Flower Wreaths ~ May Faire

I am closing this merry month of May by recounting how we initiated it. At my daughter Charlotte’s Waldorf School they have the most beautiful celebration each May to honor Spring. The origins of the Maypole dates back to the Spring festivals of India and Egypt and later the Celtic tribes made it a part of their festival to bring on fertility and prosperity. The day before the May pole festival, my dear friend Mystic Mamma and I gathered our little lasses and made some wreaths to wear. Scroll below for directions on how to make a wreath. You can make these to celebrate Mid Summer Night’s Eve which is around the corner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making Flower Wreaths

This is one of the easier crafts that even I can manage! Here is what you need:

1) Green  Floral Tape

2) Flower wire

3) Wire clippers

4) Fresh flowers

5) Ribbons

6) Bells (optional)

Simply wrap the wire around your head to get the correct size. Then wrap the wire with the floral tape and add the flowers with part of the stems against the wire.  You can use the leaves as well to add more green and baby’s breathe for a more whispery look. Make sure the flower stems are all pointed in the same direction when binding. Add the ribbons at the back of the wreaths. You can add bells at the bottom as well.

A song to sing around the pole:

Here is a branch of snowy May, the branch the fairies gave me.

Would you like to dance today.

With a branch the fairies gave me.

Dance away, dance away. Holding high the branch of May.

Dance away, dance away. Holding high the branch of May.