To not get the point of "fairy doors"??

[HoneyHoney10]

WTAF am I meant to do with it??

Ds (who is 3 by the way, more into paw patrol, tantrums and using my couch as his trampoline) was given one recently by an aunty. Its green and its still in the box, she keeps asking him if he's used it and he stares at her bewildered, my expression is not much different if im honest.

So what the hell do it do with it (apart from put it in the bin). 2 mums from ds's nursery have also started trying to add me to their business page on fb, they make and sell these doors apparently and i've heard a rumour they attend craft fairs dressed up in green tu tu's.

Are people really able to make a living from tiny badly painted bits of wood nowadays? If so Ill have a go at that, rather than the night shift im on tonight

they put it in their front garden, but someone nicked it

Ha ha!

That's what we told someone who earnestly gave us a hideous car sticker they were very keen for us to put on the car. "Oh we did, but someone nicked it."

I personally think it's a load of old bollocks but DM has put one next to her front door and DS says hello to the fairies every time he walks past. So he does like it but I'm not sure it was necessarily worth the money!

Used it? What a strange thing to ask. Is she a bit unusual?

It's a decoration. Like a painting or gnome in your garden.

They don't do anything.

Can't really see the objection myself

DD has one in her bedroom for the tooth fairy to come through. A bit of harmless fun and is just a decorative prop for imagination.

Got it pretty cheap though. Some cost a bloody fortune for a bit of thin painted wood

I've just shaved my fairy doors so I'm hoping for some magic tonight.

We have a fairy door in the playroom and an elf door in the hall. The elf door is for the kindness elves which come periodically to do kind things for us and encourage us to do kind acts.

Nothing like Santa, elf on the shelf etc.

DD (5) writes to the elves and they write back.

www.facebook.com/thekindnesselves/?ref=ts

No, you've got confused. That's Class A drugs.

Thread winner right there.

Thanks for the link Disappointed.

Very interesting, but I have to say I still find them a bit... Contrived.

Less creepy than the Christmas one though.

Depends how you use it. ;)

DD doesn't believe they're real, btw.

YouGottaKeepEmSeparated :o

Mouth breathing while reading this. IQ may have dropped 20pts. £20? Its ok to give one to a boy who has no interest in fairies then badger him about it?
I have wasted my life on serious shit that actually exists.

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Don't small children have invisible and imaginary doors, friends, destinations, portals, celebrations, systems of government any more?

Ds "found" three in the garden of a cafe we went to. He was enchanted. I can imagine getting one for our garden (not indoors).

I want to hide one in dds room and.when she eventually starts to loose her teeth I will show her and say thats how the tooth fairy comes in.

Im not normally into twee shit but she will enjoy it, so I do it for her.

YABU. How do you think that the fairies are going to get in without a door? They're hardly going to demean themselves by using the catflap..

I would be concerned about that naughty mouse Jerry might use the doors to come in and wreak havoc in my house...

He is always doing stuff like this...

They are for little children. I teach reception children and we had one appear in our class after some little letters appeared for the children. It was amazing for children's imaginations and to get then to write. Occasionally letters appear for the children asking for specific things for the children to do.

They are amazing for children's imagination and creativity. Like loud of other toys.

I think they're lovely. DD went through a phase of leaving food out for the fairies as well as leaving notes for them. On the back of the door appearing she also built a fairy garden complete with bunting saying "Fairies Welcome". Great way to stimulate the imagination if you ask me. she also plays with lego, plays in the garden, with her imaginary friends and creates mountains of craft stuff.

Guess some kids and adults will love them others will hate them. Wouldn't do if we all liked the same stuff!

Looking at those elves on the link just made me thing I'd have been REALLY annoyed if the grown ups could have seen my imagined friends and dabbled in my imaginary play

Maybe I was quite possessive of them.

"Class A drugs." 😂😂

I've seen one at a friend's house we visited. They had two little girls who loved it. The little girls would leave little notes or gifts for the fairy sometimes, and the next day/time they went it had gone and sometimes they got notes and tiny gifts back. They also left there teeth there for the tooth flory to collect.

It was just cute imaginary play.

It's just a toy. Children can play make believe with it (or not).