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flower fairy invasion

Posted on December 29, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things

First it was the bears. But now we have a new infestation.

Fairies.

Flower fairies to be exact!

Yes, Santa brought Sophie a kit on making little flower fairies and we have all gotten totally hooked on making these tiny, pretty people.

Coincidentally, our cousin gave Sophie exactly the same kit—could have been a present disaster, but no!—it’s a darn good thing she did, because we had nearly used up our entire kit by then and needed More Supplies. Stat!

I’m telling you, we could not stop making fairies. At any given time two or more of us would be parked at the table, assembling tiny people. I was surprised at how much I liked making really pretty fairies, I mean, pink petals and sweet little girly frilliness…

Here I am, all dressed in black, bitter, drinking coffee….making twee pink petal people!

But I don’t care! I’m going with it. I am not ashamed!

Of course when Paul started making fairies, he got out his power drill. A dude can’t make a flower fairy without risking his man parts shriveling from the sheer girliness of it all. Using a power tool is the perfect antidote. Here is one of his fairies…

…Beer Fairy!

And this one, Mims Fairy!

Obviously, we started branching out from the basic flower fairy template. I’m not sure what this fine fellow might be…

…but clearly anything has become fair game for fairy construction.

Fairies are fun after you make them, too. Here the beer fairy fights a mighty dragon!

And here Sophie is working on a fairy habitat….

Luc took a while to get into it—that’s his way, hang back, get the feel for it, then dive in. Here is one of his fairies, holding a star…

Another one…Yoga Fairy!

You should have seen Sophie and I taking these pictures. We’re talking major fashion photo shoot.

Work it, Flower Fairy!

Here is the kit we started with, written by a thirteen year old, which I find very cool. I love Klutz books.

I’ll leave you with one more beauty…

Be careful. Making flower fairies is highly addictive.

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