Featured image from Petals to Picots

As winter ends and the warmness of Spring begins to show, Wiccans start to prepare to celebrate the Ostara. Dating back to the Anglo-Saxon goddess, Eostre is the origin of the modern name and represents the coming of Spring and new beginnings. Focusing on fertility, rebirth, and renewal Ostara marks the true emergence of sunnier days and warmer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere.

Ostara falls on Monday, 20th March in 2023, so you have time to prepare. Why not make it extra special with some handmade decorations? There are many ways to celebrate and prepare for the Ostara Sabbat. In this article, you will find a range of crafts to help brighten up your home and garden to start the welcome in Spring. Click on each title to discover the full tutorial for each craft.

Create gorgeous paper flowers

Creating flowers out of paper can be extremely therapeutic, there are many different styles to choose from, from intricate designs that look realistic to simple designs that are perfect to get the children involved.

A bunch of paper flowers

By Aklima DIY & Crafts

Check out this video on how to make your bunch of paper flowers to decorate your home in preparation for Spring. Such a great idea for anyone who has allergies and struggles to have real flowers to brighten up the inside of their house. These flowers also make a great gift to give friends and families during the celebrations.

Beautiful tissue paper flowers

by Craftpatchblog

Learn how easy it is to have colour spilling out of your home this spring. This easy and effective method of making full and delicate flowers means you can decorate your home at a moment’s notice. Use different-sized tissue paper to create a range of different-sized flowers. These flowers would look perfect displayed climbing up your wall or as part of a table runner, ready for Ostara celebrations.

Elegant table display flowers

By Hayley (Grey House Harbour)

Each flower is individually assembled and glued in place to create an amazing display that would look perfect on anyone’s celebration table. The pastel colours along with the composition are the epitome of Spring, new beginnings, and new life. Although these flowers are glued together using hot glue, you can always get your children involved in cutting out the flower petals and building the overall finish to your paper flowers.

Decorating Spring plant pots

A main part of celebrating Ostara Sabbat is being involved with new beginnings and rebirth. What better way to say goodbye to winter than decorating some colourful plants pots ready for new plants to grow and thrive after the last few months of harsh weather and freezing ground.

Tweeting plant pots

By Meraki Mother

These cute chick plant pots will make everyone smile. Display them inside to keep their fluffy feathers looking pristine. These plant pots are so easy to make and are excellent gifts as an alternative to chocolate which is usually given around Easter time by many people. Experiment with different expressions on the chickens to create your own little family of fluffy, feathered friends.

Finger painted flower pot

By Ann Kollegger

Such a simple idea but the finish is really effective. Bright and joyous these plant pots add a definite touch of spring where ever they are displayed. The yellow paired with the white means these plant pots will look great throughout the whole of the spring and summer months.

Stripy plant pot

By Crafty Chica

Create colourful and vivid plant pots by adding lots of mini stripes to create a plant pot that will stand out. Use pastel colours to create that spring feel or get creative like in the image below and add as many colours as possible to create something truly unique.

Crocheted Spring bags and baskets

Bags and baskets are an integral part of springtime celebrations and can be used in a variety of ways. Usually, during Easter, they are used to collect chocolate eggs but during Ostara, you could use them to hold other crafts you have made fresh flowers or hand-decorated eggs.

Animal handbags

By Lakeside loops

These gorgeous crocheted handbags perfectly match with any spring dress. Made using raffia yarn giving them a boho-chic look these bags are a great addition to your preparation for Spring celebrations.

Flowered spring basket

By Petals to Picots

There are many plain crochet basket patterns found on the internet but by adding a range of crocheted flowers and details your Spring basket will be complete to include in your Ostara celebrations. You can add as many flowers to the basket as you wish, but we think the more, the better!

Cute rabbit basket

By Melissa (Crafty Kitty Crochet)

This unique rabbit basket is so cute and looks so soft. Made from chunky yarn this basket is a perfect alternative to traditional-looking Spring baskets. What better representation of spring do you have than a springy little bunny with daisy ears? A great addition to any spring celebrations.

Hand decorated Easter eggs

Eggs themselves are a magical gift. A true representation of new life and beginnings that surround all areas of springtime. New life pops up all around during Ostara. Decorate your own eggs to add to your spring display. There are so many ways to decorate eggs for Spring, we have added a couple of ideas below.

Tie-Dyed Ostara Eggs

By Patti Wigington

These beautiful eggs are created using 100% silk fabric. The eggs are tie-dyed and then boiled to give a wide range of colours and patterns. A great project to get children to help wrapping and tying the eggs but make sure they don’t get too close to the boiling water.

Ostara Egg Decorating

By Leandra (The Magick Kitchen)

If you perhaps want to take your egg decorations further, I would recommend checking out this post from The Magick Kitchen. There is a some great inspiration for painting, decoupage, stickers and even burning patterns into shells. These may take a little more time, materials and skill, but the finished products look amazing.

I hope you are able to gather some craft inspiration from this post for your own Ostara celebrations. More posts are on the way this spring, so make sure to subscribe to updates and to like my Facebook and Instagram to be notified when there is a new post!