Make Easy Fairy Houses for the Whimsical Fairy House Challenge

Learn to make an easy Fairy House out of cardboard or card stock. Today is Day 1 of the Whimsical Fairy House challenge: 12 Days of Fanciful Fairy House designs.

For this first day, we're going to make 2 simple shapes - a circular shape and a hexagon shape - that can easily be turned into all sorts of enchanting tiny fairy abodes. Use your imagination to bring your house to life.

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Let's go over what supplies you need to make a fairy house.

SUPPLIES TO CONSTRUCT YOUR EASY FAIRY HOUSES

• Cardboard is absolutely my favorite material for making houses - 22 point cardboard is the cardboard that I have been using.
• Card stock - I prefer 110# card stock for extra strength for structure of the little houses, but 65# card stock but the structure won't be as strong.
• Gesso primer for painting cardboard. It really helps the paint adhere better.
• Acrylic paint for painting cardboard, card stock, and decorative elements
• Spray stain for the decorative elements. Spray stain just makes the greatest leaves and flowers.
• Glue choices - Quick Dry Tacky Glue or Bearly Art Glue are my favorites
• Hot Glue - I use that to hold the roof stem in place
• Other options for your houses - You can use things like oatmeal boxes, Pringles containers, or even toilet paper rolls to make fairy houses
• A way to cut out the materials - I use my Cricut Maker, but you can use other cutting machines including the Cricut Joy for these patterns.

MATERIALS FOR DECORATING THE FAIRY HOUSES

• Cheese boxes for bases
• Wood slices for fairy house bases
• Coffee stirrers for wood walls
• Paper clay
• Crepe paper is a great option for petals
• Heavy watercolor paper for flowers - takes paint and stain well (if you want to paint your flowers rather than using card stock)
• Tiny seashells
• Moss
• Cotton mushrooms
• Peg dolls
• Natural materials like acorn caps, pine cone scales, rocks for pathways, twigs, dried leaves or flowers, just take a walk outside and see what you can find.

Download the Free Patterns for these Fairy Houses

Download the free pattern for these two houses from the Paper Glitter Glue library. Both patterns are listed as design no. 155 in the library.

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Directions to make these Easy Fairy Houses

1. Download the free pattern - Easy Paper Fairy House Design No. 155 in the Paper Glitter Glue library
2. Unzip the file folder
3. Upload the file to your cutting machine
4. Convert the red score lines to SCORE under the operations menu in Cricut Design Space
5. Attach the score lines to the appropriate piece
6. Glue the bottom part of the house together first
7. Next construct the roof piece
8. Add the stem to the roof piece
9. Make the cap to hold the roof in place
10. Place the cap on the base part of the house
11. Apply a thick bead of glue around the cap
12. Now carefully place the roof on top of the cap
13. Make sure the roof is straight on the cap
14. Let dry
15. Glue your completed fairy house to the circular base or other base you've chosen
16. Decorate the roof and the body of the house with paint, card stock, flowers, or natural materials

Watch this video to see how these designs work in Cricut Design Space

And here is the construction video for the Easy Fairy Houses

You can see all the details in making these two houses.

What's next in the Whimsical Fairy House Challenge?

We'll make a Fairy Cottage in the next step of the challenge.

Thank you for stopping by. If you have any questions, please let me know. I am always happy to help. You can email me - [email protected].