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Monday, July 13, 2009

Non-Annoying Fairy Fun

Posted by Missy W. @ 8:25 AM

[Ed. Note: My friend Heidi is taking over the writing reins today. Heidi is a mom of two fabulous creatures, aged almost four and eight and a half. Thanks, Heidi! Welcome to the GHM gang.]

I don’t know about any of you, but I was so glad when my daughter, Camille, finally bid adieu to My Little Pony. All those little ponies (it seemed like we had 200) and the endless hours of Pony land that we had to enact drove me nuts. I couldn’t take one more minute of Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie or Minty, so it was with great joy when, at about age five, she said “Goodbye, Pinkie Pie” and “Hello, Fairies!” The fairy obsession, which for some reason seems kind of organic & wholesome is still going strong at eight and a half years old. I have to check myself here and realize that anything would seem more organic than a pastel green plastic pony. Anyway, there are many, many fantastic fairy toys out there, but these Fairy in a Box are one of the best.

These adorable sprites come in a bright satin pouch within a box. The boxes unsnap and fold out to create a room that the fairies live in or part of a town. When you have more than one you can snap the boxes together to create a fairy scene. My daughter has loved these for years and they’ve held up quite nicely. No broken fairies or boxes yet. We received the first one as a gift and I’m still thanking that mom.

We got these great “tree blocks” sometime after these fairies hit the scene and Camille and her friends have a lovely time making a fairy “city” of the blocks.

The imagination seems to sore with these fairies and after three years of ‘em, I’m not annoyed. Now that’s saying something!

[Ed. Note: As of posting time, the link on the Enchanmint site for online purchasing did not work. I found some items on Amazon.]

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