Talk about fairies often emerges as children explore the magical woodland on their daily Forest School sessions at Little Barn Owls in Southwater, West Sussex. Earlier this year, interest in these mythical creatures occurred through an interest in tree houses, which atelierista Laura Thompson observes quickly developed into a desire to make small houses for fairies using foraged natural materials.
‘Before making the houses, we discussed what a fairy is, and the children were amazed to discover that not all fairies are pretty, with sparkly wings,’ she says. Laura posed the question ‘What is a fairy?’ and showed the children depictions of fairies, from typical pink, flowery fairies to more impish ones, male and female. This led to the children discussing their own ideas of fairies and drawing, painting and sculpting their own, ranging from a birthday cake fairy to a spider fairy and even a breakfast fairy made from cereal.
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