Home made fairy tales

Starting to dip our toes into the world of non-fiction: it feels adventurous, far less steeped in nostalgia for me. Though now I've said that, I'm thinking of 'how to make a square egg' and the origami book I read obsessively for a while. Quite probably shouldn't admit that in print if I want to keep any friends at all ...

I'm ashamed to say I don't know who gave little a FAIRY TALE THINGS TO MAKE AND DO for her Birthday (when I left the room they were in a beautiful pile, when I came back the floor was strewn with shiny pink paper and all the (equally pink) presents were out. Self-restraint something to work on, then). But whoever it was, I thank you. It has been neglected for a while, then we suddenly rediscovered it and have been working our way through. It's not quite origami, but I've been loving it.

So far, we've made: fairy tale frogs, double-sided Little Red Riding Hood grandma, complete with hand-woven paper quilt and Wolf on the reverse, Princess and the Pea collage and Cinderella's sparkly shoe.

Now have the problem of what to do with these priceless works of art. They're not easy to dust. Do we have to rent a Saatchi-esque garage to store them and hope there's no unfortunate fire? So here they are, a photograph for posterity.

Next project: little a wants to make an igloo. Hmmm. Serves me right for going all educational and getting a book about Homes Around the World from the library.

I'll let you know how we get on ...