You never grow out of your imagination, and building a fairy garden has universal appeal for girls and boys, young and old. There's a big community of grown-up fairygardeners online, but for an extra special project, get creative with your kids by making your own amazing DIY fairy garden with lights, ornaments and bits and bobs from around the house. If you're looking for fun children's garden ideas, here are 25 magical ideas to help you create an amazing fairy garden for any fairies passing through. Carefully cut in holes for windows and doors and turn upside down to create a humble abode for your fairies. You can also buy some lovely ready-made ones like the below, While we may receive a commission or other compensation from the links on this page, we never allow this to influence product selections.1. Use a watering can as a house
Crafty mums can start a DIY project anduse their whittling skills to carve a house or village into the side of a gnarled old log. Make use of the garden supplies you already have and create a fairy garden town by clustering some pots together and using stick bridges to connect them. Broken clay pots make an excellent fairy village.2. Find an interesting log to carve into
3. Use flowerpots of different heights and connect them with ‘bridges’
You can pick these up in most garden or toy shops.4.Add shiny stones and marbles for sparkle
Use wood glue to create an easy peasy front door.5. Decorate the base of a tree trunk for a ready-made fairy home
No need to throw away old cracked crockery - the more characterful, the better.6. Use old crockery like teapots and teacups
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Instead of using a flower pot for your garden, aim higher and build your fairy house into a sturdy bush or tree. Make sure thefairies know they are welcome in your garden with their very own welcome sign. No outdoorspace? No problem. Add some fairy magic to a large terrarium and use succulents for a low maintenance indoor garden.7. Make a fairy treehouse
8. Create a teeny-tiny Welcome sign
9. Build an indoor fairy garden with a terrarium and succulents
Get super arts and crafty by glueing together old ice lolly sticks to build everything from houses to benches to front doors. Flaunt your architectural prowess by basing your fairy house on your own home. No fairy garden is complete without flowers, so let your little ones decidewhich they'd like to include.10. Use ice lolly sticks and glitter for your fairy construction
11. Create a replica of your own home
12. Let your kids pick their own flowers to plant in the fairy garden
Add extra magic with a small set of these which you can bring inside overnight or in the rain.13. Add a small set of battery-powered fairy lights
Coloured gravel is super cheap and readily available on Amazon and makes the perfectaddition to createponds and rivers.14. Make a ‘water feature’ with bright blue gravel
Encourage wildlife in your garden by incorporating a little seed dispenser into your fairy garden design.15. Make your garden multi-functional by adding a bird feeder
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Why just stick to a flower pot? Plant your garden in a wheelbarrow or a birdbath for something a little different. You can wheel it indoors when the weather turns. Old toy furniture can be a cheaper alternative to purpose-built fairy furniture.Sylvanian Families and Barbie furniture is the perfect size for fairies.16. Build your fairy village in a wheelbarrow
17. Use doll furniture
Avoid ruining expensive terracotta pots by glueing pebbles and stones onto the outside of a basic plastic planter Add ceramic ladybirds and hedgehogs for your fairies to make friends with. You can buy or make little bugs and animals to populate your garden before the fairies arrive.18. Decorate a plastic pot with interesting stones from your garden
19. Don’t forget the wildlife!
To shake things up a bit, why not create a beach orcampervan scene instead of a traditional fairy garden? Simply collect some buttons and make them into tables by stacking and glueing them on top of one another. If you've got a collection of seashells from holidays past, give them pride of place in your fairy garden by using them as roofing or decoration.20. Make a themed fairy garden
21. Create miniature fairy tablesusing brightly coloured buttons
22. Use seashells instead of stones to decorate your fairy garden
Simply grip the stem of your fairy tree and then bury the peg in the soil to stop a fairy forest from being blown over. Fairy gardens should be accessible for all fairies! Make a fairy ladderusing small twigs and string, and hang it from the lip of your flower pot.23. Use wooden clothes pegs to keep your fairy trees upright
24. Make a fairy ladder
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There are loads ofwhimsical fairyaccessories you can buy online, from furniture to houses. Take a look at our favourites below...25. Cheat and buy some fairy furniture online
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This is a perfect starter set for anyone new to fairy gardening. The set includes a fairy,
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11. Fairy Garden Kit
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This kit comes with everything you need to make a beautiful fairy garden with your little one
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Welcome the fairies, gnomes, and pixies into your garden with this fairy door and windows. It will
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