Q&A for How to Make a Fairy House

You probably aren't doing anything wrong, but you almost certainly won't see the fairies when they come. Try sprinkling some fine glitter around the house to attract the fairies' attention, and putting an acorn cap bowl of crystallized ginger on the table. Fairies love crystallized ginger. Add a pinch of extra-strong belief, and they are almost guaranteed to come, even if you don't see them.

You could try milk, cream, or butter. Fairies love honey as well. Go for sweet and natural foods as these are their favorites.

Look for clues like, does the bed look like it has been layed in or are the supplies you left gone?

Try local rock shops or metaphysical stores.

You'll need to find tiny hinges, you'll probably be able to find them at a hardware store or a craft store.

You could walk around your neighborhood or go to a nearby park or forest.

You can, but it will take a lot of hot glue without a base behind it. If possible, use sticks or cardboard or clay as walls, and use the flower petals and leaves as wallpaper.

Put it up somewhere it won't be disturbed, on a book shelf or dresser would work best.

You might have to just use your imagination, but try this - add an acorn cap on top of the table, and put a small snack in it. I used crystalized ginger. It works great!

Build the basic fairy house. Cover the cardboard with natural items such as sticks, moss or leaves. If you can't get these items, you can cut or print out pictures of the items and cover the house with them.

A fairy is typically very shy, and to most they look like butterflies. Your everyday butterfly might be a fairy. But fairies only turn people into fairies if they truly believe and are kindhearted and have never, not even by accident, killed a a butterfly. So it's a possibility they could make you a fairy, if you are good.

You could stack small, thin twigs in a crisscross fence pattern, or glue Popsicle sticks together to make a more traditional fence. Pinterest will likely have even more creative ideas for fairy fences.

Of course you can! The best thing about fairy houses is that each one is unique. Putting your own personal spin on the fairy house will make it even more magical.

Probably not. Fairies are gentle, but very shy, and don't tend to like humans very much.

Sprinkle fine glitter around the house (where you can easily clean it after), remove the food from the acorn plate, and rumple the sheets on the bed.

That was the base he used. You could also use a flower pot or just put it on the ground.

Try going to a nearby forest or park and looking on trees, rocks, etc. You can also buy moss at many craft stores. Of course, you can skip the moss if you can't find any.

It may be working. Your fairy fairy might be hiding, or it might use the house when you're out or asleep.

You cannot make it, but you can find it. Check near ditches in brown-red mud where there are little white flecks, that is clay.

Just keep your eyes peeled as you go about your day. Perhaps there is stuff around school, or a friend's house. Ask for permission to go to the park, you should be able to find things there for sure. If all else fails, you could probably buy the things you need from a craft store's website.

Use stronger glue or keep it inside.

Using fresh very small twigs or thin branches that will bend (not dried, but cut from a small tree), weave in and out to make the top of the table and trim with scissors. When that's done, stick 4 little legs, made from larger twigs or branches, into the bottom side of the table and set the table gently on the grass or in your fairy garden dish.

You can use the same instructions as you would if you were using sticks.

Yes, that is very cool and creative, you can put just about anything there that is small enough.

Build the house on a sturdy, thick branch.

You can build the village in the lid of a storage tote, then use the tote itself as the lid by flipping it over and you will have the village inside the tote nice and dry. That's what I am doing, and so far so good. A container that has a deep lid it will work best. That way you can put dirt and plants inside the lid.

Look for clues. Has a leaf been ripped? Are any veggies taken? Or flowers?

Use your imagination! I always make them as if the were the size of my thumb, but that is completely optional!

They're very fast, so unfortunately you can't, but they will come to the house, I promise!

Make a small table, as shown in the article. Then cover it with fabric or cloth as a bedspread. Use stuffing or a cotton ball as a pillow.