Flower Fairy Peg Dolls (Pack 3)

Shhhh! Do you believe in Fairies? We do! We often find signs in the woods that fairies might live there, but we have still never found a real life fairy! Then of course there are the Elves, not to mention the cheeky Troll that lived in the tree by our fire circle!

We spend a lot of time thinking about what the Woodland Fairies might look like. One of our favorite Fairy spotting books is the Fairy Wonderland Handbook, by Melissa Spencer. This book suggests the Woodland Fairy wears dresses made of beautiful flowers. Rather like Cicely Mary Barkers depiction of Flower Fairies.

You can have a go at making your own Fairy, Elf or Cheeky Troll. In Pack Three we have included an old fashioned clothes peg. We have already attached the hair to this, but you might want to give your doll a little hair cut! You can also use felt tip pens to give your doll a face.

Next decide how you would like your Fairy, Elf or Troll to be dressed. We made our fairy by cutting wings out of the felt provided in the pack.. This was then attached to the peg using strong double sided tape. You will find a small piece of this tape in the pack as well. A Primrose made a great hat and was secured with a bit more tape.

Daffodils make fantastic Fairy skirts. You just need to snip off the stem and slide the fairy into the hole. You could experiment with different fairy fashions, such as tying on rose petals to make a dress.

We made our elf a hat using the felt and some double sided tape. Then we found a green leaf for a shirt and held it in place with a belt made of string. The peg was coloured in using a felt tip pen to make his trousers..

Once you have made your Fairy or Elf you could make it a Fairy garden or a house made of sticks. We would love to see a picture of your finished Fairies and Elves.