Just thought I’d show you a picture of some of the things Amy made at the sleepover:
On the top row are the shrinkles – sheets of plastic that you draw on, colour in, cut out
and bake so that they shrink down to about a seventh of their original
size. We had some pre-printed flower fairy sheets and some plain sheets that the girls used to design their own fairies (my favourites). Below are the Bindeez – little plastic beads that you lay out on a tray and spray with water to make them stick together. Amy made a pig and a girl to her own design. Being plastic neither are particularly eco-friendly but they are great fun and quite magical to 8 year olds!
little cotton rabbits 
They are lovely Julie – I agree with you that the homedrawn fairies are the best! We tried to use those Bindeez beads but they just fell apart – don’t know what I did wrong!! Lucy x
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What gorgeous fairies..obviously going to be artistic like her mum!!
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Love the shrinkies – those used to be my very favourite thing when I was little and I was really glad to see they still do them!
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This sleepover sounds such good fun – can I come round next time?
I vote for the home drawn fairies too – they are fabulous and are just crying out to have a pin attached to their backs to become brilliant brooches.
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When u r 8, fun is more impotant than eco friendly,
especially, when there are birthday celebrations involved.
I suspect that both Amy and Mum had lots of birthday fun.
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Shrinkles, eh? We call them Shrinkydinks over here on the other side of the pond.
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Shrinkles, eh? We call them Shrinkydinks over here on the other side of the pond.
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The hand drawn fairies are absolutely gorgeous… so much nicer than the printed ones
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I wish I could find these lovely things in Italy, they are just magic! My daughter would certainly love them!!
The fairies drawn by Amy are soooo cute 🙂
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The fairies in the middle are great, I do like the manically grinning one with the heart on her dress!
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Gosh, I haven’t thought about shrinkydinks in ages! We loved them when I was a kid and they made an appearance at most birthday parties my brother and I attended.
Sounds like a wonderful party.
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Just love the rabbits.Pity there are none for sale.Have just managed to buy some Blackberry Farm books on e bay and they would go so well with these wonderfully simple stories .Does anyone remember these books. They are out of print now so quite hard to get hold of.Barbara H
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