Celebrate {Fairy Garden Housewarming}

We've been working on our Fairy Garden all Spring, so this weekend we gave the fairies a proper housewarming! We invited a couple friends over to frolic around our back yard, go on a Fairy Rock Hunt, bowl for some Gnomes, and decorate Nature Wands. It was an absolutely enchanting way to spend some time in the sunshine immersed in a magical land of gnomes and fairies. We've included a printable "Party Pack" for you to host your own fairy gathering this summer!

{Decorations}
A little red felt with white polka dots can go a long way! I made the tablecloth for the food table out of a giant piece of red felt with white felt polka dots for a "mushroom" effect. I also used a couple of our tree stumps to make toadstools for the backyard. These were really cute, and very easy to make! I just simply cut a circle of felt and secured it to the stump by tying ribbon around it. I then glued some more white felt polka dots to the red felt.

I used some of Chuck's coffee filter butterflies to decorate the trees! The clothespins can be clipped just about anywhere, and were really useful when trying to hang the garlands from the trees.

{Food}
Our fairies should feel more than welcomed to the neighborhood after the spread we set out for them! Thinking of magical munchies is way too much fun!

To drink, we had "Morning Dew", otherwise known as water with berry ice cubes! Fairies and Gnomes are known to have a massive sweet tooth, so we decided to indulge them with these gorgeous flower and toadstool cupcakes from Delicate Designs. To munch on we had "Chipmunk Chips" (banana chips), "Twigs" (pretzel sticks), and "Pixie Dust" (popcorn).

{Activities } 
Nature Wands 
We collected some sticks from the backyard, and stuck a paper flower on top. Voila! You have a nature wand! I had some baskets with ribbon, flowers, butterflies, and lots and lots of glitter to add some extra sparkle! There is plenty of room for creativity with this activity

Fairy Rock Hunt 
Chuck absolutely loves hunting for rocks. Lucky for her, our backyard is filled with them!
I took a couple from her collection and added a little fairy dust (aka, silver paint and glitter ). Each rock was monogrammed with our guests initial (we know how much Lucas loves "L is for Lucas") While the kids were decorating their nature wands, I placed the rocks in the backyard.

For how easy this activity was to pull off, the kids had a great time hunting for their Fairy Rocks!

Gnome Bowling 
I found an inexpensive bowling set at Party City ( I saw a similar one at Michael's and Toys 'R Us), but I am pretty sure 10 water bottles would work just as well! Use our Gnome Clipart to create your own set of Gnome Bowling Pins!

I truly enjoy planning these little celebrations for my daughter and her friends. There are times, however, when I feel like I may have gone over the metaphorical edge (hypothetically speaking, say when its 11:30 on a Friday night, and you're standing in the kitchen cursing out the glue gun because you can't get it to turn on after trying it out in several outlets in various rooms throughout your house.) With that said, the look on Chuck's face when my husband brought her down to the backyard was absolutely priceless. Watching her little friends parade around the backyard with their nature wands firm in hand was pure magic. I am pretty sure, that the best part of the party was when all five guests experienced the joy of rolling down the hill to my backyard. That was 100% pure childhood magic at its best!

{Printables}
Click below to download a PDF with all our clip art from the party.

Vendor Credits
Cupcakes: Delicate Designs
Chuck's Pixie Tutu: Alexander & Sophia
Chuck's Wings: Fairy Flower Dreams
Lucas's Essential Cardigan: Alexander & Sophia