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Petal fairy dresses

A flower fairy needs a petal dress! Draw a little fairy and give her clothes made of petals.

  • 20 min total
  • Some mess
  • Ages 3–5*
  • Indoors or out
  • Spring and summer
Let's do this

*Illustrative age guidance. Your child's development and circumstances matter more than a number.

A tiny plan for your day

Estimated time: 4 min to collect · 13 min to create · 3 min to tidy. It's fine to stop early.

Before you start

What you’ll need

  • Fallen petals and small leaves
  • Paper and a pen
  • A glue stick

Let's begin

Five simple steps

That's the whole activity. Tick each step off as you go, and stop whenever you like.

  1. Grown-up job

    An adult draws a simple fairy shape: a head, arms and legs, but no clothes.

  2. Little one leads

    Your child collects fallen petals and leaves.

  3. Glue petals on as a skirt, leaves as wings, a tiny flower as a hat.

  4. Give your fairy a name.

  5. What's her favourite flower?

All done!

That's every step. However it went, you made a little moment together.

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