DIY Fairy House Using Craft Supplies

I tucked this DIY fairy house into a little space near our wood pile. We have a walking path along the back of our yard, and I thought it would be a fun little surprise for anyone who noticed it while walking by.
Finished fairy house.
I started with an unfinished wood bird house from a craft store, which I painted using outdoor craft paint. Sunflowers made from oven-bake clay decorate one side of the fairy house, while a blooming vine climbs up the front corner. The stems and vines were created using a clay extruder, and the petals and blooms were cut from thin clay sheets using tiny shape cutters.
Bright yellow sunflowers made from clay.
My detail obsession kicked in right about here, and I added a stone roof made from landscaping pebbles, and crafted a tiny handmade windchime from jewelry charms, colored wire, and aluminum hobby pipe.


To cover up the front bird house hole, I gathered some fallen twigs from the backyard, cut them to size, and glued them directly to the front of the house. I used a floral bead and a head pin from my jewelry-making supplies to make the doorknob.
Fairy house door with balcony.
I also added the balcony made from scrap craft wood strips so the door didn't look like an afterthought stuck onto the front of the fairy house.


My fairy house now lives indoors in my living room since we have moved the wood pile, but I'm looking forward to adding a full fairy garden outside this summer. Check out the split log bench I added and how my detail obsession snowballed this project in the blog post.
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  • Nancy Nancy on Feb 19, 2016
    Great job. I can't wait to make a wind chime now.
  • Jm_17835025 Jm_17835025 on Feb 22, 2017
    Love your birdhouse and learning the materials you use are readily available and "craft $$$ conscious! M.H.
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