Wands, Wishes & More Fairies at the Library

Kayla casts a spell during our Wands & Wishes story time.

Another fairies story time with more wishes? Why not? After all, you shouldn't limit how many wishes a kid can make. (Unless you're a genie. Then three is pretty much the accepted maximum.)

On Friday, kids had a special scavenger hunt in which they searched our Read House yard for clues to the ingredients of Fairy Soup. (That's a soup FOR fairies, not made OF fairies, by the way.)

They also practiced casting spells and made wish boxes in which they can keep their wishes.

There's a lot of glitter in this Fairy Soup but absolutely no fairies.

Once the kids figured out all of the ingredients, they made a special batch of Fairy Soup.

And the soup was so good our fairy friends, Brzzt and Ivy Greenbriar, returned to thank the children for their gift.

Ivy Greenbriar is the one with the wings.

Fairy Soup may look pretty with all of its flower petals and glitter, but it's not especially tasty; so the kids snacked on cupcakes afterward, instead.

Hazel's dress coincidentally coordinated with her cupcake.

You can visit Mentor Public Library's website for more children's programs, and check out its Facebook page for more photos from its Wands & Wishes story time.

Little Fairies Learn About Wishes

Evie and Maddie Smith pour glitter into a special Fairy Soup.

Mentor Library had a very special story time with wands, wings, wishes and glitter—so much glitter—at our Read House on Tuesday.

Kids from three to five years old dressed in fairy finery for fantastic fairy-themed fun. The story time began with Ms. Lisa reading a couple of books to the children about fairies and wishes.Then our little sprites learned about and practiced all the different ways people can make wishes: by catching a feather; seeing a comet; blowing out a birthday cake; tossing a coin in a wishing well, and more.

Kacey and Emily practice blowing out birthday candles.

Joe helps Isla catch a feather.

The kids also decorated their wands and also made a special soup for the fairies to enjoy with shamrocks and glitter.

So much glitter.

When it was over, the sprites got a little snack of their own.

Kacey and Annalise grab a quick snack after an afternoon of granting wishes yesterday by our Read House.

Mentor Library is hosting another special fairy program on July 25. This one's for kids who are a bit older (ages 6 to 12.) You can register for it here.

For more photos from Mentor Library's fairy story time, you can visit our Facebook page.