Birthday Fairies
Thursday, 10 February 2011
The Girl just turned three last month. How did that happen?! Three? Really?!
We had a simple and sweet party at home. She invited two girl friends and the rest of us were family.
Here is the fairy set I made for her.
They are so cute, I could nearly explode. And the boy fairy! So cute! Let me tell you that sewing a little pair of one inch trousers is not an easy task!
Purple fairy with her tiny braids.
Yellow fairy with her big puffy pigtails.
These are the same as the bendy doll family I made last year. Thankfully they went together much faster this time! The little acorn caps were found on our New York trip. They are much bigger than my local southern acorn caps. The hair is wool roving, the tops are wool felt, and the skirts and wings are silk flowers.
And here’s the house I made for them to live in. I purchased the plain wooden house very inexpensively at a large craft store, then hot glued twigs from our yard all over it. There is a ton of glue on this thing. Like about 30 sticks. The roof shingles are from pinecones.
The little wooden furniture is from another playset we have, although I do want to make some more furniture. This was totally a last minute gift, and I consider it a work in progress. I knew there was no way I was going to get it done in time for her birthday if I tried to hide the work from her, so when she asked what I was making, I told her I was making a fairy house.
“For me?”
“No, for the fairies.”
“Mom, I think you are trying to surprise me,” she said.
No. 1 — February 11th, 2011 at 10:30 am
this is absolutely precious! My girl would be crazy for this and she is almost 10. You did an amazing job and i imagine your sweet little girl was thrilled.
No. 2 — February 11th, 2011 at 11:28 am
That is so awesome. I love the acorn top hats!!! So sweet
No. 3 — February 11th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
WOW!! What a beautiful, magical gift for the girl! You really are so very talented. :)
No. 4 — February 12th, 2011 at 9:32 am
Awe struck – as always! You have such talent… and one lucky little girl.
No. 5 — February 13th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
oh rose!!! this is absolutely beautiful!!!! what a lucky little girl!!
xo
~erin
No. 6 — February 13th, 2011 at 10:54 pm
WOW. This is so beautiful.
No. 7 — February 15th, 2011 at 5:27 am
I must join the chorus–this entire project is absolutely divine, and would not be out of place in the best Waldorf schools/shops in Europe. I so wish I had the talent to make such completely charming little people. I’m afraid my son is bordering on not believing any more…Kudos once again. (And where do you find the time for a so-called “last minute gift”? Honey, I’m never showing you what I come up with last minute…
No. 8 — March 17th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
what a neat idea! It turned out beautifully.
No. 9 — January 4th, 2012 at 12:09 am
[…] over, I can show off some of the toys I made for the kids. Here are the fairies I made, to go with these from last year. All of them get played with a lot, by both The Boy and The Girl. I won’t […]
No. 10 — August 2nd, 2012 at 10:11 am
Amazing! I really love them fairies! :’D
No. 11 — January 5th, 2013 at 11:03 pm
The house is beautiful! Where can I find the house? Which craft store?
No. 12 — May 24th, 2013 at 5:17 pm
[…] and twigs from her backyard to the exterior, as well as some rustic wood furniture to the interior, The Laughing Monkey created a woodsy retreat for some lovely handmade fairy dolls (with the most adorable acorn cap […]