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  • Greg Grady of Hampton, N.H., a master sand sculptor, creates...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Greg Grady of Hampton, N.H., a master sand sculptor, creates Sand Castle Extraordifaerie. Grady is creating the sand castle with seven tons of sand.

  • Artist Kathryn Stocking-Koza of Dalton, Mass., secures a shell on...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Artist Kathryn Stocking-Koza of Dalton, Mass., secures a shell on the giant's castle in her Jack and the Beanstalk miniature kingdom. Stocking-Koza created the display with Carol Hall-Jordan.

  • A Valkyrie, a winged battle maiden, is suspended from a...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    A Valkyrie, a winged battle maiden, is suspended from a tree as part of the Valhalla exhibit, created by Amy Hannum and Laurie McGuinness.

  • Jessica Zeedyk of Cromwell uses a glue gun to glue...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Jessica Zeedyk of Cromwell uses a glue gun to glue shells to the front of The Little Mermaid's kingdom.

  • A Hogwarts banner flies from one of the spires of...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    A Hogwarts banner flies from one of the spires of the famed school for witchcraft and wizardry from the Harry Potter series.

  • David D.J. Rau's Rapunzel is one of the 32  Whimsical...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    David D.J. Rau's Rapunzel is one of the 32  Whimsical Kingdoms.

  • Betsy Marshall of Rochester, N.Y.,  photographs Rapunzel's tower. Marshall and...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Betsy Marshall of Rochester, N.Y.,  photographs Rapunzel's tower. Marshall and her husband, Chris, created Beauty and the Beast for the exhibit.

  • Two visitors to the Florence Griswold Museum stroll by Jared...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Two visitors to the Florence Griswold Museum stroll by Jared Welcome's Whimsical Sugar Maple Castle. Welcome, of JareBear Carvings, carved the castle out of a maple tree damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

  • A detail of a bookshelf is part of the Beauty...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    A detail of a bookshelf is part of the Beauty and the Beast exhibit by Betsy and Chris Marshall of Rochester, New York, at the Wee Faerie Village's Whimsical Kingdoms exhibit at the Florence Griswold Museum.

  • Dracula's Castle, created by Donna Carlson and Randy Robinson, sits...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Dracula's Castle, created by Donna Carlson and Randy Robinson, sits at the edge of the Lieutenant River.

  • The Sorting Hat sits on a table in the middle...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    The Sorting Hat sits on a table in the middle of the Great Hall at Hogwarts, the school for witchcraft and wizardry where Harry Potter honed his magical skills, in an exhibit created by Kristen Thornton of Old Lyme.

  • A Jack and the Beanstalk storybook sits at the foot...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    A Jack and the Beanstalk storybook sits at the foot of the "beanstalk" that climbs up to the giant's castle.

  • Pam Erickson, a mixed media artist from Ivoryton, works on...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Pam Erickson, a mixed media artist from Ivoryton, works on her One Thousand One Arabian Nights exhibit. Erickson created the display with fellow artist Sharon Didato.

  • Bill Vollers, a sculptor from Chester, puts some finishing touches...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Bill Vollers, a sculptor from Chester, puts some finishing touches on his creation, The Wizard King, based on a story about a king who mourns the death of his queen and turns himself into an eagle.

  • The Little Mermaid's castle, created by Jessica Zeedyk, of Cromwell,...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    The Little Mermaid's castle, created by Jessica Zeedyk, of Cromwell, decorated with shells, faux pearls and other natural items.

  • Hagrid's house is part of The Wizard World of Harry...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Hagrid's house is part of The Wizard World of Harry Potter, created by Kristen Thornton, of Old Lyme.

  • The enchanted flying car that came to rest in the...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    The enchanted flying car that came to rest in the Whomping Willow in the Harry Potter series is part of The Wizard World of Harry Potter exhibit.

  • Jessica Zeedyk of Cromwell adds finishing touches to The Little...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Jessica Zeedyk of Cromwell adds finishing touches to The Little Mermaid's kingdom.

  • Artist Mary Addison of Ledyard paints a snowflake white while...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Artist Mary Addison of Ledyard paints a snowflake white while installing a Whimsical Kingdom based on the "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Addison, a teaching artist at the Mystic Arts Center, created the exhibit with fellow teaching artists Lisa Adams and Kristen Thornton, and with help from fourth-graders from the Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School.

  • Kristen Thornton of Old Lyme makes final adjustments to her...

    Cloe Poisson, cpoisson@courant.com

    Kristen Thornton of Old Lyme makes final adjustments to her creation, "The Wizard World of Harry Potter. Her display includes Hagrid's house (center, bottom) and Hogwarts, the school of witchcraft and wizardry that Harry Potter attended. Her daughter, Lexi Thornton, (partially hidden by tree) helped build the exhibit.

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The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme once again presents its Wee Faerie Village, and this year’s theme is “Whimsical Kingdoms,” an installation of fairy-sized castles, palaces and story book houses made by artists and sculptors out of natural materials. There are 32 displays scattered across the museum’s 11-acre campus fashioned to depict the dwellings of princes and princesses, sorcerers and famous story book characters. The exhibit runs Oct. 1 to Nov. 1. Read more here.