Meet Audralina the Fairy

Manhattan Toys created Audralina.  She is one of the enchanting fairies from the  Beneath the Leaf fairy collection.  She is pocket sized and soft.

Her fairy garb is a polka dot dress, pink striped tights, green wings, pink hair, and a leaf shaped headband.


You can purchase her directly from the Manhattan Toys website at http://www.manhattantoy.com/product/0/141770/_/Beneath_The_Leaf_Audralina.

 Thank you very much for stopping by The Friendly Fairies!

Cheri

Good Night Fairies Book Review

Kathleen Hague wrote Good Night Fairies and Michael Hague illustrated the sweet bedtime tale with incredible details on every page.  

A kind mother patiently and lovingly explains to her curious child at bedtime what fairies do throughout their day.  I especially love the quote, "Hop into bed", said mother as she turned off the light, "and I'll tell you what I know what I know about fairies."

The mother goes on and tells her child about how fairies paint flowers, rescue lost toys, comb mermaids hair, teach unicorns to fly,  welcome children to dream land, and more.

You can count 321 winged fairies throughout the book.  You can also search for a hidden red-capped fairy on each page.

This is a treasure to add to any fairy book collection.

Thank  you for stopping by The Friendly Fairies!

Cheri Swing

Child of Faerie Book Review

Child of Faerie by Jane Yolen and Jane Dyer is a warm and engaging tale about a lifelong friendship between a faerie boy and a human girl.  The pointy eared faerie boy and earthy farm girl try to live in each other's world, but they cannot survive in the other's world.  Yet, they remain friends throughout their lives til their old age.

Jane Yolen writes in an alluring and enchanting fashion that will engage both you and your child.  You will be mesmerized by the whimsical illustrations of the gentle faerie and the wholesome farm girl.

Happy reading!  Thank you for stopping by The Friendly Fairies.

Cheri

How to Build a Fairy Cottage Link

A fairy cottage from the Disney Family website.

Here are instructions on how to make a quaint and cozy fairy cottage (source Disney Family website article by Cindy Littlefield).

• Empty cracker box (or similar cardboard box)
• Craft knife
• Scissors
• 4 wooden craft sticks
• 2 pipe cleaners
• Glue dots
• 2 flat buttons and 1 shank-style button
• Pushpin
• Paper or silk flower
• Thin ribbon or string
• Small bell
• Template for A Fairy Cottage
• 3 small paper cups (5-ounce size)
• Stapler
• Craft or scrapbook paper (shades of green for the roof leaves and brown or beige for the patio stones)
• Cotton ball or cotton batting
• Corrugated cardboard

Instructions: 1. Use the craft knife (adults only) to cut a 4-by 2½-inch door opening in the front panel of the box.

2. Create a door by setting the four craft sticks side-by-side and bending pipe cleaners around the tops and bottoms to hold them together, as shown.

3. Now attach the door to the box. Use a pushpin to poke hinge holes in the cardboard alongside the door opening, aligning them with the pipe cleaners on the door. For each hinge, thread one of the adjacent pipe cleaner ends through the hole and then twist the two ends together and trim them short, as shown. Top the hinges with buttons, and glue the flower to the face of the door.

4. For a doorbell, tie a small bell to one end of a short length of ribbon or string. Tie the other end of the ribbon to the loop of a shank-style button. Use a glue dot to stick the button in place beside the door.

5. Print out the template and use it to cut out a bunch of green paper leaves. Crease each leaf down the center to give it more shape.

6. Turn one of the paper cups upside down and cut out the bottom. Staple paper leaves to the cup bottom, as shown, overlapping and layering them to create a full conical roof.

7. For a chimney, cut off and discard the upper two thirds of another paper cup. Notch the cut edge of the remaining portion of the cup, and then invert the cup, as shown. For smoke, cut an X in the cup bottom, and insert a cotton ball or a bit of batting. Glue the chimney to the top of the roof.

8. To attach the roof to the cottage, notch the top of the third paper cup and then glue the cup to the box top, as shown.

9. Cut a piece of corrugated cardboard into the shape of a cutting board (if you have a small cutting board, you can trace around it).
10. Glue the cottage to the end of the cardboard cutting board.
11. Finally, glue on a pathway of paper patio stones leading to the cottage door.


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