Recycled from the Beach

Going to the beach with your family is such a fun and memorable trip.  Whether you live down the street from the beach, or only visit every once in a while, it is always nice to take a little piece of the beach back home with you.  Today we wanted to share a few ways to bring add a little bit of the beach to your home by using recycled beach finds!

Turn all of those shells you collected at the beach into beautiful ornaments!  You can use glitter and paint to make lots of ornaments for your own tree, or to give to friends.

Using driftwood to jazz up picture frames is so fun because each frame will be completely unique!

Kids (and adults too) love keeping an eye out for seaglass when at the beach.  When you get home add all of your collected seaglass to an old mason jar or wine bottle.  The different colors of seaglass look so pretty together and it make such a great conversation piece.

 

Last but not least, how adorable are these seashell koalas!?   Gathers all different size seashells, and when you and the kids get home you can sort through them by size and make a whole family of seashell koalas to remember your beach trip by.

 How do you like to recycle your beach finds?

DIY Fairy Homes

Little girls have such big imaginations, and what little girls doesn't love the world of fairies!  Whether they are playing outside among the flowers and trees, or creating a fantasy fairy world in  the playroom, the possibilities of the imagination are endless.  We love encouraging creative play, and we have found some great ways to help your little one create a fairy dwelling for her imaginary friends.

Use popsicle sticks, fake flowers, and moss to create a simple fairy house.  To make the structure, start off with a small milk carton and just glue on the popsicle sticks to form a house.  Then decorate with the fake blooms so they will stay bright all year round!

 

Use sticks, leaves, moss, and rocks to make a rustic fairy house outside!  Don't worry about making your house perfect, but instead enjoy the fresh air and have fun gathering all types of natural materials.

 

For a more simple fairy house, gather a few rocks (any size will work) and paint a pretty house right on the rock!  Have fun letting your little one place these 'fairy rock homes' all around the garden for her fairy friends!

 

And if you are looking for a more ready to use fairy house, we have some great options at Our Green House.  This fun fairy tale block set is versatile because it can be for princesses one day, and fairies the next!  And with our Flat Out Frankies Princess Castle, your little lady can pretend to be her own fairy princess. 

 So let your little ones' imagination run wild in the land of fairies!