A Garland for May Day

This morning the children in Elephant Room had a great time playing with flowers and leaves.

We learnt that people used to celebrate the beginning of May by dancing and making garlands of flowers.

We decided to make our own garland!

First we had to sort out the leafy branches...some were big, and others were small.

Then we had to decide where the branches would go.

After that we had to weave the branches through some string that was tied around a hoop.

Then it was time to add the flowers...we liked the bluebells best, we thought that they had a good name because the flowers are blue and look like little bells

It took a long time, and we had to concentrate hard, because it was very fiddly making sure the flowers wouldn't fall off again...

...but we kept going...

...and going...

Sometimes the flowers were too long, so we had to cut them to the right length

The room smelt lovely with all the flowers and leaves and herbs

I really liked the fresh smell of the mint leaves.

And finally the garland was finished. Jacqui tied some bows around the flowers to make sure that none of them fell off.

I very carefully carried the garland outside...it was a bit tricky because it was big, but I managed it!

We decided to hang the garland up, so that everyone could see it

                           

We thought it looked great in the garden!

We hope you enjoyed seeing our May Day fun!