Tom Fedor/The Gazette Sophie Nugent, 5, of Frederick flies her butterfly craft around her head along North Market Street on Saturday. The craft activity, where Nugent created the piece, was sponsored by the Downtown Frederick Partnership as part of the First Saturday "May Fest" event in Frederick.

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The Middletown Recreation Council will hold its second-annual May Festival on May 19.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Middletown Community Park at 7628 Coblentz Road in Middletown.

It will feature an Earth Day celebration as well as the Great Middletown Scavenger Hunt.

The scavenger hunt will begin at 3 p.m., and participants can take part individually or as part of a team. Prizes are $100 for first prize, $50 for second and $25 for third.

A map of the course will be provided and a task at each site, and participants’ maps will be stamped at each stop before they can move on.

The festival will also include a repurposed art contest to celebrate Earth Day, with presentations on display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The contest is open to all ages, with cash prizes of $100 for first place, $75 for second and $25 for third.

Applications for the events can be downloaded on the council’s website at www.middletownrec.com.