My Flower Fairy (pic)

[joesmom]

Hey, kids! Here's a pic of my new flower fairy! Hope you like her! She's simple to make! Her "wings" are actually the same size. (It's hard to get a good pic!)

[The Tincat]

She is darling Lynn.
What is her face made from and how dod you make her ?
Hugs Brooke

[joesmom]

Thanks, Brooke!
Her face is made from a wooden bead, and I will be happy to post the "how to" in a little while!
I'm so glad you like her!

[joesmom]

These are the directions I followed. Although, I did tweek them a bit! (You can see that I left her legs showing, I added a sparkley bead in her hands, and her hair is part of the flower stem. Oh, and I also used the leaves of the silk flower for her wings instead of a pipe cleaner. I wanted to keep a flower theme, and I didn't really like the floss hair!)

Flower Fairies

Items you will need:

-One package of regular pipe cleaners any color (Arms and Body)
-One package of sparkly pipe cleaners (Wings)
-Silk Flowers any size (Fairies Dress)
-One package of wooden beads
-Embroidery floss, any color (fairies Hair)

Start by taking one piece of pipe cleaner and bend it in half.

Take one wooden bead and thread it through the folded wire, leaving a small loop at the top.

Next take the silk flower off of it's stem so all you have is the flower part. Stick both wire ends through the base of the flower at the same time.

Caution: It's tough to pull the wire through, this is where a pair of pliers does the trick.

Take some (not all) of the embroidery floss (just right out of the package, as is) and tie a little knot in the center.

Trim the ends of the thread.

Cut the loops at the ends so the hair appears more realistic.

Thread the floss through the top loop above the head and pull the wire down snug to keep the hair in place.

Now trim her legs so they don't stick out of her skirt.

Next take a small piece of wire and wrap around her midsection then bring around to the front to make her arms.

To make her wings, take one piece of sparkly wire and twirl it up with your fingers.

Take a small piece of wire to attach the wings to her body, wrap around until the wire is in the back.

There now you're done, look how cute she turned out. At this point you can decide if you want her to have a face or not, just draw one on if you like or leave it as is.

[The Tincat]

Wonderful !
Could not tell if it was a bead or clothes pin.
Thanks so much for the how to.
Hugs Brooke

[donnainnc]

oh she is so cuteeeeeeeeee great job

[kraftnkathy]

thanks for sharing both the picture and the directions. She would make cute little zipper pulls!

[tinycoco]

Love your little fairy. TFS the pic and instructions.

[surfing]

We made these in our craft group at church a couple of years ago and used them for the ladies of the church annual luncheon meeting at each place. They looked very pretty as we used a variety of flowers and colors. In fact, I have mine hanging from a light in my craft room. Very nice.

Ginny

[joesmom]

Thanks everyone! Glad you liked her!
Ginny, Can you post a pic? I would love to see her, as there are lots of different versions of her.