Backyard Fairies Nature Book Club ~ A Hidden World Party School

The magical world of tiny creatures who flutter about and make their home in your backyard were the inspiration for our Backyard Fairies Nature Book Club. Take a nature hike into the hidden world of fairies with us.

This month our book club was on the book, Backyard Fairies, by Phoebe Wahl.  I fell in love with this book while browsing the book store. The gorgeous graphics and the whimsical nature trek into the world of fairies made us want to go on an adventure into our own backyard.

For a while my youngest has been asking to create a fairy garden. We even found some cute little fairy garden decorations at the dollar store one day. And, sadly, I put them in the garage and forgot about them. When I saw this book I thought now was the perfect time to set up our fairy garden and explore our backyard.

We found all our fairy garden furniture and the youngest got to work creating tiny living spaces for our magical friends. We picked out a place close to the front walk so she could see it each day and make any notes on if the fairies had visited or not.

Not only did they get their very own living area, but also a kitchen and a play yard.

She even picked flowers to go in the basket on the table.

• Making fairy houses
• Planting a fairy garden to cultivate creativity
• Creativity for Kids Enchanted Fairy Garden Craft Kit
• My Fairy Garden Kit
• Fairyscaping - An Outdoor Fairy Cottage Garden

Fairies are known for being very secretive and hiding from people. But, there is often evidence of the fairies if you look hard enough. So the youngest grabbed her camera and went on a trek through the back yard to find evidence of our mysterious neighbors.

And, as all good nature trekkers do, she began to find beautiful things in nature to photograph. And, our search for fairies turned into a search for the beauty in our own backyard.

You can download this Fairy Hunt printable from Woodland Hunt to help you on your nature walk.

Go on a nature trek with us based on the book, Backyard Fairies. This online book club will go on rabbit trails of discovery about fairies, toadstools, moss and more. We will find ways to learn by experiencing parts of the book through arts and crafts.

We will add a little nature study magic dust and go on outdoor adventures into nature.

At the conclusion of the story, we will have a "party school" celebrating nature's mysteries.

Take a Sneak Peek into our Backyard Fairies Online Nature Book Club:

The Nature Book Club is brought to you by these 8 nature loving bloggers and myself who are your co-hosts! Are you following them? If you don’t want to miss anything, be sure to follow each one.

Here are the co-hosts and activities for the month: