Fairies: Recreate the Land of Lost Things

Children love "found things".  

Every small object found on a sidewalk or on the floor of the bus 

or in the parking lot of the daycare has great potential.  

My daughter has a grand collection of the "lost things" 

she has found over the years 

and finds it very difficult to part ways with any of them.  

In my Pinterest perusals 

I discovered creative folks making these very sweet "memory jars" 

Could not trace back to the original pin.

Originally from wholeliving.com

From Echoes of Laughter

and it struck me that this would be a great way to corral 

all those tiny little things that hold memories by sorting them into themes.  

So I purchased a small bag of white sand in the craft section 

of my local Dollar Tree for $1.  I have a large supply of quart-sized canning jars and old lids no longer suitable for canning 

so I dug those out of storage. 

We poured part of the sand in the bottom of the jar 

(there was enough for 3 of these projects in one bag).  

We came up with the theme of the Neverland Fairies "lost things" 

so I sent my daughter off to her room to find the two canning jars 

she already had full of her rock collection 

and any other small goodies floating around.  

She came back with the jars, some feathers, a tiny bear, and 

three of the Disney fairies plastic ornaments.  

I also dug out my button container that had several little plastic gems 

and small beads from broken jewelry and hair things 

she could never part ways with.

She added the larger rocks and then other stones first, 

then added small objects, beads and gems.  

Then she propped the feathers together against the back, sorta like trees.

To hang the fairies, I took the strings and 

wrapped them over the edge of the flat lid, taped them into place 

and then put the ring over the top.  

I had my daughter hold the lid in place by 

pushing down firmly while I spun the ring tight 

so the fairies wouldn't move and then we removed the tape.

We both loved the final affect!  

Now she's sorting her "found things" into groups to do more of these - 

we are thinking a series will look adorable all lined up 

on a shelf or two in her room.  

Visit here to see what my little hockey boy did for his jar...