DIY fairy garden accessories don’t HAVE to be super involved and detailed. Sometimes – especially when you’re making a fairy garden for a child – simple and easy is the BEST! Popsicle sticks are such a cheap (and versatile) crafting medium… you can create just about ANYTHING from them for pennies! I thought I’d share a list of simple popsicle stick fairy garden accessories you can make with your kids – that’ll add SO much character to your miniature garden – without breaking the bank!
To create your popsicle stick fairy garden accessories, all you really need is popsicle sticks and glue of your choice (I recommend waterproof wood glue, but if your child is crafting without your help, good old white glue is fine!). For some projects you’ll need to trim the sticks, so in this case supervise children – or help them cut the sticks to size before they start building. If you’re using plain wood popsicle sticks you may want to paint them or stain them to match your project / add color – OR you can skip the painting and just buy a pack of pre-colored ones.
Fairy House
Of course, the quintessential fairy garden accessory is the dwelling! You can make an entire house pretty easily out of popsicle sticks! You can use colored sticks, or plain – and embellish with ANYTHING. Here’s a couple popsicle stick houses my kids and I made last week:
OR – if you, like me, like the look of stone fairy houses, popsicle sticks are a quick easy way to make the doors for any fairy house! I used them to create the doors for this cute stone fairy house – I wanted something that would be as durable as the house (or easy enough to replace if the elements got to it).
These cute little beach chairs are probably the most complicated of all the popsicle stick fairy garden accessories I’ll share – and they DO require a little bit of at least sort of measuring lol. You’ll want to help your kids with these ones, but they are worth the effort! See the full tutorial for these mini Adirondack chairs here.