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Simple Shell Craft: How to Make a Fairy Tree

July 25, 2015 By jbmumofone 7 Comments

On our recent holiday to Greece we would walk along the beach most afternoons.  Each day we would pass a tree that had been decorated with multiple strings of seashells and old wooden spoons which had been painted white and blue.

Each day my Mum would point it out to the Boy and tell him it was a fairy tree.

On our return home he then asked me, “Mummy, if we make our tree pretty will the fairies come and live in it too?”

Shell Craft How to make a fairy tree

We decided to find out.

All you will need for this craft are:

  • Shells, with holes in.
  • Beads
  • String
  • A tree

Making tree decorations

First we tried a bead to the end of our length of string which acted as the ‘anchor’.  Then we added a shell.

Adding beads

Then we added beads and more shells in turn, sometimes simply by threading but for the shells with larger holes we knotted into position.

Shell tree decorations

We kept on adding until we had a decent length.

Tree climbing

Then we asked Daddy to climb the apple tree and tie them to the branches.

Fairy tree decorationFinally we sat back…

Fairy tree

…and waited for the fairies to arrive.

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Comments

  1. babybudgeting says

    July 26, 2015 at 04:57

    gorgeous gorgeous just love these

    Reply
  2. Boo Roo and Tigger Too says

    July 26, 2015 at 15:00

    Such a wonderful idea, my daughter would love this – you’ve got to have somewhere for the fairies in the garden

    Reply
  3. Emma (@emvanstone) says

    July 26, 2015 at 15:28

    awww, that is just lovely 🙂

    Reply
  4. Cass@FrugalFamily says

    July 27, 2015 at 17:31

    I hope they came!

    That’s such a lovely idea x x

    Reply
  5. mealsandmakes says

    July 27, 2015 at 19:25

    These are a lovely idea and definitely one I will be trying with my girls. Your Pinterest board looks great too (lots of inspiration for the summer holidays!). #parentingpinitparty Pinterest: mealsandmakes.

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      July 28, 2015 at 08:17

      Thank you! And thanks so much for joining in with the #pinitparty

      Reply
  6. Jane Duckworth says

    August 11, 2015 at 08:49

    So magical! Love it. #MondaysParentingPinItParty

    Reply

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