Content

• To step
• Part 1 of 4: Designing the fairy house
• Part 2 of 4: Finding materials
• Part 3 of 4: Assembling the fairy house
• Tips
• Warnings
• Necessities

Legend has it that you can lure a fairy into your house by building a fairy house and placing it in your yard. Even if you don't believe in fairies, however, this is a fun, creative craft project that will delight anyone who loves miniature worlds and beautiful things for the garden. It's also a lot of fun for kids to help make a fairy house.

To step

Part 1 of 4: Designing the fairy house

1. Think about how you want your fairy house to look. A fairy house can be low and thick, high and narrow, rounded and soft, angular and striking, and so on. You can make a simple hut or opt for a castle-like structure with many decorations. Before making a design, choose a specific style.
2. Decide what you want to make the home of. You can use a milk carton, birdhouse, cardboard, wood, or twigs for the structure of the house. You can even make a fairy house out of a doll house. Remember that you will eventually decorate the house. If you don't like the structure of your house, you can always cover it with materials later.

Part 2 of 4: Finding materials

1. Look for materials in the forest or in the garden. Look for leaves, patches of moss, branches, pebbles, acorns, dried grass, and other natural materials to decorate your home. If you plan to glue the house together, make sure the materials you use are dry. Glue does not adhere to wet surfaces.

Part 3 of 4: Assembling the fairy house

1. Ready.

Tips

• Do not use plastic, duct tape, a staple gun, a hot glue gun, or anything else that will keep the house standing permanently. Also, do not use materials that are dangerous to wild animals. Songbirds, small rodents, amphibians, and gnomes can be trapped or injured by staples, glue, and duct tape.
• You can sculpt clay around aluminum foil so that you use less clay. This works for clay that you have to bake in the oven as well as for clay that you can make so hard.
• It can be helpful to go for a walk to find materials such as twigs and branches.
• Keep the house small. No fairy or gnome will want to live in the house if it is too big, because it is too flashy. A striking fairy house will attract trolls and other dangerous creatures that attack fairies and gnomes. People who don't like fairies could also smash the house if it is too big and too flashy.
• Make sure to place the house where pets and other animals cannot relieve themselves. Choose a high spot, but make sure the house is not too high.
• You can also create a small pool for the fairies to put their feet in. Don't make it too big though, or their wings will get wet.
• Make sure to include everything a fairy needs. You can start by thinking about what you would need, such as clothes, food, a sofa, a table, etc. Then try to think about what a fairy needs. Maybe you can sprinkle some fairy dust on places. Be creative.
• If you make the house in the woods, somewhere in nature, or in your garden, make sure you only use natural items that you found somewhere. For example, use shells, leaves, tree fruits, twigs and bark. You can also use items washed up on the beach, such as wine corks, pieces of glass, or pieces of string.
• Do not put up signs with texts like “Jennie's fairy house, 2017”. A fairy house should be anonymous so that no one knows who made it.
• Create a swing for young fairies.

Warnings

• Place the house in a quiet and private place away from pets and small children.
• If you want to put the fairy house in the garden, be warned that nature will take over unless you used waterproof glue. Don't worry, if you put the house inside you can still lure fairies away. The fairies who live near you have probably already entered your home.

Necessities

• Hot glue gun (only if you place the fairy house inside or in your own garden and not in the forest)
• Wood glue (only if you put the fairy house inside or in your own garden and not in the forest)
• Twigs
• Adhesive tape
• Cardboard (only if you place the fairy house inside or in your own garden)
• Wood if you are handy
• Cheap doll furniture (only if you put the fairy house inside or in your own garden)
• Clay that you let air dry or bake in the oven (optional)
• A piece of cardboard or wood, or a flat, rigid surface to build the house on
• Decorations you found outside