With midsummer approaching, I thought it would be fun to have a special “Fairies & Elves” round up – anything impish, elfish, fairy-ish and midsummer-night-ish to get you into that whimsical magical feeling! Hopefully the selectioin below will set you up for midsummer celebrations. When it comes to fairies, I particularly like the nature and waldorf inspired fairy crafts. Just adorable. I am pretty certain, that I will be revisiting this post myself and making things with my kids. I am inspired by all the magical craftiness out there.
And now.. to the magical round up:
Fairy Garden 2 Another totally GORGEOUS fairy garden – but you HAVE to look at the post and see all the little details – from tea pots to vegetable gardens and swings. The photos show gorgeous fairy play and really makes you want to go out make a garden! Visit The Juise for more. x
Fairy House If you don’t quite have the energy for a whole Fairy Garden… and if you don’t have any fairy house shaped bottles to hand, how about a Fairy House made from nature’s materials? The Craft Stew shares a download for this great looking fairy house made from sticks, bark and stones! x
How to make seriously cute Fairy Peg Dolls (and a Unicorn!) these would be a GREAT party craft. Make the fairies as a party craft with the kids and give the Unicorns in the Fairy Party Favour bags or make the kids “hunt around for it” during the party!
So. I do hope you found some fairy craft inspiration – be it midsummer celebrations or a fairy party that you are planning or just having fun with your children. Don’t forget to stop by at Play by The Book and check out Fairy and Elves book too.
jen | paintcutpaste.com says
oh my! i love all of these ideas! we just had fairy house week on the blog last week with fairy houses from natural materials and a fairy herb garden. thanks so much for including our fairy looms among these stunning projects! happy almost summer!
Red Ted Art says
Aah great minds think alike!! Lots of wonderful fairy adventures popping up everywhere as midsummer approaches. I love your loom!
Zoe says
Wow, such a lovely round up. I like the nature fairy wand a lot! Looking forward to collaborating more in the future 🙂
Red Ted Art says
Me to Zoe! Was a great idea of yours! And yes, the nature fairy wand is lovely, isn’t it?! That Sun Hats and Wellieboots is just too creative!
Domestic Goddesque says
A really interesting and diverse roundup. I’d never have though of half of these but, now I’ve seen them, my head is full of ideas. Thanks for including me in the round up.
Red Ted Art says
Yay, a head full of ideas is just want I wanted to achieve! Go out and craft! 🙂
Julia Deering says
Lovely fairies and magical summer enchantment – I love it!
Chris at Thinly Spread says
Wow! What a fantastic selection! So many ideas and so much inspiration! Thank you so much for including our little pebbles! 🙂
Red Ted Art says
And your stone Fairy Houses ahem *rock* @Chris!!!
Rebecca says
Thanks for including mine. Molly is off school sick and has just watched tinker bell to cheer her up so I’m sure she’ll be wanting to make a fairy craft really soon! I definitely plan on making the tooth fairy pots out of kinder eggs. So very cute.
Red Ted Art says
Aaah well, I hope Molly feels better soon! I am sure the fairies will help!
Sian says
What lovely ideas : )
Red Ted Art says
Thank you!
Sara : Love in the Suburbs says
What a wonderful roundup! Thanks for including our Moss Garden Terrarium tutorial. I look forward to exploring all these great projects!
Emma @Mummymummymum says
oooh what amazing crafts! I feel like my elf hat is a bit over simple though 🙂
Red Ted Art says
Emma – your Elf hat is perfect! We like all crafts – and simple is good – nothing wrong with that! Makes crafts accessible to all!
Liz Burton says
Such beautiful crafts. I’m glad I’m not the only one who still believes in fairies ;0)
Laura @ You, me & the mindee's says
What a great round up. I blogged about a forest walk we went on last week where we discovered some fairy houses in the trees. We came home and made leaf fairies and a fairy garden yesterday. We shall definitely be trying some of the above ideas too, as 2 yo is all into it after our walk!
http://childmindingadventures.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/secret-dens-forest-fairies.html
Red Ted Art says
Wow, I just read your post! I have fairy envy!
Rainbow Prams says
Stone houses and nature wands – I’ve just been told by my boys that’s what they want to do! A great selection that everyone can do, roll on the rain! Thanks x
Jude says
A lovely collection of activities – at times like this I wish I had a daughter – my boys just aren’t really into fairies etc. 🙁
Red Ted Art says
But are they into elves and gnomes? That is how I persuade my son to take an interest (though that is easy at only 4yrs!)
Super Amazing Mum says
oooohhh – I am inspired!!! I did the fairy house last year and Pixie loved it, may attempt some more……
Thanks for round up lovely!
Maria says
Hi! I just checked my “referring sites” on my blog, Calm-Energy, and I noticed RedTedArt.com listed. I visited and found a reference to my Olympics activities! Thank you for noticing!
My friend, Koralee @ Bluebird Notes, sent me a wonderful Olympic theme book from Vancouver, BC. It inspired so many ideas!
I appreciate your wonderful comments about them!
I’m putting your blog in my sidebar so that I can keep up with your posts. There are so many great ideas here for me!
~ Maria
Red Ted Art says
My pleasure Maria – I thought you had a lovely post! And thank you for adding me to your side bar!
Kristin@ A VIntage Fairy says
What a fun find! I love seeing so many ideas all in one spot! I will have to explore! I do fairy fridays on my site (avintagefairy.com) would love for you to check it out!
Thanks! Kristin
Anna @ The Imagination Tree says
OOO these are lovely ideas! I have loads of fairy posts but I obviously missed your memo this time- duh! We’re just half way through our fairy garden- a “chicken pox” project for C!
Avalynn says
Wow, fantastic ideas. We are going to try make the bottle houses. 😀
Red Ted Art says
I particularly like the bottle houses!! Have fun!
Becca says
Thanks for including my Math gnomes!
Becca
Red Ted Art says
My pleasure
Joseph martin says
Hi – I have 3 girls and they love playing with all types of fairy stuff: great items above – we all loved looking at them.
Bryony FancyFace says
I loved visiting all these links – my daughter adores fairies and I can’t wait to make bottle houses and pipe cleaner fairies to live inside with my daughter and her friend!!
Now I really really want to share a post of my own and I hope you don’t mind (I don’t mean to be cheeky) it is a toadstool seat making tutorial, we made them from carpet tubes for a party: http://www.fancyface.co.uk/2012/11/08/how-to-make-fairy-toadstools/
Thank you! 🙂
Red Ted Art says
Oh my those are so cute! Thanks for sharing them!
Angela @CreatifulKids says
I love this round-up! My girl is a big fan of fairies, so much so that we even made our own fairy wings out of cardboard that are till a big hit even one year after.