface around them and making a strong centerpiece for a mantel or windowsill. Browse more shapes on the wooden Easter lantern tag.
6. Spring Lantern
A four-sided spring lantern with floral cut-outs on every panel, so a tealight inside glows outward and throws patterns across the table. The flat-pack panels slot into a box shape without glue, making it an easy first lantern project and a versatile piece that carries from Easter through the whole spring season.
Get this design →7. Easter Bunny Egg Lantern

This box lantern combines bunny and egg cut-outs across its panels so the light escapes through the shapes and casts Easter silhouettes nearby. It stands as a centerpiece on a dining table or console and stores flat between seasons, with panels that assemble into a sturdy enclosed lantern.
Get this design →8. Floral Spring Lantern

A floral-themed lantern whose intricate cut pattern lets a tealight glow through on all sides for a soft, garden-inspired light. The dense floral cut-outs make delicate shadows, and the enclosed build keeps the light contained so it reads as a warm spring accent on a table or shelf.
Get this design →9. Wall Lamp with Laser-Cut Rabbit

A wall-mounted lamp panel featuring a laser-cut rabbit, backlit so the silhouette glows softly against the wall. It works as a fixed spring accent rather than a table piece, adding an Easter mood to a hallway or nursery wall while the cut rabbit stays the clear focal shape.
Get this design →Easter Night Lights & Light Boxes
Backlit night lights and shadow boxes give the brightest, most even glow. LED strips or pucks light these bunny scenes and egg boxes from behind, making them ideal as kids' night lights or as a swappable seasonal insert you can update all year. See more glowing pieces in our light decoration collection.
10. Glowing Bunny Night Light
An engraved bunny night light that lights evenly from behind for a soft, diffused glow. The engraving keeps fine detail in the bunny while the backlight makes it readable in a dark room, so it works as a gentle night light for a child's room or a subtle spring accent on a shelf.
Get this design →11. Decorative Easter Bunny Night Light

A decorative 3D bunny night light designed for a tabletop, lighting up to show off the rabbit shape and cut details. It suits a nursery, entryway, or Easter display and gives a soft glow rather than a bright lamp, making it a friendly seasonal light for evenings around the holiday.
Get this design →12. Rabbit on the Moon Nursery Night Light

This nursery night light sets a rabbit on a crescent moon with a hot-air balloon, lit to glow as a calming bedroom scene. The layered cut design gives depth when backlit, and the gentle rabbit theme carries the spring mood while still working as an everyday desk lantern for a kids' room.
Get this design →13. Woodland Animals LED Wall Light
A layered woodland scene featuring a bear, rabbit, and owl, backlit with an LED strip so the forest glows on the wall. The rabbit ties it to a spring or Easter theme, and the depth of the cut layers makes the light pool naturally, giving a nature-inspired glow for a nursery or living space.
Get this design →14. Swappable Easter Light Box
A light box built around swappable front panels, shown here with an Easter insert that glows when lit from behind. The clever part is the reusable body: change the front for each season and keep one lit base, so the Easter panel is just one of many holiday looks the same box can display.
Get this design →15. Three Easter Light Boxes

A trio of small Easter light boxes designed to sit together, each with its own cut front that glows when backlit. Grouping three creates a coordinated display with more presence than a single piece, and the compact size makes them easy to place along a shelf, mantel, or window ledge for Easter.
Get this design →16. Steampunk Easter Egg LED Globe

A detailed steampunk Easter egg-factory scene engraved onto a Phillips LED globe bulb, so the artwork lights up when the bulb is switched on. It is a novelty take on Easter light-up decor, turning an ordinary glowing globe into an intricate engraved centerpiece that shows the design against the light.
Get this design →17. LED-Lit Engraved Easter Egg

A real egg laser-engraved with a bunny and Happy Easter text, then lit from within by a small LED so the engraving glows. It is a delicate, giftable piece that shows what engraving on natural shells can do, and the interior light makes the fine bunny detail stand out in a dim room.
Get this design →Light-Up Easter Signs & Wall Decor
Signs and wall pieces spread the glow beyond the table. From a light-up egg sign to a glowing spring greeting, these designs mount or stand where everyone sees them and turn a plain wall or shelf into an illuminated Easter display.
18. Happy Easter Light-Up Egg Sign

A tabletop egg-shaped sign with a bunny silhouette that lights up to spell out an Easter greeting. It stands on its own base as a ready-made display piece, combining a clear seasonal message with a soft glow so it works on an entry table, mantel, or shop counter during the holiday.
Get this design →19. Light-Up Hello Spring Sign

A cheerful Hello Spring sign designed to light up, with the lettering glowing to welcome the season. It reads clearly as a greeting on a shelf or wall and carries past Easter into general spring decor, giving a warm, lit accent wherever a plain seasonal sign would otherwise sit flat.
Get this design →20. Easter Lighted Wall Decoration

A wall-mounted Easter decoration built to light up, adding a soft glow to a spot that usually stays dark. The cut design carries the seasonal theme while the backlight lifts it off the wall, making it a fixed spring accent for a living room, hallway, or entry during the Easter weeks.
Get this design →21. Easter Light and Pencil Caddy
A dual-purpose Easter piece that works as both a soft light and a pencil caddy, with cut motifs that glow when it is lit. It suits a desk or craft table where a small seasonal light doubles as useful storage, keeping the Easter theme present without taking up a dedicated display spot.
Get this design →Final Thoughts
Easter light-up decor is one of the friendliest laser projects to start with: a single tealight holder takes minutes, and the same skills scale up to layered night lights and swappable light boxes you will reuse for years. Keep every wood and paper piece flame-free with an LED tealight, reach for acrylic when you want a brighter backlit glow, and mix a few types together for depth. If you enjoy the glowing theme, our Christmas lantern and light-up guide shows how the same techniques carry into other seasons.
Frequently Asked Questions about Easter Light-Up Decorations
What material is best for Easter light-up decorations?
Use 3mm plywood or basswood for lanterns, holders, and night lights, since wood diffuses light softly and cuts cleanly. For bright, backlit light boxes and signs, frosted or colored acrylic spreads an LED glow more evenly. Avoid thin paper next to any heat source, and always pair wood with a flameless light.
Are these Easter decorations safe with real candles?
Skip real flames. Every wooden, paper, or acrylic piece here is designed for a flameless LED tealight, puck light, or LED strip. Battery lights give the same warm glow without the fire risk, they will not scorch the cut edges, and they let you leave the decoration lit unattended on a table or shelf.
How do I add light to a laser-cut lantern or box?
The simplest option is a battery-powered LED tealight dropped inside a lantern or holder. For light boxes and wall panels, a short warm-white LED strip or a puck light mounted behind the front panel gives an even backlight. Choose warm white for a cozy glow and leave a small gap for the wire.
Can I use these designs after Easter?
Many carry well into general spring decor. Floral lanterns, Hello Spring signs, and woodland night lights all work through the season, and a swappable light box lets you change just the front panel for other holidays. That reuse is part of why light-up decor is worth the initial cut and assembly time.
Do I need a specific laser to make light-up decorations?
No. These community designs were made on a range of diode and CO2 lasers. A diode laser handles 3mm plywood lanterns and holders well, while a CO2 machine cuts acrylic light boxes faster and cleaner. Match the material to your laser, and test settings on a scrap before cutting the full panel set.
Make Your Own Easter Glow
Design a custom backlit light for your Easter table, then cut it at home and light it up.