Hobby Lobby isn’t shy about embracing the holidays, and they don’t skimp when it comes to Easter. While Hobby Lobby Easter decor may play second fiddle to their massive Christmas decoration inventory, it’s still chock full of options. You’ll find everything from bunnies to springtime garlands and speckled eggs. And, if you play your cards right, you’ll never pay full price (we beg you not to pay full price).
That’s because the Hobby Lobby sales schedule is a well-oiled machine, predictable in every way. So you don’t even have to guess when to get your hands on Hobby Lobby deals (Easter decor or otherwise) — we can tell you right here. We’re going to teach you how to hack Hobby Lobby when you’re searching for the best prices in their Easter section, even without their old 40% off coupon.
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Hobby Lobby Easter Clearance is a weeklong event with 66-90% off spring/Easter decor.
The Hobby Lobby Easter Clearance sale technically starts weeks before Easter with 40% off discounts, but the most significant price cuts start the day after Easter. Between the day after Easter and the following Monday, discounts go from 66% off to 90% off — giving shoppers a chance to get decor like bunnies, springtime garlands, speckled eggs, colored glassware, Easter mug sets, and decorative trays at the best prices of the year.
KCL predicts the next Hobby Lobby Easter Clearance will begin Monday, April 21, 2025.
Hobby Lobby hasn’t officially announced the next date for their Hobby Lobby Easter Clearance, but based on what they've done in recent years, we here at KCL predict that it’ll start on Monday, April 21, running until at least April 28, 2025 (it’s dependent on when inventory runs out).
Note: Technically, Hobby Lobby will start discounting their Easter merchandise as early as the last week of February, but the real deals begin the day after Easter.
How do we make our prediction?
The Hobby Lobby Easter Clearance sale begins in earnest the day after Easter every year, which will be Monday, April 21, 2025.
Hobby Lobby Easter Clearance Sales Schedule
You can expect Hobby Lobby Easter decor to start going on sale the last week of February, marked 40% off. So in Feb. 2025, that should happen on Monday, Feb. 24, since Hobby Lobby is closed on Sundays.
At a glance, the Hobby Lobby Easter sale will play out like this:
Feb. 24, 2025 (last week of February): 40% off
April 21, 2025 (the day after Easter): 66% off
April 24, 2025 (the Thursday after Easter): 75% off
April 28, 2025 (eight days after Easter): 90% off
How do we make these predictions?
Like we mention above, Hobby Lobby really is a well-oiled machine when it comes to the method to their markdowns. In 2024, the Hobby Lobby Easter sale followed this exact pattern, just as it did in 2023 and 2022.
Hobby Lobby Easter was marked down to 90% off on April 8, 2024.
During your clearance Easter hunt, know that Hobby Lobby Easter decor will always hit its steepest markdown of 90% on the second Monday after the holiday. In 2025, this will be April 28.
Hobby Lobby Easter Clearance Deals
While inventory starts diminishing quickly even at 66% off, it's worth a look-see for what you can nab at 90%. Here is some of the Hobby Lobby Easter clearance we found in 2024.
How to Shop Hobby Lobby Easter Clearance
Yep, aside from knowing when to shop their Easter decor for the biggest savings, we also have a few tricks up our sleeve for making the most of a Hobby Lobby Easter sale along the way.
Shop in-store to avoid Hobby Lobby’s shipping fees.
Yes, Hobby Lobby will mark down their Easter decor online as well as in-store, but please don't buy it online. Hobby Lobby shipping fees are pretty exorbitant. For example, you could find an Easter ornament for just $0.75 at HobbyLobby.com when it's 90% off, but you'll still pay a whopping $7.95 in shipping fees. That means you'll actually pay more for that ornament than what it cost at regular price.
Occasionally we’ll see free shipping on orders over $50, but they never have a “free shipping on any order” deal.
Bottom line: Shop Hobby Lobby in-store for the best savings.
Don't push it on something you really want — it may be gone when you return.
Hobby Lobby Easter clearance starts to go pretty darn quickly once it goes to that 66%. If you see something you have been eyeing all season long at 66% off, go ahead and grab it before it hits 75%. You're still getting a great deal, even if 75% (or even better, 90%) is the goal.
You can find better deals on Easter candy elsewhere.
Even on clearance Easter candy at Hobby Lobby is a bit of a racket. During a visit when clearance was at 75% off, there was a modest 9 oz. bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs just begging to be purchased. And while we may or may not have bought them (ok, guilty), their regular price at the Lob was $6.49. That means at 75% off they still rang up at $1.62. If we waited until they hit 90% that bag would have hit $0.65 (if it was still there). However if you shopped, say, Easter clearance at Big Lots, that same bag was just $0.42.
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