How to make a fall fairy garden with a DIY fairy house, some easy wine cork mushrooms, mini pumpkins made from polymer clay, and real miniature fall leaves. It's the cutest fall addition to your front porch or garden.
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Why We Love This Craft
- What could be better than combining two of our favourites -fall and fairy gardens?!
- If you're a crafter, making the miniature fairy house, and accessories with a fall theme was so fun.
- It's looks so cute, and is the perfect way to greet fall visitors or trick or treaters this fall.
I love this time of year, it’s cooler outside, the leaves are turning, and it’s time for warm drinks and pumpkin everything. I also love fairy gardens, like these DIY fairy gardens, and our teacup fairy garden. So I thought it might be fun to make my own fairy garden for the fall season this year.
1. How To Make A Fall Fairy House
It's so fun to make your own little fairy houses. See how to make a fairy house here, where we used paint and upcycled seed packages to decorate miniature birdhouses from the dollar store.
For our fall fairy garden, we decided to make one that was fall themed. I used a tiny bird house from the dollar store as my base, look for something similar at dollar tree, or craft stores.
I removed the bird peg from the bird house, and the screw from the top. Then I gave the bird house a quick coat of orange/peach paint.
I printed out a bunch of vintage seed package images -like this free pumpkin seed one, and this sunflower one. Then I cut the seed packages to fit the house and mod podged them onto the house. I used images that made me think of the fall that I knew would be perfect for an autumn fairy garden.
For the door, I used a few little pieces of wood and a bead as a door handle for the fairy door and hot glued them on.
For the roof, I used some preserved oak leaves, and mod podged them onto the roof as a finishing touch.
2. Fairy Mushrooms
I also made the little fairy toadstools. And they were really easy. To make my fairy mushrooms I started out with some corks from sparkling wine, and their shape inspired me, since they kind of look like a little mushroom.
I painted the tops with some reddish-orange craft paint. When it was dry, I added some white spots. Then, I sealed it all with a coat of mod podge. These were such a fun touch to the fall fairy garden display. But they'd be fun as fall decor too.
Aren’t they the cutest? Fairy gardens are all about the little details and little fairy accessories.
3. Miniature Pumpkins
So next I made some little pumpkins out of polymer clay. I have found the polymer clay weathers really well in outdoors, so I knew they'd be perfect for new fairy garden.
Form orange polymer clay into tiny pumpkin shapes. Don't forget the ridges. Then add a very small brown polymer clay stem. Bake the clay according to the package directions.
I added some of the pumpkins to the doorway front porch, and filled up a little miniature wagon I found at the craft store. Doesn't it look like the fairies have just come home from the pumpkin patch?
4. Real Fairy-Sized Fall Leaves
My favourite little detail in this fall-themed fairy garden is the fall leaves. They’re real leaves!
I used a 1.5 cm leaf punch, from the craft store to make them from real fall leaves.
You just punch them out of real leaves. They will dry, and the edges may curl up a little, but they just look like real fallen leaves in your little fairy garden. This is one of my favorite things in this fairy fall garden.
If there is a predominant vein in your leaf, you can punch it out so that it's running up and down on the miniature leaf, and it will look even more realistic.
5. Containers
I set my little garden up at my front door on a wood stump so visitors could see it. These are great in a small space. Placing them by the front door means they'll be admired by trick-or-treaters on Halloween. You might also like our Halloween real pumpkin fairy house jack-o-lanterns here.
I used an assortment of containers, including some rustic galvanized metal pots. My favourite container garden though, is a hollowed out faux craft pumpkin turned into a plant container.
Just use a craft knife to cut off the top, and add a few drainage holes, and fill with soil and plants.
6. Fall Fairy Garden Plants
Fill your fall fairy garden with fall plants. I used mums, ornamental kale, and pansies. Look for small plants so that there's room for your fairy friends.
I love how it turned out, and my daughters had fun helping me make it.
With a Miniature Fall Fairy Garden, life really is a party!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The mod podge coating helps make everything weather proof.
Look for fairy sized garden accessories like these from the dollar store, craft store, or plant nursery. I've also had great luck at a specialized doll house miniature store, you could look for a specialized shop like this on-line.
We got ours at the craft store. If you have trouble finding it, look online -just be sure to check the size before ordering. Ours was ⅝ inch and was perfect.
If you try making a Fall Fairy Garden or any other idea on my blog please leave a star rating and let me know how it went in the comments below. Thanks for visiting today!
Fall Fairy Garden
Equipment
- ⅝ inch leaf punch
- garden trowel
- hot glue gun
- small paint Bruch
Materials
- miniatue doll house
- vintage seed packages print out
- mod lodge
- orange paint
- small pieces of wood for door
- bead for doorhandle
- hot glue
- preserved oak leaves
- sparking wine corks
- red and white paint
- orange and brown polymer clay
- plant pot, galzanized steel pail with drainage, or faux pumpkin with top cut off and drainage holes
- potting soil
- small fall plants like pansies, mums, and kale
- fairy accessories like wagon, and fence
- real fall leaves
Instructions
- Remove the bird peg from the miniature birdhouse, and the screw from the top.
- Give the bird house a quick coat of orange/peach paint.
- Print out a vintage seed package image -like this free sunflower one. Then I cut the seed packages to fit the house and mod podged them onto the house.
- For the door, use a few little pieces of wood and a bead as a door handle and hot glue them on.
- For the roof, use some preserved oak leaves, and mod podge them onto the roof as a finishing touch.
- For the mushrooms, paint the tops of the sparkling wine corks with some reddish-orange craft paint. When it is dry, add some white spots. Then, seal it all with a coat of mod podge.
- For the miniature pumpkins, form orange polymer clay into tiny pumpkin shapes. Don't forget the ridges. Then add a very small brown polymer clay stem. Bake the clay according to the package directions.
- To make the real fairy-sized fall leaves, use a ⅝ inch or 1.5 cm fall leaf punch and use it on real leaves. To get the best look, line up a vein of the leaf along the center of the punch.
- To make the garden, fill your pot of choice with garden soil and plant the small plants near the back, leaving room at the front of the pot to set up your fairy items. Give your garden a drink with some water. Add the house and all the other accessories and enjoy.
dnr says
Hi Kerri,
I actually did a guest post over at Tatertots and Jello today on the pumpkin garden, you can read all about it here http://tatertotsandjello.com/2016/10/make-fall-fairy-garden.html#more-82848 and...to answer your question, it's a craft pumpkin. I just cut the top off and used it as a planter. Best of luck with your fall fairy garden.
Dannyelle
Kerri Hansen says
What a great idea! I love this idea so much and want to make one. I really love the idea of using the pumpkin as a vessel and I wonder if the one you created was with a real pumpkin or a craft one? Thanks so much for sharing!