One idea I saw on the Internet, was to grow climbing beans on a narrow, four foot teepee, so they grew together and looked like a beanstalk. They put a small house at the bottom of the beanstalk, a little figure for "Jack" climbing the beanstalk, and a bigger figure for "the Giant" at the top of the beanstalk. I thought this was a cute idea and a good way to get children involved in gardening.

I have also posted this on the Gardening with Kids forum, but I thought you all might have some great ideas here. Thanks for the help!

Syble, I did see the Wizard of Oz on the Fairy tale list I was looking at on the Internet yesterday. It was listed as an American fairy tale and it's always been one of my favorites :)

I see the playhouses at garage sales every once in a while, but they sell so fast!
It would be fun to make the roof look like straw and paint the walls to look like stones. And maybe have a little stone path up to the door.

And with a couple cute little dwarf statues peeking out from behind some flowers.

You could have a whole village of fairy tale cottages!

But meanwhile you can check out this site of cool ones.

The Snow White cottage would be so cute and Alice in Wonderland, what a creative way to use a tree stump. Humpty Dumpty and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe, Jack and Jill, they're all great possiblities. I hope Calamity Jane posts some pictures when she's done!