Building Fairy houses

My eldest daughter was inspired by our newly acquired "Fairy Houses Everywhere" book to produce her own fairy house out of natural materials. It's a welcome new addition to the fairy garden and was a beautiful peaceful activity to end the holidays with. I made fairy houses with all the preps at our local school and it was a huge hit, with boys and girls alike - delighting in making their own fairy teepees and decorating them.  The images of fairy houses on the web are incredible, there is a place on the Maine coast that has a forest filled with little fairy houses and they even have their own 3 day fairy house festival! 

our fairy letterbox

Our two year old is obsessed with fairy dresses at the moment, this is a home made hand me down from our lovely neighbours.  She has decided to add some flourishes to the house.

The Long-leaf Waxflower (Philotheca myoporoides) has a beautiful fruity scent

We went hunting for winter flowers for the fairy garden.  Found Clematis aristata

Primulas

Hollyhocks

Love in the Mist - not as blue as its summer flower

snow drops

violets

winter roses

an unseasonal rose

daisies

weedy yet pretty oxalis

the first of the camelias

 Lavatera seeds

 Grevillea - these are currently visited daily by Eastern Spinebill birds

 Alyogyne huegelii Native Hibiscus is about to burst into a profusion of purple flowers

 Correas

 Penstimen

 Forget me nots are waiting to do their thing

 Giant hydrangea

smelling and investigating lemon scented verbena

violas

and a pansy

The male and female Superb Fairy Wrens added to a joyful day.