May Day is a perfect day to surprise someone with some beautiful cut flowers from your garden. One traditional method of leaving them at a door was to make a paper cone basket for May Day flowers.

How to Make a May Day Basket Paper Cone

Delight someone special with some fresh flowers from your garden (or store bought) on May 1st. An easy way to deliver them is in a traditional May Day Basket Paper Cone.

May Day baskets go all of the way back to Roman times, then they became a European tradition. Celebrated on May 1st, it is a celebration of flowers as most gardens in the northern hemisphere are becoming full of color by May. Either cut colorful flowers from your own garden, or purchase some fresh flowers from your local florist. Make someone's day special with a gift of fresh flowers.

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Materials

12" x 12" piece of paper
24" piece of ribbon
Fresh flowers
Invisible tape

Tools

Hole punch
Paper scissors

Instructions

Start with a square piece of paper. I bought a pretty one at the local craft store that was made for scrapbooking. Cut off the edge of the paper with the information about it.
To make it prettier, scallop cut two adjacent edges of the square. You can either use scallop edge scissors, or freehand cut the edge. I did it by hand.
Roll the straight edges together to form a cone, and tape the edges closed.
Using a hole punch, punch holes around the top edge of the cone.
Cut a piece of ribbon that will be long enough to weave through the holes in the cone, then tie a nice bow to be able to hang the flowers from a door handle. I cut my ribbon about 24" long.
Starting at the top of the cone, weave the ribbon in and out of the holes. You'll want the long pieces at the top of the cone to tie a bow.
Cut some flowers from your garden, fill your May Day paper cone basket and surprise someone with flowers!