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The first of May, or May Day, has been associated with out-of-door festivities from the days of ancient Rome. The Romans were accustomed to hold yearly processions in honor of Flora, a mythological goddess of flowers, between April 28 and May 3, and it is supposed that the beautiful village festivals of medieval England had their origin in this custom. The English maypole set up on the village green the night before May Day, was bedecked in the morning with flowers, which were brought from the woods by happy young people. Especially joyous was the beauty who was chosen queen of the May, and who honored her subjects by dancing with them around the maypole. Tennyson's May Queen gives a charming picture of this form of merry making. Dancing about the maypole is sometimes introduced very effectively into modern entertainments and school programs.
Floral Artifacts For The Celebration of Spring or May 1rst:
- The May Queen
- Song to The Violet
- Craft your very own butterfly kite!
- On May Morning
- The Coming of Spring
- May-Baskets
- Tulip Table Settings for Easter and Spring
- Craft a Simple Butterfly Mask
- Craft a Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Frogs, Toads and Pollywogs for Spring
- Repeating Line Butterfly Design
- The Living Butterfly
- A Tisket, A Tasket, A Green and Yellow Basket
- Needlepoint a Basket of Violets
- Create a Butterfly Yarn Picture
- "Handy" little butterflies
- Drawing Butterflies Through Five Progressive Steps
- Craft Doily Butterflies
- May Day craft collection from DLTK's
- DIY Beautiful Curly Paper Flowers
- May Day Woven Basket
- Wrap a yarn covered bottle for paper flowers
- 3D or three dimensional paper vases with flowers
- Paper roll Spring flowers craft
A Maypole Dance performed at
The School in Rose Valley by students