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Fairy Houses Contest: Vote or submit yours - You could win a free book!
Author/Illustrator Tracy Kane
Fairy House Festival at Latta Plantation Nature Center
Saturday, Feb 9th. 10am till 4pm.
Note: Tracy Kane will not be attending this event.
11th Annual! Come spend an afternoon discovering the joy and magic of
fairy houses! Storytelling, face painting, crafts, activities and food will be available. Prizes for best fairy house will be awarded. Learn how to build your own fairy house on one of our nature trails! Enchanting fun for all ages!
Pictures from the Latta Festival!
Daylong Activities:
Fairy House Building (all houses being judged must be completed by 3pm)
Craft Activities
Gnome Geocaching
Tickets: $5 per person 5 years or older. Ages 4 and under are free.
NOTE: Tickets must be pre-purchased and will not be sold the day of the event!
Ticket Purchases:
Call Latta Nature Center at 980-314-1129 and buy them over the phone.
Or Online at www.parkandrec.com
Latta Plantation Nature Center
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation
6211 Sample Road
Huntersville, NC 28078
Office: 704-947-3069
Directions: Click here
Do adults need to pay? I have a 2 and 3 year old daughters.
Hi!! I am a fairy and I do fairy Hair. I charge per strand. Can I set up at your festival?
for more information check me out on fb!!!
Thanks, Jo
Can’t wait to come out and romp in the woods with my little one. Should we bring any special supplies for the houses? Anything we should not be bringing?
This year, in 2018, the event does require tickets. It is $5 for ages 5 and up and free for the little ones. This is so we can monitor the number of people coming and be sure to provide the best experience for everyone! There will be some great new stations and activities this year to reflect the added value. With questions or for tickets, please call us at the nature center 980-314-1129.
Is this free or $5 for ages 5 and up? The sign at McDowell park states that there is a fee and limited space available.
Would like to be a vendor for the fairy festival. Have a face painting business and a funnel cake business. Both would work well Please call me at funnel cakes by pam. At. 704 497. 6433. E mail [email protected]
Yay, soooo much fun this year, as always. The food trucks in the parking lot was nice- so the exhaust and noise stayed out there instead of having it in the park
!! Thanks for hosting the festival Latta!
We had so much fun last year, it was a truly special day for all of us. We can’t wait to come back again. This is such a great event for the whole family.
Is there any chance that this will develop into a broader Fairy and Earth festival like the one in Flat Rock, NC, in the future. We attended last year but felt like it was focused on the children, (which is fine), but would love to see it extended to for adults also. Just wondering if that is possible in the future? Would love it! Thanks! Was a beautiful thing for the children!
I would love to have the date ahead of time so we could make plans to bring my granddaughter from Asheville.
And I dearly wish you’d consider this a spring event. At the last February date the high was 37 degrees - burr!
With Kind Regards, Susan Proctor
Do you have a date for 2016? Will there be any more in 2015? At what location?
Why do you hold this event so early in the year? I would have thought this would be a spring event not winter. Please email if you do it again this year. Even late fall would be great time for this type of event. Just a suggestion. But please email me whenever the next one is. I want to bring my niece while she still believes in fairies.
I had a wonderful time this past Saturday at the Latte Plantation Fairy House Day! I can’t wait until next year!!! I have attached some pictures that my human daughter took! Enjoy!! p.s. thank you soooo much for the autograph in my Fairy House book!!! xoxoxo
We’d love to know who won the contest! So many good ones.
We had a great time! Can the pics be saved to our own computer?
We had a great day in the forest. We know the fairies were quietly watching, choosing which house the would move into when the humans had gone home.
It was great to meet Tracy and Barry. Hope you enjoy living in North Carolina and that we’ll meet again.
We missed this but it sounds wonderful! Is there a date for next year yet or one this summer?