Fairy Fun!

Liliana has been really into fairies lately.  This is what I love about having a girl!  Fairies and princesses and make believe!  It's easily just as much fun for me as it is for her.

So when she came to me asking to build a fairy house, I was all over it.  We sat at the table together for over an hour, glue gunning things and chatting about our favorite types of fairies.  This is what we came up with.

Table and chairs, shower, and crab apples...because according to Liliana, fairies love to eat crab apples so she's been pulling them off of all the trees in the neighborhood, despite our objections.

Fairy beds, wall decorations, and a secret escape hatch through the yogurt container.

I let her do as much of it as possible, so it was a great experience for her in cutting, glueing (regular, not hot for her yet), and general home design.  :-)

After it was made she kept saying, "I hope we catch a fairy tonight.  Then it can be my very best friend."  Poor Rexie was about to be replaced.

While we didn't catch a fairy, one did stop by and leave her a little note.

I added a quarter in the photo to show how tiny it was.

Here's the text:

Dearest Liliana,

Greetings!  Thank you so much for building such a lovely home for my fairy friends and me.  You really did a splendiferous job!  I just love the decorations and the way you colored the chairs.  While the home looks quite comfortable and I’d love to live with you and your family, I do have other fairy duties to attend to.  And so it’s with my deepest regrets that I cannot stay.  I have however, left these pretend fairy friends for you to play with.  Hope to visit again soon! 

With much love,

Glorinda the Garden Fairy

P.S.- Despite what your friends may have told you…Fairies do not eat crab apples or candy.  We are quite happy with our fairy food we already in fairyland, so please don’t pick any more apples off of the beautiful trees.  Thanks love!

And her new fairy friends (super cheap at Hobby Lobby):

She was sooooooooo excited!  Like, squealing-and-running-out-the-door-to-show-her-friends excited.  I was terrified one of them would spill the beans, as they're a lot older than she is and beyond the whole "imagination" phase...but they either believed it or played along.  

Also, she thought twice before picking crab apples off the tree today.  We may be using "fairy letters" to solve a few other behavioral issues as well.

So all in all, it was a fun mother/daughter project and a great way to add a little magic to our daughter's childhood.