How to Make a Fairy House

Today we took the decorating outside for our new fairy garden!  Until a few weeks ago I had no clue what a fairy garden was.  The girls fell in love with the idea while at a friend's house helping her start her own fairy garden.  At first I thought this was a great activity just for the outdoors, but today found out that it could keep the girls entertained indoors on a rainy summer day.

The first item on our list was making the fairy house.  Avery picked out the biggest unfinished bird house available at Michaels.  Of course, they had to paint it pink!! (Addison's orders).  Once painted pink I gave the girls pliers and safety glasses to pull apart the pine cones.  (Please use discretion on whether your child is old enough to be using pliers, but make sure they have their eyes covered since little pieces do fly off.)  Surprisingly, the pieces of the pine cone were easy to cut with children's scissors after they were off the pine cone.  Our pine cones became our roof and used fake flowers and a wooden butterfly to decorate.  The girls instructed and handed me pieces while I hot glued them to the roof.

Tips for roof:  Cut tops for straight edges along the roofline (they cut easily with kids scissors) and start from the bottom and work your way up!  Don't worry what the edges of the underneath pine cones look like, they will be hidden.

I took the girls to a local thrift store and let them go wild.  We found some really neat things that they are decorating.  I figured by making the pieces themselves it would hold their interest more and they would appreciate what they had done...since all the rainbow loom bands we bought are sitting in a container now :(

I'll show you some of our other projects on Thursday.  Please share any pictures you have of your own fairy gardens.  The girls keep looking up pictures for new ideas.

4th of July will be here in a few weeks, keep Anne Maddox Boutique in mind for fun 4th of July outfits!  Also check out our newest hi low maxi skirt!