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May Day

Happy May Day from common-woman. Here are a song and a template for DIY May baskets.

Today’s common-woman is dedicated to some old-fashioned May music and May baskets. Copy and paste the link below to hear this barber shop quartet version of Fountain in the Park written in 1880.

May song from the Seattle Chamber Singers' first LP, “American Quilt” (1976) The SCS Barbershop Quartet Jerry Sams, Dennis Van Zandt, Bob Kechley, Peter Kechleyquartet.

Next, here are the steps to making a DIY May Basket from BSUPERB. Click HERE to visit the site or follow below!

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DIY May Day Basket – Free Printable

original post date by bsuberb.com April 28, 2017

Making your own May Day Basket is a great project to do with kids for several reasons: 1) it’s really easy 2) you can get rid of all the excessive amounts of Easter candy you have left in your house 3) it teaches children about doing kind gestures for others.

I think May Day often gets overlooked by people, but when I was a kid my Mom and Aunt made May Day baskets with me and then we would deliver them to people in the neighborhood and I still remember how fun it was. I think that traditionally you are supposed to ring the door bell, leave the basket on the doorstep, and run away. But because we lived in Minnesota running away after ringing someone’s doorbell doesn’t follow “Minnesota Nice” rules. So my Mom and Aunt would chitchat with neighbors while I anxiously awaited delivering another basket to the next house. It was always a fun day and I knew I wanted to carry the tradition on with my boys.

So here is how we did it…

Start by gathering the supplies you will need: