The little boys seem to have a more open interpretation of fairyness. One is even dressed as a robot, which is far from a fairy. He's wearing a big silver box, the cardboard covered in kitchen foil, holes cut for head and arms such that he can barely walk, let alone prance about among the trees, like fairies do. But the thought is there. And really, in this day and age, a fairy is anything a child's mind wishes it to be.
Fairies come in all different forms.
They can come from the flowers or the trees, or from fire. They can be stinky, scary goblins or nice, clean pixies. They're magical creatures. A revolving cast of actors enact fairy scenarios, sprinkle fairy dust, tell fairy jokes and sing fairy songs, rain or shine, for an hour at a time. Five to seven is the key age.