Fairy Garden Fruit and Veggies
We made the cutest set of fairy-sized fruits and veggies for our Fairy Garden this weekend. Don’t they just make you want to come and play… If you visit our Fairy Garden Page, you’ll see all the fun we’ve been having in our Fairy Garden. We started simply, making just the garden. My children played […]
DovieMoon Winner!
DovieMoon has a winner! Two 8×10 photographs go to Nina! Her two favorites are… Listening for Footsteps by DovieMoon Fireflies in the Night by DovieMoon Nina wrote – ‘I Really like the listening for footsteps one since its a boy fairy and my boy would love it. plus he’s in green, HIS favorite color! and […]
The Annual Fairy Garden Competition – 2010.
I am so excited to introduce the 2010 Fairy Garden Competition. The competition debuted last year. So many of you sent in photos of your magical gardens and it was truly a delight to see the creative and imaginative ideas you and your children came up with. To enter this year’s competition, send in a […]
Make a Fairy Garden.
How to Make a Fairy Garden Childhood magic is a precious gift. I believe that in today’s fast paced, success driven world, it is more important than ever to protect AND nurture the magic in our children’s lives. The excitement my Kitty feels when she discovers that fairies have left her a silvery message on […]
A Fairy’s Paintbrush.
Have you ever wondered where fairies get their paint brushes from? We have wondered endlessly… we know that painting is such an important fairy job. Just look at the brightly colored flowers, ladybugs and beetles… they have all, of course, been painted by the fairies. So, where do fairy paint brushes come from? Periwinkles, of […]
A Poem – The Flight of the Fairies.
There’s a rustle in the woodlands And a sighing in the breeze For the Little Folk are busy In the bushes and the trees. They are packing up their treasures Every one with nimble hand Ready for the coming journey back To sunny Fairyland. They have gathered up the jewels From their beds of mossy […]
How to make an Arbor for your Fairy Garden.
Today we made an arbor for K’s Fairy Garden. This is what we used to make it… strong but bendable wire, thin very bendable wire, my pliers and some paper roses for decoration. I cut two pieces of the strong wire using my pliers, about 15 inches each. I bended the two pieces of wire […]
Easy Peg Fairies.
I have not suggested we make fairies for K’s Fairy Garden. I wanted her to imagine ‘real’ fairies in it. I wanted her to see, in her minds eye, a little gossamer-clad nymph swinging from her swing. I wanted her to picture a chubby little gnome digging merrily in the moss. This she has done […]
How to make a Fairy’s Washing Line.
A big question was asked… What if our fairies did their washing in the coconut pond in K’s Fairy Garden? They might have to hang their wet clothes on the tree to dry and that would look untidy… that wouldn’t do! A washing line had to be made! If you are enjoying this tutorial, Please […]
How to make a Fairy’s Bath.
“The group of fairies skipped merrily through the nasturtium patch, happy in their sunrise task. Early morning was the best time for collecting dewdrops for the Fairy Queen’s bath. This was Daphne’s favourite chore. Daphne was in charge of blessing each pearly droplet with a magical spell before it was funnelled down the huge green […]