- Plant plants. Depending on where you live, this may or may not be a good time to plant plants outside. You can also start seeds inside if it’s too cold outside to plant anything yet.
- Dye eggs. Eggs have been a symbol of death and rebirth for over 60,000 years. However, dying them is one of the few traditions that do have Christian origins. It was the early Christians in Mesopotamia that dyed eggs red to symbolize Christ’s blood. Though there are a few sources that link it to Germanic Pagan practices as well. Either way, you can still enjoy dying eggs. There are many online tutorials explaining natural dying methods, or you can get a kit from the store.
- Have an egg hunt. Whether it’s plastic eggs with toys or candy inside or actual eggs, this can be a lot of fun, especially with kids.
- Balance an egg. I know that this seems weird, but it can be done! Supposedly this is one of two days a year where this is possible.
- Go for a walk outside. No matter what climate you live in, this is a great way to connect with nature and whatever Ostara feels like where you live.
- Decorate your home or altar with flowers. Flowers are another symbol of the fertility of the season.
- Go flower picking. Many areas have flowers that grow naturally. Go for a walk and find them!
- Make flower crowns or necklaces.
- Make foods related to the time of year. Make and eat foods with eggs, baby greens, veal, rabbit, or any foods that are in season for you right now.
- Plan a garden. This is a great time to plan a garden, unless the planting season has already begun.
- Decorate a tree with wooden painted eggs. Many people decorate outside trees with plastic eggs, but wooden eggs are an environmentally friendly alternative.
- Decorate your home with symbols of new life. Bunnies, chicks, baby animals, seedlings, flowers are all fun things to decorate your home with.
- Have some intimate time. Fertility is a big part of this holiday, though there are some superstitious people who don’t do it during this unless they’re trying to conceive.
- Bake. Challa, hot cross buns, bunny or egg shaped cookies are all things that are appropriate for this season.
- Read stories about the season. Read about the Green Man or Persophone. There are many stories about this time of year.
- Do animal magic. This can be anything from pretending to be an animal with young kids to doing actual shamanic work.
- Go bird watching. Birds tend to be more active this time of year. You may want to learn some nice calls as well.
- Dance. Find some music and let yourself go!
- Do an Ostara ritual. One of these days I will get around to writing some rituals for each sabbat. When I do that, I will post the link here.
- Dress in new clothes. This is an old custom for this time of year.
