Mid Summer Celebration Ideas

How to celebrate Mid Summer Midsummer Day is celebrated during a weekend between June 20 and 26. Its origins are in the celebration of the summer solstice. Scandinavian Midsummer is a celebration of nature, life and fertility. Many of the traditions are connected with magic and myths, one which is a saying that if a girl picked seven different flowers on this day and put the bouquet...

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How to Make Flower Crowns

Wondering how to make a flower crown, where to begin and what to do? Just in time for the Midsummer Festival - here is arguably the sweetest flower crown tutorial, by Lady Lucas for Little Scandinavian, complete with a print out pdf. Flower crowns isn't only the ultimate accessory (featuring heavily in our Pinterest feeds...) for a music festival, a wedding or summer garden party. In...

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7 perfect dresses for Midsummer – Swedish Style

The best dresses to wear for the Scandinavian mid Summer - as well as a DIY flower crown tutorial. Do not miss out on the most magical night of the year... On one of the longest days of the year, people will gather in parks or by the sea to celebrate Midsummer. They will have a barbeque or a picnic and spend the evening outdoors to enjoy the never ending day light. Midsummer’s Eve was...

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How to Celebrate Scandinavian Midsummer and DIY Flower Crown

In mid-June, school is out and nature has burst into life. It seems like the sun never sets. In fact, in the north of Scandinavia it doesn’t, and in the south only for an hour or two. Most Scandinavians will gather friends and family to celebrate... The actual Summer solstices, the longest day of the year is on the 21 st of June, but most people will be celebrating this weekend. Midsummer’s...

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