May Day Basket Craft

May Day is a public holiday which takes place every year on the first Monday in May. It began as a spring festival in the Middle Ages. This was celebrated across Europe as a way to mark the arrival of spring and summer. The hope of a good harvest in the future was celebrated through eating, singing, and dancing. It is associated with light, flowers and fertility, but also as a way to help people celebrate and relax. Come along to Hornsey Library and make your very own May Day basket. Have fun cutting it out, sticking it together and colouring in some flowers to add to it!