Midsummer’s night will soon be here! Which brings to mind fairy folk dancing the the summer moonlight. So I decided I’d make some fairy peg dolls—3 girls and one boy. The wings are part-wool, part synthetic felt which I purchased several years ago. It was sitting in a box, all rolled up. Not necessarily good for the felt, but it allowed these fairy wings to gently curve around their bodies, a detail which I really love!

Here’s a photo of my fairy wing pattern. Yours could be cut differently. At any rate, cut them to whatever shape you like. Think about butterflies and dragonflies. Or perhaps a certain Disney-created friend of Peter Pan!

A young friend was recently telling me that she was on the hunt to find a fairy. She really wants to find some fairies, though I’m quite sure any fairies would be duly, and rightly, alarmed to learn they were being hunted! She asked me what I knew about looking for fairies. Here’s what I told her.

Fairies are rarely seen. Never by grown-ups, but maybe a small person might see one.
They are only out WAY after bedtime.
So it’s unlikely that she’ll ever actually see a fairy. But she might find something that would that would indicate a fairy had been there.

She wanted to know WHAT she might find. Hmmm. On the spot, I said that I couldn’t really tell her. It might be something a fairy dropped accidentally or perhaps left behind on purpose. But that if she ever did find a fairy treasure, she’d know.

Thinking about that later, I knew I just couldn’t resist this challenge. What treasures might a fairy collect? Here’s what I came up with.

Shiny, sparkly items
All things sheepish
Flowers and interesting plant items
Buttons lost by humans

I decided to make a tiny accordion book. Next to my paper cutter I found some tiny painted rectangles I’d painted but never used and some leftover strips of paper. The cover of the book is about 1 3/4 inches wide and maybe 2 inches long.

The inner pages of the book can be seen in the photo on the left (or the first photo on a mobile device) and the front, back and two other pages in the other photo. The book contains these items.

Paper flowers from a greeting card with tiny, clear glass “jewels”
A curly piece of wool
There is a round silver button marked with a circular sun design in the pocket with the sleeping fox
A tiny red maple whirligig and a little lavender heart button
A regular green maple whirligig seed
A secret message written using real Ogham letters, a Druid alphabet based on the names of trees, but spelling out English words, and a colored pencil drawing of forget-me-not flowers!

The book is folded up and closed with a yellow star shaped paperclip. It was sent off to a responsible adult, with instructions that the little book should be dropped in a location where the fairies might have been dancing on Midsummer’s Night Eve!

More fun than Santa at Christmas! At least from my perspective!

More Information

For more information on how I make my peg dolls, see my post about about making Pea Sprout peg dolls.

Click this link see other Summer Solstice Fairies Peg Dolls I’ve made.