How to Create a Fairy House From a Concrete Block
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Now that Fall is approaching and the outside temperature has become bearable again (it’s a little awful when it’s above 100…), my 6 year old daughter and I decided it’s the perfect time of year to do an outdoor project together that we would both enjoy.
We have a large oak tree behind our house that has a rock bed around it that was put there by the previous owner of the home. Inside the rock bed, the ground just sprouts tall, dry, ugly weeds in the Summer and Fall, and somewhat greener ugly weeds in the winter and Spring (assuming we get any rainfall).
As you can see from the above picture, we had a small fairy house attached to the front of the tree that my husband made of wood, and then my mother-in-law painted. This was done for my daughter’s 3rd birthday party which had a fairy theme. You can see those fun party details here: http://www.pinspirationmommy.com/magical-fairy-birthday-party/
Other than the concrete block, we purchased all of our supplies at Hobby Lobby (you can see the full list of supplies and more detailed instructions on my blog at the link below).
We used mosaic tiles for the windows and then created a door using craft wood sticks.
My daughter chose the colors for the fairy house and she wanted a blue and green color scheme. We painted the door and window moulding blue and then painted the door a darker bluish-grey.
We added more decorative moulding to the front sides and the top front of the block and painted those green.
We then adhered flat glass beads to the front of the block.
Next, using wood craft sticks, we built the roof.
And then painted it blue.
We then moved the fairy house to its intended location where I gave the wood sections of the house three coats of exterior spar urethane.
My daughter then wanted to add "fairy dust" to the house, so we glitter-bombed the heck out of that fairy house! The little fairies inhabiting this dwelling will not be short on fairy dust for some time, I can assure you of that! :-)
The fairy garden is a fun mother-daughter project that we can continue to work on and build. Plus, my daughter has never been so excited about one of my projects before!
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Suggested materials:
- Glass beads (Hobby Lobby)
- Concrete block
- Adhesive (Hobby Lobby)
- Craft wood sticks (Hobby Lobby)
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published October 6th, 2016 1:51 AM
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