Making May Baskets has begun. May Day happens in six days...so you better get crackin' with the making of the baskets.
The dining table was a flurry of activity over the weekend. I rather like playing with paper. I can be in my own little world, minding my own business.
I happened onto half price Easter Candy at Wally World...love it when Easter and May Day are close together.
I have 28 baskets completed. I need to get a bright piece of tissue paper to stuff inside before they are stuffed with candy.
Far Side
That is neat! I'd forgotten all about the May Day celebrations. 28 baskets? Wow, you sure are full of energy!
ReplyDeleteCan't believe May Day is in six days. Enjoy making the baskets; looks like fun.
ReplyDeleteI love your dedication to tradition, Connie. These May Baskets will cheer all who receive them. Can't wait to see the finished product. ~Andrea xoxo
ReplyDeleteYou always remind me of this wonderful tradition, and I wish I lived near enough to you that I could receive one of those baskets. I'll take a virtual one, please. :-)
ReplyDeleteSure wish I lived in your neighborhood. I remember the fun as a child making "baskets" and picking a few flowers for them - handing them on neighbor's doors, ringing the bell and running. From then on I enjoy doing something for someone without them knowing who did it!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I see puppy noses and some eyes. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI love to watch Terry and Linda start the water each spring and your May baskets :-).
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun. I should have started this tradition, but we are still dealing with Easter candy!
ReplyDeleteWe never made May baskets as children but it sounds like fun to me. I see puppy noses so I'm betting they will be adorable!
ReplyDeleteWell, May baskets sound like a lot of work. I can’t wait to see what you create.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I haven't made May baskets for many years - probably when my kids were still little. It was such a fun activity when I was a kid. Are these going to have little doggie faces?
ReplyDeleteHave fun making those May Day baskets.
ReplyDeletePuppy noses look interesting. It is just as fun to make them as it is to give them out. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI remember making May baskets as a child. I would love to do it now too. Maybe next year.
ReplyDeleteYours look like they're going to be so cute. I see puppy noses! Will we get to see the end product?
Blessings,
Betsy
So what do you do with them?! I don't think I know 28 people!
ReplyDeleteI think maybe I see eyes and noses and ears. :-)
ReplyDeleteI thought of you when I noticed May Day was coming up on Sunday.
You always make the best May Day baskets! I can't wait to see these!
ReplyDeleteI haven't done May Baskets for years! With my own children, the baskets were much more simple. We would fold a paper doily into a triangle and put a few wildflowers inside and hang them on neighbor's doors. Sometimes those wild flowers might even be dandelions. Most of them thought we were nuts. When I was in charge of storytime at our local library, I would make construction paper baskets with the kids and we would make paper and pipe cleaner flowers to put inside. The parents had never heard of May Baskets (poor things) and I would have to explain it every year.
ReplyDeleteSure wish I lived close to you Connie. I'd help you fill those May Baskets. That's a tradition that I just love. And you're so creative with your baskets. Hope your hand is feeling better by the day!
ReplyDeleteLooks like maybe a puppy dog May basket? You are such a creative go-getter! How fun!!
ReplyDeleteDo show us the finished product!
ReplyDeleteYour friends and neighbors are so fortunate! You go girl! Evidently your hand is working! Yay!
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