Fairies Come Out To Play At 11th Annual Fairyville
Joshua Leach dons pointy fairy ears dressed as a fairy, greeting guests in front of Nickel Plate Arts Campus during Welcome to Fairyville on Saturday afternoon in downtown Noblesville.
Fairy Maroline Ritter of Fishers greets young guest Wallis Letendre, 4, Fishers, the daughter of Jeremy and Jessi, during Welcome to Fairyville Saturday at the Nickel Plate Arts campus in downtown Noblesville.
Gal’s Guide board member Jeff Couch reads stories about fairies to children in the side yard of Nickel Plate Arts Campus during Welcome to Fairyville.
Gal’s Guide Library creator Leah Leach greets visitors to her booth at Nickel Plate Arts Campus during Welcome to Fairyville on Saturday. The Gal’s Guide Library, started in 2016, houses the first women’s history library in the United States.
Nickel Plate Arts campus manager J.C. Seig (back) assists guests at the craft table at Welcome to Fairyville activities at the campus on Saturday afternoon in downtown Noblesville.
The first creation on the Welcome to Fairyville Trail was Tink’s Pixie Park fairyhouse by Martin & Martin of Noblesville, displayed in front of the Nickel Plate Arts Campus house on South Eighth Street in downtown Noblesville.
If you were in downtown Noblesville on Saturday, you probably noticed fairies of all ages in costume.
While the day was not as sunny and warm as the 2022 Fairyville, we still saw many families out enjoying Nickel Plate Arts’ 11th annual Welcome to Fairyville event.
As always, it’s a magical time for kids of all ages, who dress in costume, get their faces painted and follow the Fairyville Trail.
This year, 28 Fairyhouses were on display on the trail, which started at the Nickel Plate Arts campus on Eighth Street in downtown Noblesville.
Fairy Houses were created by Girl Scouts, local businesses, individuals, families, nonprofits and more. There was even a Tink’s Pixie Park fairyhouse that looked like a birthday party, created by Martin & Martin Insurance, and displayed on the front porch of the Nickel Plate Arts building.
Folks who started at the Nickel Plate also found fairy-themed crafts, storytime and more at Gal’s Guide Library, which had a tent set up outdoors with fairy library books and photo opportunities.
Hamilton County Artists’ Association artist Nate Thacker of Carmel demonstrated painting a picture on an easel on Saturday at the Hamilton County Artists’ Association’s Birdie Gallery, where children enjoyed Sleeping Beauty’s Colorful Tea Party during four different sessions in the morning and afternoon.
There were kids and adults dressed in costumes, from Joshua Leach wearing pointed fairy ears greeting guests in front of Nickel Plate Arts Campus to Gal’s Guide board member Jeff Couch reading fairy stories to children in the side yard.
My daughter was among the Conner Prairie youth volunteers, who are in the spinning program, and who demonstrated spinning, carding and other techniques Saturday at the HCAA’s Birdie Gallery in downtown Noblesville, just a brief stroll from the Fairy-Vendor-Ville, which this year was on the Courthouse Square, where live sheep, dressed in fairy wings, were available for petting at Larry and Angie Hopkins’ Little Eagle Creek Valley Farm in Westfield. There was also a Fairyville Parade on Saturday, sponsored by Noblesville Trustee Office.
Welcome to Fairyville, sponsored by Duke Energy, actually kicked off on Wednesday, with Queen Titania’s Fairy Ball, a 21-and-older event at The Lacy Arts Building. Fairyville After Dark, in its second year, this year also took place at The Lacy Arts Building and featured face and body effects painting, acrobatics and fire performing, Celtic music and dancing and more.
-Betsy Reason writes about people, places and things in Hamilton County. Contact The Times editor Betsy Reason at betsy@thetimes24-7.com.