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in Embrace Imagination· Local Exploring· Outdoor Fun

Finding Fairy Gems On Sugar Loaf Mountain

22 Oct

It was a beautiful day for a walk in the mountains…

in Autumn· Embrace Imagination· Halloween

Fairy House Pumpkin

20 Oct

We love to carve pumpkins but with little ones in the house, it’s not always the easiest option so we have to think of alternatives. We also love fairies so a fabulous alternative was to make a non-scary and magical pumpkin fairy house…

in Autumn· Embrace Imagination· Magical Adventures· Outdoor Fun· Summer

Natural Butterfly Wings

19 Oct

How cute are these butterfly wings! The outdoors has such a wealth of natural goodies to find and is perfect for nature crafts and building imagination through play. And best of all it’s free and incredibly good for the soul.

in Embrace Imagination· Magical Adventures· Outdoor Fun

How To Make Fabric Fairy Wings

29 Jul

What little person doesn’t love fairies? Little ones are always on the look out for evidence of fairies and what better way to do this than to make your own magical fairy wings to wear on an adventure…

in Embrace Imagination· Magical Adventures

Fairies in a Jar

11 May

Imagine having your own magical fairy in a jar! I made this lovely nightlight for the girls in lest than 30 minutes… I’ve left it in their bedroom to discover and have left a note to tell them it’s from the fairies and will capture all their wishes. Here’s how I did it.

in Embrace Imagination· Garden· Outdoor Fun

Making Flower Fairies

7 Apr

Everybody loves fairies right? And flower fairies are the best! We decided that we would head out into the garden and collect some flowers and leaves and make our own… We drew some simple stick figures onto paper and set about making our fairies… Here’s what we came up with…

in Embrace Imagination· Garden

Tree Stump Fairy House Night Light

16 Feb

Today the 10 year old was given a bag of panel pins (£1 from the builders yard), a hammer, a pair of secateurs, a tree stump and a string of battery operated fairy light. She decided she was going to try her hand at making a tree stump fairy house.

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