Fairy Craft Activities

Materials: cardboard, hotdog stick, tinfoil, glue, ribbons

Using the template provided, draw a star shape onto two pieces of card. Tape a hot dog stick to one and then glue the other star on top, sandwiching the stick between the shapes.
Glue a piece of tinfoil onto each side, and fold at the edges to neaten.
Dab glue onto the tinfoil and sprinkle glitter over to decorate.
You can wind a pretty ribbon around the stick to decorate if you like.

Materials: pipe cleaners, ribbons, silk flowers, glue gun for the adult

Choose two pipe cleaners the same colour. Twist the ends together to form a circle.
Wind ribbon around the pipe cleaners, You can try a variety of different ribbons. Tie at the back
An adult needs to do the next bit: Using glue gun, glue your choice of silk flowers onto the ribbons
Put it on and dance!

Materials: pasta, pva glue, glitter, wool or string

Penne paste is the best for this.
Put some pva glue in a shallow dish. Pour some glitter in another.
Roll the paste in the pva and then in the glitter.
Leave on baking paper to dry.
When dry, thread the glittery pasta shapes onto a length of wool. Tie the ends together to form a necklace. You could make matching bracelets as well. Try making different coloured pasta shapes for variety.

Materials: ½ cup aloe vera gel, 2 teaspoons glycerine, ½ teaspoon superfine glitter
(available at spotlight), 10 drops lavender oil, 2 drops pink food colouring, little storage jars

This is a great activity make at Christmas -use any extra gel made for gifts.
Mix the aloe vera and the glycerine into a small bowl. Add the glitter, oil and colouring and mix well.
Spoon small amounts into the containers.
This gel can be spread on the body, and can be used straight away.

Materials: A large rock, shells, sand, pebbles, pot pouri flowers, leaves, little twigs anything of interest.

Start by collecting a range of things from nature to make this little house.
Place the rock on a flat surface. A plastic plate covered with tinfoil is ideal.
Use the other bits and pieces to add detail to the rock house. You could use leaves for windows, wood twigs for windowsills, and doors, and sand for pathways. Use your own house as a start off point to remember all the bits and pieces you need.
Glue on pieces with pva glue. Tricky bits might need to be attached with a glue gun.
Sprinkle a little glitter on to finish.
Make up a story about a little fairy that lives in the house.