May Baskets

With May just round the corner I have been thinking about Marian activities I could do with my toddler. A Rosary box would be one option, but we have been using Lent and Easter boxes since February and I am ready for a change ... then I remembered these lovely ideas for May Baskets from Alice at Cottage Blessings.

I'm sure Little Cherub would adore a May Basket, and I can put things into it that we can use throughout the month. These are the ideas I have so far for the contents:

• Rosary - a chunky wooden one if I can get it
• This printable prayer card with the poem Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue
• Pictures of Our Lady from around the world - I'm planning to share these here over the next week or so
• Small, simple prayer book - I will probably just put in our old copy of My First Prayer Book. It will be new to Cherub!
• Small statue
  
• A blue candle
• Holy water
• Blue and white silk flowers
• A small, knitted "Mary" doll, if I can find a suitable pattern
  
• Chocolate

If you have older children, you could make May Baskets for them too. If that is too ambitious, then why not get them to help decorate and fill May Baskets for their small siblings?