The Sugar Plum Fairy May Be a Cultural Icon, but Who Is She Really? Pointe Magazine The Sugar Plum Fairy May Be a Cultural Icon, but Who Is She Really? Pointe Magazine Did you guess that the Sugarplum Fairy is the only character with a costume change in Act II of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker? If so, you guessed correctly. She first appears in The Nutcracker And The Four Realms Sugar Plum Fairy Children's Costume, 5 6 years