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May Day Pole

Materials:

bulletpaper towel roll or gift wrap roll, 
bulletcrepe paper strips/ribbons, 
bulleta printer, 
bulletglue, 
bulletscissors, 
bulletsomething to colour with
bulletpaper (I prefer construction paper).
  
bulletoptional:  little people (you can use store-bought toy people -- Kaitlyn made her little people from sculpy clay)

Instructions:

bulletPrint out the template of choice (if you use the gift wrap roll, you'll need a few templates to fully decorate). 
bulletColour the flowers as appropriate.
bulletCut the pieces out.   (Cutting may require adult assistance and can be pre-done). 
bulletCover the roll with construction paper or some scraps of nice wrapping paper.
bulletGlue or tape the flowers onto the outside of the roll.  You can also put some stickers on for added decoration.
bulletAttach a few crepe paper or ribbon strips to the top of the "pole".  We used a paper towel roll and cut the crepe paper in half to make it thinner.
bulletThe pole stands up on its own if it's going to be decorative, but if you're going to play with it a lot, you might want to attach the pole to something.  Some ideas are
bulletplace it in an empty margarine container with some playdough/clay in the bottom. 
bullettake it outside and put it in some dirt or the sandbox.
bullettape it to a flat piece of cardboard .
 
bulletIf you used the gift wrap roll idea, smaller children can actually dance around it (I don't think I'd let them hold the ribbons and such as the pole won't be TOO sturdy... but they can play ring around the rosy or dance around it throwing petals, confetti or tissue paper flowers around all over the place.
  
  
bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
   
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP in most browsers). 
 

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