I can take absolutely no credit for these whatsoever. They are completely 100% a project that was initiated by the kids, worked on by them for hours and across days. There was so much focus and co operation with these that I couldn't bare to drag them inside to do book work. Isn't that the stuff childhood is made of!
No one came inside to ask for bits and bobs, they simply found random items in the backyard and the nature strip behind our place.
So without further adore I invite you to explore our backyard Fairy Village.
This is Little Surfer Dudes, he's recently turned 5. He chose a small bush to build his home against so the fairy would have more space to explore.
His offerings, a small rock table covered with moss and a gorgeous mini fairy bowl, that I believe his big brother assisted him with. This looks like the perfect fairy gathering place to sit around together and enjoy a meal.
On a slightly larger scale is Fairy Princess' (9) home. This home has two distinct areas, the open outdoors retreat offers a comfy place to relax with an abundance of flowers,leaves and mossy carpet. The fairies even have delicious cherry tomatoes, picked fresh from the garden, to feast upon.
The second area of the home has a solar insulated roof to ensure those little fairy bodies are kept warm at night. But get this, they even have a swimming pool, yes a swimming pool, purely for their leisure. We just won't discuss the fact that it is one of my tuppeware containers now will we ;-)
This is Lego Lover's creation, his includes a small side cave with an incredibly steep slide. Oh what fun the fairies must have on that each night!
This home has quite a high drop off, so he has made sure to fence the edge so no one falls over. Once again plenty of offerings for the wee fairies.
These creations all happened on a regular school day. In fact I was inside getting organised for the day ahead, whilst they were all outside building and creating. I simply could not tear them away from their dedication of the task, they literally spent hours out there creating, making modifications, adding bits and pieces.
A day well spent in the life of a child!
3 comments:
Ah wow what great fairy houses. I distinctly remember doing something similar one spring in primary school during my lunch breaks, making fairy houses under a cherry blossom tree. So much fun and imagination.
I love this! I'm going to have to bring the subject up to my kids...they've never made one and I always think the creations I see on the Internet are so cute!
Bother, I typed out my entire comment, and then after pinning your post forgot to hit publish, so here goes again.
I LOVE fairy homes. I think they are beyond cool, and for a brief time my kids were really into them and built all sorts of them out of mud.
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