Hobbies And Interests
A Dress-Up Game
Collect a few baskets and place them around the room or backyard. Label each basket with the name of a different fairy type -- flower, animal, rainbow, beach, etc. Put dress-up items in each basket that correspond with the fairy type. For example, rabbit ears might be in the animal fairy basket and a grass skirt might be in the beach fairy basket. Have each girl choose and stand by a basket. Produce a fairy wand that you have decorated with streamers, glitter, fake flowers and shells. Tell the girls to close their eyes, wave your wand over each girl's head and declare her a "fairy." Allow the girls to choose and wear fairy accessories and wings from their basket of choice.
A Fairy World Game
Read or tell a story that describes the adventures of fairies in fairyland. You might select "Thumbelina" by Hans Christian Andersen or "Eva's Visit to Fairyland" by Louisa May Alcott. You can also create your own fairy story for the children, describing the fairy world using actual locations in your yard or room as part of the setting. Describe a simple event from your created fairy world, or choose an event from a story you have read. Have the girls enact the events using your home or backyard as the setting for the world described in the story. If your story involves one "main" fairy, allow the girls to take turns playing this part.
Fairy Treasure Hunt
Before your fairy party begins, hide a box or trunk filled with inexpensive costume jewelry and face paint somewhere in your home or backyard. Create a series of clues that will lead the girls to the treasure chest. Set the stage for their search with a story, such as: "The fairies have been languishing in fairyland without their favorite jewels and face paints, so it is your task to restore these lost items to the fairy world." Then read the first clue, which will lead to the second and so on. Once they've found the chest, allow them to wear the jewelry and offer to decorate their faces with painted hearts, flowers and stars.
Quick and Easy Fairy Games
Adapt some familiar children's games to the fairy motif. "Duck, Duck, Goose," for example, becomes "Fairy, Fairy, Unicorn" or "Fairy, Fairy, Troll," with the tapped unicorn or troll chasing the fairy selected as "it" around to see who can sit in the empty spot first. Play "Musical Toadstools" or "Musical Lily Pads" instead of "Musical Chairs." Choose some lilting fairy-like music to accompany the girls as they parade around the stools or pillows on the floor that are standing in for toadstools or lily pads.