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Wednesday 26 June 2013

DIY 'Fairy House'

One of our favourite things to do is make little fairy forts in our garden for any visiting fairy's. We usually make them out of leaves, twigs, flower petals or any bits n bobs we can find hanging around or growing in our garden. They always turn out so fantastic, most of the time they get blown away or walked on by our dog!  So yesterday we decided to make a more stable Fairy House for our garden.

Here's what we used to make ours:



- 1 x Small Box/or an empty Milk Carton
- Some Paper
- Glue
- String
- Scissors
- Decorations - Stickers, Flowers, Glitter etc...

Here's how we made it:

We decided on what type of house we wanted to make, I wanted to make a town house with little windows and a front door but the kids wanted to make it like a bird house! So a bird house style Fairy house it was :),



We covered the empty box with paper using a little glue. We cut out a circular hole for the front door. I had some wooden roof tiles left over from a custom Fairy Window I made for a customer a while back, so we used them for our Fairy House Roof. You could just as easily draw and colour the roof tiles on a piece of paper then stick them to the top of the carton.   To decorate the Fairy House we stuck on some fairy stickers and made a Fairy sized door sign that said "The Fairy's Summer House, All Fairy's Welcome". Lastly we punched a hole in the very top of the carton, popped through some string so that we could hang it up somewhere safe among our trees.





We found the perfect sheltered place to hang our 'Fairy House' and spent most of the evening peeking out the back door window hoping to catch sight of a visiting Fairy Friend..... Oh the magic of the fairy's I truly love it!

 
Our Completed 'Fairy House'



 
Such a wonderful afternoon spent with the kids making memories and dusting our house and garden with a little Fairy magic.......
 
We would love to see your fairy summer house that you make for your garden. You can send us your pictures via our facebook page or by emailing them to info@mudpiesandrainbows.com
 
Enjoy the Magic,
 
Sparkle Bright,
 
The Fairies x
 
 

Wednesday 19 June 2013

Pixie Perfume...... a Fairy Fragrance!

Hi,

A very retro vibe to this weeks blog post. Where I live during the winter months the greens and streets are empty, Now summer has arrived and the sun is shining my gosh the streets and greens around our estate are filled with kids playing. It is beyond lovely to see them out playing and not sitting in front of the TV or with a video game in hand. It got me thinking about my childhood and all the fun things we got up to during Summer.

One of my favorite things to do as a kid was make home made perfume! So I figured I'd make some and leave it outside our fairy door for the kids to find!

My neighbors what must they think of me out picking buttercups LOL ;),

So simple to do I used an empty mini jar of jam. Picked a couple of buttercups some lavender and used a little double sided sticky tape.

I covered the lid in double sided sticky tape, popped the heads off about twenty buttercups and stuck them to the lid making sure there were no gaps. I sprinkled a few pinches of lavender flowers into the jar and filled it with warm water and gave it a mix. I also put a pinch of dried cornflowers leaves in to and it turned the water blue. It smelled so nice ...... Carefully I screwed the lid back on the jar and positioned it outside the door.



I ahem.... I mean 'Fleur' our Fairy left a letter in the mailbox .......... ;),





So excited for the kids to come home from school today and find it! They are going to love it. I'm sure we will have a go at making a  bottle of our own 'Pixie Perfume'

Tis truly the little things that make the most magical memories and are the most fun to make and do.

Hope you have fun making your 'Fairy Fragrance'

Enjoy the magic!

Sparkle Bright,

The Fairies xXx

Www.mudpiesandrainbows.com





Friday 7 June 2013

Fairy Flower Mandala

Summer has finally arrived here in Dublin Ireland ;), It's been blue skies and sunshine all week from sun up till sundown. So it was only fitting that I would incorporate Summer into this weeks blog post.  

Those of you who follow my blog regularly will know that 'Fleur' our house fairy is a nature fairy and she has gone back to fairyland for the summer ;), she has been popping back from time to time to collect/reply to her fairy mail and/or to leave trinkets from fairyland for the kids before flitting back to fairyland ;),

The fine weather has my garden bursting with daisy's and buttercups and it gave me the inspiration for this weeks blog post!

I picked a few Daisy's,  Buttercups, Flower petals and leaves and headed up to our fairy door to make a 'Fairy Flower Mandala' Here's how it turned out!



'Fleur' left the kids a letter explaining that this was a 'Fairy Flower Mandala' that they make them in all shapes, and sizes in fairyland to celebrate the beginning of Summer. They hold Fairy Feis where they dance around the flowers under the moonlight. She asked the kids if they would make a 'Fairy Flower Mandala' in the garden for her and her fairy friends to enjoy ;),




My gosh the kids were so intrigued a little shocked and amazed I think ;), needless to say off we went straight away on a nature walk to collect flowers and petals to make our very own 'Fairy Flower Mandala'. It was so much fun! A great use of creativity and imagination kept them busy for the entire afternoon and they all turned out amazingly! Next time we make them I think I will use PVA glue to stick them to paper and then frame them they are so pretty.

When the kids went to bed I sprinkled a little glitter over the 'Fairy Flower Mandala's' that they had made. They were so happy the next morning to find traces of fairy dust they were so excited that the fairy's did come and dance among their mandala's

I hope this has inspired you to do the same with your fairy door and bring a little extra excitement and magic into your house. A little old fashioned fun spending time outdoors with the kids having fun and making precious memories.

We would love to see pictures of your Fairy Flower Mandala's follow us on Facebook and post us your pictures we'd love to see them.

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Have fun,

Sparkle Bright,

The Fairies xXx

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