Last Minute May Day (Baskets & Delivery) Tips & Ideas!

April 26, 2012 By 4 Comments

 

     May Day is less than a week away.  But if you really want to touch some hearts and make some older folks in your life feel so unforgotten, this is a wonderful thing to do with your children!  It not only has the potential to teach them a bit of History, but it teaches them about kindness and compassion, as well.  What’s more, it couldn’t be more fun and exciting!  

 

PLANNING YOUR MAY DAY CONTAINERS

    Planning, putting together, and secretly delivering  May Day Baskets, is something we have done with our kids for the past 4 consecutive years, from 2008 – 2011.  Every year, the number of our recipients has grown.… Read More

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May Day Baskets / Delivering

May 3, 2010 By 2 Comments

Putting together, and delivering surprise baskets on May Day (May 1st), has become yet another annual tradition we have embraced.  This year, it happened to fall on the day before our kids First Holy Communion, so it was a packed weekend with much to accomplish, for sure!  But we just HAD to do it anyway.  The smiles we know they inspire, makes it so worth doing, and it’s truly so much fun.


This year, I thought I would whip out some pretty little water-colored tags for the baskets.  I used the kids paints this time, and it was as fun and enjoyable as painting always is to me.… Read More

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May Basket Deliveries! – SO FUN!

May 1, 2009 By 4 Comments

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There was no schooling on our agenda today – just delivering our May Day Baskets, and the kids could not have been more excited!  But, first, I had to have some of my own fun, taking just a few more photos, as detailed memories.

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Ok, now I was ready. So next the kids loudly debated about which basket was ‘theirs’, based on the tag they made, and who was going to who’s door, ringing the doorbell, and running for their life.   Once that was settled, they were very eagerly ready to go!  But you know I’m getting a photo of them first, and they know it too.… Read More

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Preparing May Day Baskets

April 30, 2009 By 5 Comments

Last year we spontaneously decided to throw some May Day Baskets together, secretly deliver them, and hope they make someone feel thought of, and smile.  The kids had fun putting them together, and even MORE fun delivering them. We only did 2 baskets last year, but this year we thought of 4 recipients that would be more than delighted with such an unexpected surprise, on a seemingly ordinary Friday. Now that the kids learned last year what fun it is,9<click underlined to see last year) they’ve been VERY excited this year/week to do it again.

So all week we’ve been picking up the little things we needed, and today we got it all together and made our May Day Baskets.… Read More

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