Snail Fairy

This Snail Fairy mama is the guardian of the snails in our garden.

She polishes the snail shells and helps to repair the shells that are damaged. In return the snails offer her their used snail shells and let her ride on their back. My son loves to polish snail shells with olive oil to help the Snail Fairies.

Download the tutorial for the basic Fairy pattern here and for the baby here. For the headdresses and baby crib you can go on a treasure hunt with your child and search in your garden for empty snail shells. I am always amazed by the beauty and diversity of the shells.

Have a lovely slow weekend my friends.....

Beeswax Snails

I love creating these simple beeswax snails! 

They are easy to make with children, I can recycle my beeswax scraps and my son and I love to look in our garden for abondened snail's shells.

A snail's shell spiral form has something magical and their colours and patterns are all unique and beautiful. When you rub the snail's shells with a drop of olive oil the colours will reveal themselves. In close-up, each snail house is a small miracle!

5 minutes DIY - Beeswax Snail

1 - Knead a little beeswax into an oval shape.

(I use scraps from beeswax tea lights)

2 - Flatten it a bit and make a short tail at one end. 

4 - Make a cut on the other end and form two feelers.

5 - Press the snail's shell into the middle.

6 - Bend the head lightly.

 Another nice thing about these beeswax snails is that you can stick them to almost any surface. In our house they cover up nasty staines and boreholes everywhere and seem to have a life of their own.