Somehow, Spring has slipped away again, and we are back to wet and chilly weather. But that didn't stop the fairies from sneaking in to Sugarwing's new club house out on the Fairy Berry Trail and adding some new decor.
Actually, it was me filling the branches with bright, sparkly things from Hobby's Lobby's 40% off sale, but Sugarwings is sure that the fairies came to visit and did all the work.
She was mesmerized!
The Fairy Club House is just the area under the over hang of two old Hedge trees. We piled up sticks and logs from around the area to make "walls" on two sides. The third side is formed from the hanging branches and grapevines. I can't wait to see it become a canopy of green this summer!
The fourth side is this opening between the trees. The area inside is cozy and just the right size for a fairy sprite to hide out in. So, for about $40 worth of doodads, and a couple hours of cleaning up and stacking wood, and a little bit of paint, our little fairy grand baby has her own tree house in the forest behind the cottage.
I hope to find fun things to add for her at garage sales all summer. It could use some cute furniture and toys. For now, she only has a bench, a chair a bucket and shovel. She likes to dig and seems pretty happy just that and using her imagination. That is what makes it all such fun for us, she has such a happy attitude and loves everything about of it.
As I was painting this face, it started to rain on me, so I stopped and it isn't exactly what I had in mind. I might work on it some more later, but Sugarwings likes it as it is. (the gold color is metallic paint)
She has already made friends!
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If it were for me I would be tickled pink too !!
Your such a good Grandma !
It will be so sweet in summer time!
Diane
oh I just love the additions! The face in the true is worthy of Enid Blyton, utterly fabulous! What a lucky little girl to have you to make her childhood so magical :o)
xx
face in the true??!!! surely I mean face in the tree!!! Long day. Paint fumes. You know how it is ;o) xx
I would be mesmerized, too!!! That face in the tree is amazing!!!
How sweet and adorable! I am sure she will have so much fun playing there!
A chair, a bench, a bucket and a shovel- what else could you want except DVR and some Diet Coke?
Gorgeous…I would love to have that in my backyard.
Love it Karla!!! Your the best grandma 🙂 Sugarwings is a lucky girl! So glad she is feeling better too!!
We have your weather too 🙁 I am so ready for sun again! But the grass sure is green from the rain 🙂
Hugs,
Amy
Oh, how fun it would be to go WAY BACK in time and come back as a little girl with you as my
Grandmother!!!! Karla, this is so special. I love the face you painted on the tree. What priceless memories for your little Sugarwings!
What a wonderful, special place you have created! I would want to play there!
I LOVE the face in the tree…what an amazing imagination you have!
What a wonderful grandma you are!! I LOVE the face in the tree. And Sugarwing’s expression looking at it is priceless!!
That chair in the picture..painted sorta bronze and white..did you paint it? Is it plastic or iron? I have a green plastic one that looks like that and I’d like to paint it close to that one..could you give me instructions, please?
what a magical place you created for your fairy grandbaby Karla…when Sugarwings grows out of that coat, i want you to send it to me…LOL…i love that cute thing!!!
This is such a charming place of magic and imagination! The smile on her face is so sweet!
How wonderful for Sugarwings, I remember that we had an area like this on our school grounds and every recess we would sweep and clean our house and where we kept our horses. Those memories are still so vivid in my mind even though it has been over 55 years. So these days spent in the forest will linger with her for a lifetime. So wonderful! Unfortunately we didn’t have the “sparkles” that you’ve added so her memories will be even grander. You’re such a thoughtful, loving grandmother. I look forward to seeing more pictures as the weather and the earth warm.
I want to come to play with Sugarwings. How sweet her little play forrest is. You have done a wonderful job. What a great grandma for doing all that for your little sweetheart.
Ginger
THis little fairy club house is the cutest thing ever! I love it!
Oh how I love your idea on the Fairy Trail, it always tickles me to see your Granddaughters delight. Have a wonderful summer if it ever arrives.
I have a feeling that you are having as much fun creating this magical little place as she will ever have playing there. You sound like such a good grama. I know she loves you so much! Hugs, Cindy S
you and your husband are wonderful grandparents! what a lucky little fairy grand baby you have! great pictures adn I hope she is feeling better by now. Im sure she is.
hugs!
vivian
You have to be the funnest Grandma out there! How fun!
What a FUN place! I want to be your grandchild…lol. Serious Karla.. you do the cutest things!
Imagination wins!
Total magic Karla. Sugarwings looks so thrilled.
Can’t wait to see it when the canopy grows back in spring.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
Karla, When I was a kid we had a “tree house”…an old willow that had branches that touched all the way to the ground. It had so many rooms in it we called it our Adams Family house…truth be told it wasn’t all that big or grand, but in our imagination, it lives on as a mansion. I saw it years later and it had somehow shrunk…I know it happens with grown up eyes.
I can only imagine the wonderful memories that Sugarwings is storing away. The smile in the final picture speaks volumes….Hooray for you! You are building such magical memories…You are my hero 🙂
Karla amor, I think her lil fairy club house is gorgeous and I know many…including myself that would LOVE a chance to play in it! You guys did such a beautiful job on it for her lil fairy highness 🙂 I hope she is feeling much better now 🙂 Have a beautiful weekend and I hope you get some lovely warm sun shine for sugar wings to have some fun 🙂 Besos, Rose
awww…..your granddaughter will have SUCH fun in that playhouse…..I played in the woods with rocks as furniture…..and had a BLAST when I was a kid…..How MAGICAL is your fairy house! 😀 deb from Maine
What a wonderful childhood memory she is going to have! The tree house is fabulous,any girl/boy would love it! Cant wait to see the progress.
How sweet is that! What a neat tree friend!
So darling! I just bought those big flowers in yellow and hung them in my Brittany’s bedroom. Great minds.
Karla….you have inspired me to make a grandbaby fairy play house in my backyard. I hope your happy. gurrrrr….you are always giving me ideas.
Laraine
how sweet and so much fun!!! be sure to get her an umbrella table for rainy days lol. she will remember this forever. such a good grandma you are.
What a magical spot. Just perfecT!
I bet she loves that!!!! I want to make fairy garden for my girls’ this summer, but I bet that tree canopy is awesome!
You have given me some great ideas. I have a Fairy Hollow out by the creek.Something very special about kids and fae folk.
Hi Karla,
I am so behind… but I see you have a follwer list now! Yeah! I got to sign up!
I have been loving your style forever:-)
Bella