posted by cindylouh on April 22nd, 2009 | May Day |
We are celebrating Earth Day by getting a head start on our May Day Baskets.
We used tall tin cans (the ones pasta sauce comes in), a coat hanger for the handle, a piece of brown paper grocery bag cut with scalloped scissors and a piece of twine. The cans would be extra sweet with a scrap of pretty scrapbook paper, or fabric and pretty ribbon tied around the middle or you could paint the can. We pierced holes for the handles by nailing a nail in each side of the can.
Make the handle long (ours was about 18 inches) so it will fit over a door knob when filled with flowers.
Interested in other eco friendly crafts? Check out how to make cloth napkins and how to make a zippered pouch from recycled juice bags.
You will find more ways to celebrate May Day here.
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posted by cindylouh on May 1st, 2008 | May Day, children's activities, crafts, holiday decorations, kids crafts |
We used children's straw purses from the dollar store as our baskets for our May Day flowers today
I hope your day was happy!
posted by cindylouh on April 27th, 2008 | May Day, Uncategorized, children's activities, crafts, kids crafts |
May Day is just a few days away. Here is a little download for a simple cone and gift tag.
may-day-cone-template
Print out on card-stock or decorative paper(my paper was two sided so that is how I got the solid tag and printed cone), roll into a cone shape and then glue. I had pretty good luck with a glue stick (when tiny hands were present) but hot glue is more sturdy. Embellishing the cones with drawings, trims, glitter, stamps, cut-outs, is a great family project------------but nothing is more fun than the "ding and dash!"
