Fairy House Festival enchants guests at Historic Spanish Point
By
Amanda Morales
| 7:50 p.m. March 28, 2015
Sarasota
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The trails of Historic Spanish Point are especially enchanting for the 2nd annual Fairy House Festival as families meandered the paths lined with handmade fairy homes.
The two-day festival leads guests through the winding paths to the butterfly garden for fairy-related crafts and games. Along the way fairy houses submitted to the contest by children and adults were nestled among the trees and flowers. All of the submitted houses used natural resources like seashells, branches, flowers, leaves and bark. A station was available for attendees to make their own fairy houses. Cari Queen and her daughter Ella were unaware of the popularity of fairy houses and are considering entering the contest next year.
“We talked about maybe planning our own [house], because we didn’t know this was a thing,” Cari Queen said.
Abbi Peters and Alexa Freck flutter down the path at Historic Spanish Point for the Fairy House Festival.
A Fairy Paradise
AJ, Nathan and Emilie Riedeburg enjoy a day at Historic Spanish Point.
Ashley and Olivia Chinchilla with Josiah Frapiccini get a closer look at a fairy house nestled at the base of a tree.
Claire DiMaura, Carol Hall and Sandy Rotino
An entry called Coconut Cottage blends in with the greenery.
A table for children to build their own versions of a fairy house included shells, clay, tree branches and leaves.
Dylyn Kelly, Paige Green and Hailey Hoag play in the field of the butterfly garden at Historic Spanish Point.
Ella Queen makes a fairy out of a pipe cleaner and yarn.
Fairy Beach House
Children were able to build their own fairy houses and furniture using only natural materials.
Fairyland Beach Rentals
Forbes, Tari and Lily Davis
Glittery Gold
Historic Spanish Point Volunteer Jan Drake
Fairy of the Hydrangeas and Fairy of the Daisies Jane Glennan and Marilyn Schwartz take a break from spreading fairy dust for a photo.
Kira Miller dressed as the Fairy of the Ladybugs.
Lainey Wenzel made a chair and table for fairies to enjoy.
Lavendar Cottage
Lucy Gleim is fitted for her balloon crown by Brad Mock.
A fairy house named Seychelles was the winner for the children’s category.
The Gardener Fairy
Tracey Viviano helps children make fairies using pipe cleaners, yarn and silk flowers.
Abbi Peters accepts a fairy wand from the Fairy of the Daisies.
