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MAY DAY BASKET

Your choice of blue or pink for the colour printer or black&white.

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May Day Basket

Materials:

  • printer,
  • glue, 
  • scissors, 
  • something to colour with and 
  • a piece of paper

Instructions:

  • Print out the template of choice. 
      
  • Colour the pieces as appropriate.
      
  • Cut the pieces out.   (Cutting may require adult assistance and can be pre-done).  Cut along the solid lines only!
      
  • You might want to practice making the cone (without gluing).   The kids think it's pretty "magical" how the flat piece of paper turns into a cone!
      
  • Glue or tape the flowers onto the outside of the cone.  You can also put some stickers on for added decoration.
      
  • If you look at the bottom of the half circle (the straight part), you'll see the "glue here".  Glue the side to the right to the glue here section.
      
  • Attach a paper or ribbon handle. 
      
  • Fill with real flowers or candies and hang on the door of a friend (or the bedroom door of a sibling!). 
       
  • OR, make some tissue paper flowers (put 4 or 5, eight inch squares of flower coloured tissue paper on top of each other.  Scrunch in the middle and tie a piece of string or scotch tape around.  Fluff out the pieces of tissue paper.)
      
  • You can make the same kind of basket by cutting a paper plate in half and stapling it into a cone.  Decorate with flowers/stickers.
      
      
  • Close the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
       
  • Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP in most browsers). 
     

Template  (blue)   or   (pink)   or   (B&W)

 

  

Printable version of these instructions