Make the Poinsettia Fairy House

LEARN HOW TO MAKE A POINSETTIA FAIRY HOUSE

Want to learn how to make a Poinsettia Fairy House using card stock? This is a perfect little house to make for the Christmas season. And you know what? It's so easy. Let's make it.

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MATERIALS TO MAKE THE POINSETTIA FAIRY HOUSE

• Card stock - I prefer 110# card stock for the structure of the Fairy Houses, but 65# card stock works. It works well for the poinsettia flowers.
• Cardboard - For this example of the Fairy House, I used card stock rather than cardboard. 22 point cardboard is what I often use
• Watercolor paper is can be used for these flowers, but card stock was my choice for this project
• Gesso primer to prime your cardboard
• Distress Ink to edge the flower petals and give them more dimension
• Ink Blendgin Tool
• Glue options - Quick Dry Tacky Glue for the structure of the cardboard house or Bearly Art Glue for gluing card stock
• A way to cut out the pieces, I use my Cricut Maker to cut out all the pieces, but other cutting machines work, too

DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING THE POINSETTIA FAIRY HOUSE

1. Download the free Poinsettia pattern from the Paper Glitter Glue library - Design No. 161
2. Choose the basic house structure for your Fairy House:
   Circular Fairy House - Design No. 155
   Hexagon Fairy House - Design No. 155
   Fairy Cottage - Design No. 156
   All of these patterns are free in the Paper Glitter Glue library, but the Circular Fairy House is the best house structure for the Poinsettia flowers.
3. Cut out the pattern for the house along with the flower pieces
4. If using cardboard, prime and paint your house pieces, though for this house I used card stock to make everything since it is much simpler
5. Make the house structure
6. Glue together the Poinsettia flower base for the house
7. Glue the house to the base before decorating
8. Make the Poinsettia windows
9. For more dimension, ink the edges of the flower petals
10. Apply the green Poinsettia leaves to the base around the edge of your roof
11. Apply the paper Poinsettia petals to the roof of your Fairy House starting with the longest ones first. Continue to layer the Poinsettia leaves around the roof using the shorter petals at the top of the roof
12. Glue the windows and door to the front Fairy House
13. Share your seriously cool Fairy House

1. Download the Poinsettia Fairy House Pattern - Design No. 161

This pattern for the Poinsettia Fairy House is free in the Paper Glitter Glue library. The files are available in 2 formats - SVG cut files for cutting machines like the Cricut Maker or Cricut Explore and PDF files you can print out. It's Design No. 161 in the library.

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Important: The pattern files are stored in a zipped format. That means that they are compressed so they can be easily downloaded. If you need help unzipping the files, these instructions will help.

• Here's how to unzip a folder using an iPad or iPhone.
• To learn how to unzip a folder using a Windows computer, click here. 
• To learn how to unzip a folder with an Android device, click here. 
• To learn how to unzip a folder using a Mac, click here.

2. Choose your Basic Fairy House Structure

Here are the 3 shapes of Fairy Houses in this Whimsical Fairy House series. Choose the one you like, but I must say that the Poinsettia design works best with the Circular Fairy House.

Circular Fairy House - Design No. 155
Hexagon Fairy House - Design No. 155
Fairy Cottage - Design No. 156

Also there are 3 roof options available for the Circular Fairy House. For the Poinsettia house I recommend using the plain circular roof shown in middle on the left of the photo below.

3. Cut out the pattern for the house along with the flower pieces

I used 2 sheets of 8.5" x 11" card stock just for the flower petals on the roof. I also doubled the green leaf colored base so I could glue 2 layers together to make it stronger.

4. If using cardboard, prime and paint your house pieces

For this house I used card stock to make everything since it is much simpler.

5. Make the house structure

For the circular structure that means to curve the circular "tree trunk" base and glue it together. Then make the cone-shaped roof piece.

Here's the construction video for making this particular house.

6. Glue together the Flower base for the Poinsettia house

To make this base flower, I glued together 2 layers of green card stock and then layered the 2 red layers on top. These flower petals are not perfectly symmetrical because the real poinsettia flower isn't perfectly symmetrical. So don't go crazy trying to line them up perfectly.

7. Glue the house to the base before decorating

Apply a thick bead of glue to the bottom of the house and adhere to the flower base. While this is drying, you can work on the other pieces.

8. Make the Poinsettia windows

This is one of my favorite details on this fairy house. Layer the windows just like you did on the flower base. Glue the window frame piece on top.

9. For more dimension, ink the edges of the flower petals

Since this card stock is very flat, I think it helps to ink the edges of the petals to make them more distinct.

You can see the slightly darkened edges on the petals below.

10. Apply the green Poinsettia leaves to the base around the edge of your roof

Use the short green petals to glue around the edge of your roof piece. It helps to slightly curve them so they will adhere to the edges better.

11. Apply the paper Poinsettia petals to the roof of your Fairy House starting with the longest ones first

Staring with the longer petals, glue around the cone-shaped roof. Gradually add shorter layers on top, covering up the green cone roof

12. Glue the windows and door to the front Fairy House

Curve the windows and door to fit the curve of the circular house. Glue to the house.

13. Share your seriously cool Fairy House

I do love to see what you make. Please share it with me in the Paper Glitter Glue Facebook group, or on other crafty Facebook groups, on Instagram (be sure to tag me @LucyF7) or email me so I can see your little house.

Questions?

Remember if you have any questions or problems making this little house, just email me - [email protected]. I will be glad to help if I can.