I followed a map to a special place in the woods and there I found all the fairy houses.
If you were given a map like this one, you would have to check it out, wouldn’t you? I was given this map yesterday and followed it to a special place in the woods:
And there, in the woods, I found all the fairie’s houses. Generations of them, some with little notes pinned to them, some in trees, apparently people come for miles to build houses here;
We had been making houses of our own, for things with eyes:
Sometimes we make houses for fairies and boggarts;
The lovely andromedababe encourages people to make houses for Derek the Gnome
Do post to let us know who you make houses for…
what an awesome idea, we are moving to the “woods” in the near future so my boys would love imaginery play like this.
These are gorgeous – I’m going to show the pictures to some of my avid fairy house creators at preschool – I know that they will fall in love with them.
Creating fairy houses / gardens / worlds has been a continuing them this year amongst some of our children – here is an example:
http://progressiveearlychildhoodeducation.blogspot.com/2010/08/fairy-gardens-and-fairy-shelters.html
They have recently moved onto cave people (building shelters and caves) and I have to admit to feeling a little bit happy that we are leaving the fairies behind for a moment and moving onto something different 🙂
Your photos are gorgeous – and make me incredibly jealous of so much lush greenery. I would even settle for a few twigs. My 3 fairy devoted girls and I are living in the desert so we reduced to creating indoor fairy worlds. We have made our own clay mushrooms and flowers to try and create a more natural world – but very tricky. Thanks for sharing – I will show my girls the photos so they too can dream and remember. 🙂
My sister and I used to make stick staircases and ladders just like the one you photographed in a creek bed. We played with plastic animals in the mud and adored every moment. If only I could revisit those days and live those carefree days of childhood again. Magic times that engrave themselves on your memory – real treasures to cherish.
Thank you so much to everyone who has shared this link and for your memories, inspirations and letting us know about your future plans. Mel, such lushness comes at a cost, I bet we get heaps more rain than you :). This was a real map, I was talking to my mum who thought it was story weaving but there is a real fairy glen, you could go and find it yourself.
I found your site through Jenny at Let the Children Play. I’ve been hoarding a bag of googly eyes, and now I know just what to do with them. Thanks for all of the great ideas. Pure Magic!!
I love the wiggly eyes on the leaves, twigs and stones they look great!
There is something so special about the mysterious world of fairies. Your photos are so inspiring, especially the characters with googly eyes.
Thank you for linking up to We Play this week.
Thanks Rachelle, Philippa and Christie. I love that small plastic eyes can be jiggly, wiggly and googly!!
Have fun playing out.
Lily