Last week as we were celebrating May Faire at school, our Nature Table likewise welcomed Spring and the dancers of the season... Some friends of mine and I made these cute table-top May Poles at a gathering we recently had. We had seen a version of this at Spring Creek Store and wanted to similarly liven up our children's play places. I didn't take any in process photos but they were pretty simple to put together: -The base is a chunk of branch about 1 1/2" tall with a hole drilled into the center. (Thank you Chrisi!) -Into the hole we stuck a foot long 1/4" dowel and secured it with glue from a glue gun. (All subsequent gluing was done with the glue gun as well.) -We then cut strips of various colored ribbons and glued each one individually onto the top of the pole. -We embellished that tip with silk flowers then wrapped the messy stems with a broader bit of ribbon. Voilà! Mini Maypole!