How To Make A Fairy Garden House

How to make a DIY Fairy House from a dollar store birdhouse and an old seed package.

I’m not a hoarder…I just like to keep useful things, in case I need them.  One of those things has been old seed packages.  They’re just so pretty, I knew I could use them for something and using them to decorate a DIY fairy garden house was the perfect thing.

If you haven’t had the pleasure of discovering fairy gardens yet, then you’re in for a treat.  These little miniature gardens are the cutest.  And I promise if you build one, the fairies and garden sprites will come and move into your garden.

There are all kinds of amazing fairy gardens.  I’ve been making them for years.  You can incorporate them into your flower bed, or make them in a flower pot.  They're a great way to add a little magic to your outdoor spaces.  One thing is for sure when your making your own fairy garden, you are going to need a little house for the fairies to live in.  

Birdhouses

There's lots of different ways to make a fairy house.  Some people like to use a broken terra cotta pot.  Others like to use natural materials, like using pine cones as roof shingles, and rocks to create stone houses.  I like using a simple little dollar store birdhouse as the base for my fairy houses.  The birdhouses are inexpensive and easy to find.  They come in different sizes.  When it comes to fairies though, smaller is usually better.

Family Project

Kids love fairy gardens.  One of the best parts for kids is playing in them and using their imaginations,  Kids love helping to make the houses, planting the plants, and then adding all the fairy garden accessories.  This is such a fun project, and one kids will love.  They might need a little help cutting out the seed packages, and nailing on the door.  Let them help choose the seed packages you use, and the paint and glitter colours.  

Seed Packages

We used simple craft supplies and upcycled some seed packages for our fairy houses.  If you didn't have any leftover seed packages, you could look for some inexpensive seed packages at the dollar store.  Another option is you could  look for free vintage printable versions online, then just print them and use them.

Supplies:

• small wooden birdhouse
• small saw
• paint stick
• finishing nail
• old seed packages
• mod podge
• acrylic paint
• glitter
• toothpicks
• hot glue

DIY Fairy Houses:

Prepping The Birdhouses

1. Start by removing the bird perch from your bird house, with a small saw.  Then cut the end off of a paint stick to make a door for your fairy house.  Some People like to use craft sticks or popsicle sticks to make their fairy door, but I found the paint sticks work really well, since they're the perfect width and a little bit thicker wood.

As soon as the perch is removed from the little birdhouse, it's start looking more like a fairy house immediately.

Paint

2.  Paint the tiny house roof and edges with craft paint.

I used white paint for my fairy house, but you could use any color you like for yours, or choose something that coordinates with your seed packages.

Adding The Seed Packages

3.  Cut out and modge podge the seed package onto your own fairy house.

This part might be a little tricky if kids are trying to do it.  I found it helpful to crease the seed package around the edges of the fairy house, and then use those crease lines as a guide to cut it out with scissors.  I found scissors were the best way for me to cut it out, but you could also use a utility or craft knife for this step.

The Fairy Door

4.  Paint the door and add glitter.

Choose any color for your door that you like.  You may want it to contrast with the seed colour package, so that it will stand out more.  It's optional to add glitter, but it's a fun way to add a little sparkle to your fairy house.

Adding Glitter

5.  Coat the roof with mod podge and sprinkle with glitter (after the seed packages have dried).

Mod Podge will help to seal and protect everything, especially for an outdoor fairy garden, where the house will get wet.

6.  Nail the fairy garden door to the house using a tiny finishing nail and leaving it slightly raised to resemble a door knob, or use a hot glue gun to attach it and a thumb tack as the door knob.

The door is such a great finishing touch to the fairy house.

Window Detail

7.  Optional:  Cut toothpicks to create a window, hot glue in place and paint white.

This is a fun little detail to add interest to your fairy house.

8.  Create a fairy garden and insert your fairy house, along with small fairy plants, and garden decor like a miniature picket fence, solar-powered garden light, or small stones to create a path to the fairy door.

How To Make A Fairy Garden House

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Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

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Author: Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist

Equipment

• small saw
• hot glue gun

Materials

• small wooden birdhouse
• paint stick
• finishing nail
• old seed packages
• mod podge
• acrylic paint
• glitter
• toothpicks
• hot glue

Instructions

• Start by removing the bird perch from your bird house, with a small saw. Then cut the end off of a paint stick to make a door for your fairy house. Some People like to use craft sticks or popsicle sticks to make their fairy door, but I found the paint sticks work really well, since they're the perfect width and a little bit thicker wood.
• Paint the tiny house roof and edges with craft paint.
• Cut out and modge podge the seed package onto your own fairy house.
• Paint the door and add glitter.
• Coat the roof with mod podge and sprinkle with glitter (after the seed packages have dried).
• Nail the fairy garden door to the house using a tiny finishing nail and leaving it slightly raised to resemble a door knob, or use a hot glue gun to attach it and a thumb tack as the door knob.
• Optional: Cut toothpicks to create a window, hot glue in place and paint white.
• Create a fairy garden and insert your fairy house, along with small fairy plants, and garden decor like a miniature picket fence, solar-powered garden light, or small stones to create a path to the fairy door.

Making The Fairy Garden

You can add all kinds of fun creative little details in your fairy garden.  Make a fairy pathway out of wood slices, add fairy lights, or tiny furniture to your own cute little fairy garden in your own backyard. 

I also love making a few different fairy garden houses and setting them up like a fairy garden village in a grouping of different large terra cotta pots, or garden planters.

Fairy Garden Accessories

This one is pretty simple, with a lawn of Irish moss, with a little fairy sized watering can.

At the end of the little pea gravel path is a sweet little mailbox. I found the watering can at a dollhouse miniature store, and the mailbox is from a craft store.  The best part is that they had so many cute things to add to a mini garden.  You can even look at dollar stores for cute miniature garden accessories. Or make your own out of polymer clay, odd craft materials, or recycled materials.

I put this simple fairy garden on our deck stairs, along with some other pots for us to enjoy this garden area all summer.  This project was so much fun.  My favorite part was arranging everything together.  This is a great creative project, that kids will enjoy doing too.  Change the colours, seed packages, and glitter colors for lots of variations for your miniature project.  There's so many different ideas that you can incorporate into your own fairy garden house fun craft.

With a simple and pretty little fairy garden house great project like this, life really is a party.

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