Midsommarafton
Midsummer Eve
📅 A Friday between 19 and 25 June
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What is it? 🤔
The lightest night of the year! Swedes dance around a flower-covered pole and it hardly gets dark at all.
Traditions 🎊
- ✨Decorate the midsommarstång (maypole) with leaves and flowers.
- ✨Dance around it and jump like frogs to "Små grodorna"!
- ✨Wear a flower crown (blomsterkrans).
- ✨Pick seven kinds of flowers and put them under your pillow for magical dreams.
Let's make it: Flower crown ✂️
You need
- ☑️ Wildflowers or paper flowers
- ☑️ A thin wire or pipe cleaner ring
- ☑️ Tape or string
Tip: tap a step when you've done it! Always ask a grown-up to help with scissors, ovens and anything hot.