Fairy Garden Play Station

Kelly-n-Tony
by Kelly-n-Tony
12 Materials
$34
3 Hours
Medium

We have a Fairy Forest we created in the woods beside our house with all kinds of Fairy things. The kids stop in and really enjoy it and so we wanted to give them a way to play with fairy houses and pieces and create their own idea of a Fairy Garden.


So we created a Fairy Garden Play Station!

Hello Home Depot!

This is where it all started.

This is what we ended up with!

Pick up two sturdy bins at your local Home Depot or similar store. We used the smaller $7 ones.

Cut wood

Buy (2) 1x6x8's and cut 2 pieces 55" long and 2 pieces 18" long.

Depending on the size of your bins you may need to change the cut sizes. This will be a front and back piece for the frame and two side pieces. These are what the bins will fit into.


NOTE: If using outdoors you'll want to use treated wood.

Nice fit!

Screw or nail the corners and for reinforcement use the corner brackets.

Corners

Buy and attach 4 corner brackets to reinforce the frame.

Support slats

For the bottom slats you'll need 4 pieces of 2x4" that are 18" long. Luckily we had scraps which cut down on buying another length of 2x4.

Screw in place

Screw each support slat into place.

Bolt legs on

The legs are also 2x4's and can be whatever height you want- ours were 22" long. Use 8 cap screws 3/8" x 3-1/2" long and 8 washers/nuts to attach the legs.


Note: choose your leg height based on what ages will be standing or sitting here.

Drill

Add some drainage holes.

Pea gravel

We used pea sized gravel but I'd advise washing it first as ours was unwashed. It took a bag and a half for each bin.

Play time!

I painted on some cute fairy & gnomes and wording on the front. I used my cricut machine to make stencils but you can buy stencils online too.


Gather up all the fairy houses and pieces you have or you can make some too which is fun!


Now kids (of all ages) can create a magical Fairy village at the play station.

If you string lights above it becomes even more magical on a summer night!

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  • Peggy Howard Peggy Howard on Aug 17, 2022

    I love it. Who doesn't love faries? I'm going to make this for my great granddaughter. Thank you for the wonderful idea.

  • Katherine Somma Katherine Somma on Aug 21, 2022

    I have been putting off making my fairy garden after seeing yours, my three and five-year-old grandsons are visiting in 3 weeks I've got to start on this!!

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