Do kids do May baskets anymore?

I doubt it very much. Parents love them though. My mum used to love me bringing them home from school, she still has them somewhere.

I was in elementary school in the mid 90’s, and I never made them as a child. I had actually never heard of them before this question, so I had to look it up to see what you were talking about.

I did them as an adult about a decade ago once. It was fun delivering them at like 4am. Of course, I was more nocturnal back then. Never got one, though. People nowadays would probably either wonder “wtf is that?” or think it’s got poison and razor blades (like Halloween candy) or that it’s probably some “terrorist” or “communist” thing. ;)

I got cynical.

@laureth Yes, sadly fun things like that have been ruined by malicious people.

The kids at Church make them and take to nursing homes.

We saved the woven plastic baskets that berries came in, and wove ribbons through the openings, then put impatiens or petunia plants in them and hung them on the neighbor’s doors. No one ever left one on our door, and I assumed it was some sort of eastern European tradition, and didn’t do it with my own children.

As a young kid,I used to get up early on May. 1 and pick wild violets and dandelions for my mother. She loved them. I never bothered with a basket. Our family used recycled jelly jars.

I used to make them and put them on my old lady neighbors door. I don’t know if she knew it was me. I always hoped that it made her happy.
My kids did it for our neighbors and their grandmothers, and me too.
No one has left me one for a few years. I miss them.

It’s so good to hear there stories. I’m glad others enjoyed this as I did.

We actually get several May baskets every year! The first year we arrived here in the cornfield I had no idea what they even were, I had never given or received one in my entire life. Usually they are made out of a rolled up piece of construction paper and filled with candy. I am working today, but last year we jumped on the bandwagon and gave out a few of our own.

http://tinyurl.com/27h4vjg This was just sent to me by a friend on FB…..Very interesting. Our’s sure weren’t that elaborate.

I’d never heard of May baskets until one spring a few years ago. My mother-in-law invited my daughter, who was about 4 at the time, to spend the night at her house so they could carry out some kind of secret mission. They bought little baskets and filled them with fake flowers, woke up early, and delivered them to relatives in the area. They left one on our doorstep too, and I still have it in the kitchen windowsill.

Judging by the phone calls my daughter received later that day, it made a lot of people happy. I think it’s a great idea, but we always have so much going on that I don’t think of it until May 2. Right now I’m making a mental note to suggest to my daughter’s Girl Scout troop leaders that they do this as an activity next year and deliver the baskets to nursing homes. Thanks @thriftymaid for giving me the idea!

I’ve never heard of May baskets, but when I was in 5th grade my teacher encouraged us to give a flower to people we cared about on May 1st. I imagine it was the same sort of thing.

I’m glad we did that… that day I came into class and a beautiful tiger lily was sitting on my desk – from my childhood crush. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

Unfortunately, I haven’t done anything like that since.

From preschool through third grade, they usually draw May baskets, and in church school. Real May Baskets must still be popular, because I was in the grocery store today, the flower section was half empty, and many grocery carts had them, so they were going out the door real fast.

@YARNLADY That’s good to hear.