Woodland Fairies....

We went to a local farm that is open to look around a few animals and took a pathway out of the back and found this wonderful woodland glade..... with an enormous Beech tree at it's centre.

Somehow the game evolved into woodland fairies and we had Rose hip fairy, Acorn fairy, Blackberry fairy, Conker fairy etc.  The children had woodland fairy tasks to complete such as collecting 3 beech nuts, four red leaves (a few have begun to turn), two pebbles, five twigs and so on.  I was the woodland queen granting wishes for unicorns, fairy wands and dragons amongst other more mundane requests (much to the amusement of dog walkers passing by!!!!) 

As usual we took our lunch with us and after a picnic in a big hollow bush (where else??!!) we made fairy house from twigs and leaves....

These are the roots of the beautiful big Beech tree.... all the hollows contained a magical pool of water......

Back at home we read poems from Flower Fairies of the Autumn: With The Nuts And Berries They Bring

by Cicely Mary Barker.