We were snowed in another day here at Little Acorn Playgarden and boredom was setting in with my girls. I decided to take out the sweet book Fairy Houses by Tracy Kane and challenge them to spend their afternoon making the most beautiful Fairy House they could create. I presented them with a flat surface and a cardboard box and the rest was up to them. They ran around the house gathering all of the other supplies they could think of and it was beautiful to see them working together and sharing ideas.
It amazes me how creative children can be. Our fairy house comes equipped with a food cabinet (with food in it!), bedroom, bathroom, climbing tree, flower entrance, dining room, kitchen, balance beams, sitting area and all of the seashells, gems and flowers you could imagine. The girls even went as far as to make a small jump rope for their fairy friends to use.
I wonder what they'll leave tonight....
I'd love to challenge you to create your own Fairy House with your children. Indoor or outdoor homes are more than welcome.
Our random winner will receive a FREE Beeswax Crayon Holder from Little Acorn Learning
(a $21.95 value!)
How to enter:
If you are a blogger, please share a link to your Fairy House below in the comments section of this post and also share a photo of your Fairy House on our Facebook Group to inspire others and share your creations!
If you do not blog, please leave a brief comment on this post below and share a photo of your Fairy House on our Facebook Group.
**Please note that you must enter to win in the comments section below - posting your photo to our Facebook Group alone will not enter your name into our drawing. **
Our special winner will be picked randomly here on our blog and also announced on our Facebook Page on Valentine's Day!
Best of luck to you and have so much fun!
13 comments:
I love this idea! We did fairy houses in preschool last spring and I can't wait to make them again. Ours were made of natural materials, so they didn't last long, but they were loved while they lasted! :)
We love making fairy houses! Yours are so fun.
Hello, I do not have a blog yet so I posted a photograph of my son, Ian's fairy house on your facebook page. He had so much fun putting it together and he is hoping some fairies will come visit it tonight!
-Claire Levesque McKinney
My daughter LOVED making her first fairy house. She wanted to feed the fairies everything in our pantry! I told her we should probably limit our choices to things that fit on the table she picked out for them. Ultimately, she went with crackers, craisins, and a peppermint. The fairy house is still a work in progress. She keeps finding more little things to put in it. Such a fun and continually evolving project!
We have never built a fairy house here, but you have certainly inspired us!
Fairies are a huge part of our lives. We have a fairy house in our school room but we've also been known to build them along the way while out on an adventure. This link is to my blog, where we built our houses at a camp site only to find that there were already fairies among us! :)
http://ourbrokenroad.blogspot.com/2012/07/unexpected-magic.html
My 2 year old loved creating her fairy home, a great idea bringing interest back to our nature table during winter! Thanks x
A great way to bring interest back to our nature table during winter. My 2 year old loved creating a home for the fairies. Thanks x
We are so happy to share our pictures! We love making fairy houses!!
House Fairies from our Nature table.
http://feylandia777.blogspot.com/2013/01/2012-2013.html
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House Fairies from:
http://new-waldorf-sz.blogspot.com/2012/09/blog-post_23.html
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Lindsey Brady is the random winner of our Fairy House Contest - please email us at info@littleacornlearning.com so we can send you your Beeswax Crayon Holder for FREE! xoxo
We have an annual gathering with friends at the park to make fairy homes for the little people. This spring, it is in March. We also made fairy homes this past fall for our nature table - LOVE the fairy homes!
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