A mild winter’s afternoon, sunshine and dressing up; the perfect combination for making an ordinary moment out playing in the garden into a magical fairytale moment. It is amazing just how much magic can be found, if only you step into the wonderful world of childhood imagination.
Little Red Riding Hood was making her way to Grandma’s house. Walking through the woods was far too slow for her liking – but why walk when there’s a car available? Much better for keeping out of the way of hungry wolves too…
Things got a little confusing on arrival at Grandma’s cottage though. Mummy Wolf seemed to be a bit confused as to which story she was in. She kept demanding “Little Pig, Little Pig, let me in!”. This was mostly met by giggles from Little Red Riding Hood who wasn’t scared in the slightest. Further threats from Mummy Wolf to “huff and puff and blow your house in” resulted in big sister Snow White shouting from the other side of the garden “you can’t blow it in – it’s a brick house!” Funny, it looks more like plastic to me, but it makes no difference; Mummy Wolf just doesn’t have enough puff in her anyway!
The garden is full of wonderful objects for making magic. There are stones (which Little Red Riding Hood loves to bash together as she loves the sound it makes) and big leaves to pick up. There are sticks which easily become magic wands, or walking sticks, or fishing rods or spoons to stir potions made of leaves and twigs.
The sun is shining, the girls are giggling and magic is being made. What more could you wish for on a winter afternoon?
This is so lovely. My kids love dressing up in the garden too. Beautiful photos xxx
Thanks Claire – we had a lot of fun 🙂
Dressing up inspires imagination. I love how the fairy tales become tangled up in one new fairy tale all of their own. I loved reading their adventure from start to finish, and all without leaving the safety of the garden! Beautiful crocuses too. thank you for sharing the magic on over on #CountryKids
Thank you Fiona – we had a lot of fun recreating fairy tales in the garden 🙂
With costumes and imagination your children really have turned your garden into their special fairyland!
Thank you Kriss- it was a lot of fun 🙂
Lovely! One of the best things about young children is the joy they take in everything and how much fun and excitement they can find in everyday things. It’s lovely to be able to share that with them and share the world through their eyes.
I’m glad to say that, at nearly 10, my daughter still has a little bit of that left.
Thanks Sarah – it is lovely seeing how the world becomes magical through their eyes. Glad that your daughter still has some of that magic left 🙂
What a lovely afternoon of magic, fresh air and imagination. Love the way they were using the fairy stories for their play. X
Thank you Karen – we loved recreating fairy tales in the garden 🙂
This is lovely. The girls looks so cute in their dresses. My LO is just getting in to dressing up so I need to get her some costumes! #CountryKids
Thank you – we had lots of fun 🙂
Aww what a lovely story, it’s great to see how their imaginations are developing at this age 🙂 #countrykids
Thank you Emma – I love seeing the way they use their imagination 🙂
It does sound like a wonderful magical garden! No wonder the kids love it 🙂 I do love those flowers, especially in the winter. Never fails to make me smile. We need more colour, don’t we? #countrykids.
Thank you Dean – I love seeing those splashes of colour with the spring flowers too 🙂
Oh what fun, mine love getting dressed up and their imagination is fantastic isn’t it
It was great and lovely to see them using their imaginations 🙂
That’s so cute, our garden is regularly used as a building site, complete with diggers, not quite the same! #CountryKids
Lol, well that’s just a different type of imaginative play! 🙂
Ah what a lovely afternoon of playing. Looks like they are having a great time! #countrykids
Thank you Julie – we had lots of fun 🙂
Lovely to see little ones dressing up and using their imaginations. My girls do this all the time too #countrykids
It is lovely to see – glad that your girls love to do the same 🙂
What a wonderful afternoon in your own backyard – just goes to show that little kids don’t need to be hauled all over town to various events in order to keep them entertained. An afternoon spent using the imagination does a world of good sometimes. I’m sure it did for you too, getting to watch your girls play together like this 🙂
Thank you Robyn – it was lovely to see them really using their imagination and having fun outside 🙂
Very jealous, I really miss having our own garden #countrykids
It is nice to have that space even if it does need a lot of work still doing to it.