Break out the fairy dust, today is International Fairy Day! For today’s 100 Days of Doll Play activity I will show you an easy way to make fairy wings for your dolls.
Our Little Miss Matched Girl, Hadley was our fairy wing model today! Making fairy wings for your dolls is super easy.
Start with a base – these are a few ideas:
- Pipe cleaners (chenille stems)
- Craft wire
- An easy to bend wire hanger
Add a way to hold the wings on:
- Ribbon
- Elastic bands
- Pipe cleaners
Make them sparkle by covering your wings with:
- Shiny wrapping paper (like I did)
- Strips of cellophane or tissue paper
- Aluminum foil
- Strips of plastic wrap
Add a few extra gems, glitter or bling and you have fairy wings your doll will love to wear.
To make fairy wings using pipe cleaners, start with two pipe cleaners in the color of your choice. The ones I used are 12″ long and when all was said and done, they were a bit small for the 18″ dolls but are perfect for 12-16″ dolls. If you want to make them for the bigger dolls then you need to use longer pipe cleaners or twist two together to make a longer one.
Step 1 – Make each pipe cleaner into a circle shape and twist together to keep them in one piece.
Step 2 - Make arm straps by looping your elastic bands around the center or you could use ribbon.
Step 3 - Shape your fairy wings into what ever shape you think will work best for your design.
Step 4 – Cover your wings with wrapping paper, cellophane, aluminum foil, or even an old pair of tights would work. You can glue it, tape it or wrap it depending on the material.
Step 5 – Add any embellishments you want to customize your wings.
There is no printable for today, but there are a bunch of fairy coloring pages for you to print and color at my friend Wendy’s website. Click here for some fairy coloring fun.
Stop in tomorrow for more doll play fun!
too cool!!!! and firstie!!
Secondie! Cute.
Thirdie! Cute!
cool. too bad I dont have any of the materials
Fourthie! I spent the day @ AGP DC. The manager came out and my mom asked and he said the new release gets out on thursday!!
How exciting! Did you have fun?
Bella- Im so excited !
I love this!!!
thanx so much for posting char love your website!!!!
Great idea!
Keep this in mind for those Tinkerbell and Fairy Princess costumes at Halloween, everyone!
I once photshopped myself into Tapestry of Dreams, an OLD parade in Disney World for photography class. I looked online for pictures, and figured, why not photoshop Tinker Bell wings in. It looks very pretty, and it’s hanging on my wall
Living room wall I mean.
Bella- i know! i am gonna go to the one in Dallas on thursday! cant wait!
oh, and, what did you get?
This is so cute! Oh and I saw Brave today! I loved it! I personally love the bears
Good story and shows you don’t need a prince charming to live happily ever after.
Bella – What new release?
I made the wings! Although I made them a little differently. I got a large piece of sticky/glittery foam and cut out a fairy wing set shape then I put paper over the sticky part they turned out really cute! Thanks for the idea! Go to:McKennagirloftheyear.blogspot.com to see how they turned out:)
Katie – those turned out really cute!!
Aww very sweet. I saw brave today, i liked it but i wish it was more about merida herself and not her and her mom. I feel merida could have been more kick butt if it had.
Emma – I saw BRAVE, also. I went with a friend. It was really good, and I, too, loved the storyline, and it had a great message.
Char- yes I had tons of fun! It’s AG!!!
AGisthebest- I got the travel set, a ^ smart girls guide to starting middle school, and Emily!!
Maggie- The new release with Julie’s punch bug… stuff like that.
I used to be obsessed with fairies when I was little….
cute and when r u posting todays day play?
Do you mean that Julie’s car is being released on Thursday?
ava- yep! i said that on carwash but nobody said anything. so yep!
I didn’t know there was such a thing as International Fairy Day. I am disappointed that we missed celebrating it. But now I will mark it down for next year and do something spectacular with my girls and our dolls!
yes Julie’s new car is being released on thursday according to the AGP DC store manager.
Bella- and facebook- If u go on Lenas blog theres info about new doll outfits