May Day
5.55
Coming
in game - The May
Pole
The
BS decorate the May Pole (try a carpet roll inner)
6.00
Opening - Opening ceremony, news, and notices
6.05
Chat
about May day
6.10
Game:
Gathering nuts in May
Equipment
·
A
plate per player
·
5
items per player, ie. spoon, pen, pencil sharpener, anything!
Game
Description
Each Beaver stands by his plate with his five items on it. At the
blow of a whistle he has to go to another Beaver’s plate and take one
item from it, and put it onto his own plate. He continues to do this,
going to any Beaver’s plate, until the second whistle is blown. The
winner is the Beaver with the most items on his plate.
6.20
Craft
Bases: May Day Basket
Materials Needed:
- Kitchen
Roll inner
- Tape
- Construction
Paper or Wallpaper Scraps
- Markers
or Paint
- Pipe
Cleaner
Instructions:
Cut the roll in to quarters so you have 4 circles.
Cover
one opening with construction paper and tape securely in place.
Cut
a strip of construction paper or wallpaper to cover the outside of the
roll.
Use
a hole punch and make 2 holes near the open hole of the roll.
Make
sure the holes are directly across from each other.
Thread
one end of the pipe cleaner into each hole.
Fold
the ends up and wrap around the pipe cleaner to make the handle.
Fill
your mini basket with real or home-made flowers
6.40
Game:
‘May we get free’
One
or two Beavers are "it".
They
tig the others who then stand with their legs apart and arms stretched out
to the side.
Beavers
can free them by running under their arm or by crawling under their legs,
after the ‘frozen’ BS says ‘May I get free’
6.50
Sing Song and use
the May pole
‘Here
we go gathering nuts in May’ and show the BS how to wrap the may pole
6.55
Closing
Ceremony
7.00
End
