It is said that if you build a fairy house and put it in the garden, fairies will come there. However, even if it's just a myth, building a fairy house is a fun creative project for those who like miniatures and pretty things in the garden. It can also be a fun project for kids. To find out how, read the following article.
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Part 1 of 4: Designing a Fairy House
Step 1. Imagine the fairy house you want to make
Fairy houses can be short and “fat”, tall and “thin”, simple and cottage-like, ornate and palace-like, round and soft, angular and dramatic, etc. Decide on the style you like before you start planning the design.
Step 2. Sketch the fairy house on a piece of paper
Think about where the windows, doors, driveways, and chimneys are. Remember, everything has to be physically buildable later, so think carefully.
Step 3. Decide what materials will be used to build the house
You can use used milk cartons, birdhouses, cardboard, wood, or twigs to make the frame of the house. You can even turn a dollhouse into a fairy house. Remember, you will be decorating it. So even if you don't like the frame material, you can cover it up later.
Part 2 of 4: Preparing Materials
Step 1. Gather materials from the forest or garden
Look for leaves, moss, twigs, pebbles, acorns, dry grass, and other natural items to decorate the fairy house. If you are going to glue these things to the frame of the house, make sure everything is dry because glue will not stick together wet objects.
Part 3 of 4: Building a Fairy House
Step 1. Make the base of the house (optional)
If you want to put the fairy house indoors, prepare a base to put the house on. Take used cardboard or leftover wood and decorate it to resemble the outdoor conditions. Add moss as grass, twigs as miniature trees, and gravel as rocks. You can also make a fairy house in a plastic container or flower pot.
Step 2. Assemble the fairy house
Glue cardboard, wood, and other materials using a hot glue gun or wood glue. If you build an entire house with clay, it will be too expensive and it will take too long to build. But oven-baked clay would be great for making tower parts and fairy house windows, and there are lots of interesting color options. Alternatively, you can make a tower using cardboard sleeves from used tissue rolls, an old toothpaste box, or whatever else you have at home. For example:
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Pile of twigs. Place two twigs in a parallel position, then place the other two branches just above the ends of the first branches, to form a box with the corners of the twigs overlapping each other. Keep stacking it until you have a high enough chimney wall, then add a roof to complete it.
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If you're making a fairy house to put outdoors, build the walls and roof of the house, then cover it with soil to make it look like a round Hobbit house. Attach and press thin stones against the sides to create a wall. Add moss on top to make a thatched roof. Leave a hole where the door is and attach hollow twigs, reeds, or small bamboo sticks to make a chimney. Place and press some pebbles into the ground to create a path leading to the entrance.
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Part 4 of 4: Decorating the Fairy House
Step 1. Make a fairy world in the house
Cover the fairy house floor with sand, leaves, or moss to create a soft floor. Make a hammock from fern leaves or used stockings. Install curtains from strips of fabric. Place the cup or saucer upside down as a table, and use the acorn petals as a bowl. You can even add wallpaper made of dried leaves, leather, or homemade paper. If you want to add furniture, just use doll furniture or make your own. The method:
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To make a table, for example, collect slender and fat dry twigs from the backyard. Cut four sticks and glue them together to form a rectangular frame the size of the table you want. Once dry, attach smaller branches on top to form a tabletop. Glue everything to the frame using glue. Once dry, cut four fat sticks of the same length to make table legs. Glue each bottom corner with glue.
Image - Clay furniture is easier to make. To make it, just shape the clay into furniture.
- For other ideas, you can search the internet.
Step 2. Decorate the house with the things you find
Once the frame of the house is made, you can decorate it with doors, vines, etc. Natural decoration will make the fairy house look more realistic. Look for pretty bark to use as decoration. Don't forget to create a beautiful page.
Step 3. Done
Tips
- Don't use plastic, duct tape, staples, hot glue, or anything else that makes your fairy house a hazard to wildlife, especially if you want to place it outdoors. Songbirds, mice, amphibians can become entangled or injured by staples, glue, or tape.
- You can shape the clay by covering it with a thin sheet of aluminum so that the remaining clay is not wasted. So you can save it. This trick applies to clay that can be self-dried or baked in the oven.
- Make a little fairy house. A size that is too large will actually attract animals to play or damage it.
- If you have a fairy house in your garden or backyard, use only natural items, such as shells, twigs, bark, leaves, and moss.
- Place the fairy house in a place where animals won't damage it. For example, in a hidden corner, under a bush, or in a place with lots of flowers.
- Make a swing as an additional decoration.
- Add chairs, food, and pretty little things.
- Put the clam shells filled with water, etc.
- You can add glitter to the rocks to make them sparkle, or the rocks glow in the dark for a mystical feel.
- Make a beautiful nameplate. Channel your creativity!
Warning
- Place the fairy house in a place that is safe from the reach of children or pets.
- If you want to put it in the garden, all the materials you make into your home can rot and return to nature unless you use unnatural materials. In addition to the outside, you can also put the fairy house indoors. Make a fairy house with materials suitable for placing in the house.
