How To Make A Flower Pot Fairy Garden

How To Make A Flower Pot Fairy Garden. See how to give an old flower pot a makeover fitting for an enchanted fairy garden. I will also show you how to repurpose a birdhouse for the perfect fairy retreat.

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March Handcrafted Society Challenge

Are you ready for the Handcrafted Society’s March challenge? I hope so, because we doing something a little different this month. If you are wondering what the Handcrafted Society is all about. Quite simply, it’s a group of bloggers who share a love for detail and craftsmanship.To see the HS project from last March, you can click here for my spring flower door baskets.

Instead of a specific medium, our challenge is to up-cycle something from the garden, plant shed or backyard. Sounds pretty interesting right? Be sure to check out all the links and photos at the end of my post to see what my friends are sharing. You won’t believe the creativity from this group!

How To Make A Flower Pot Fairy Garden

This month’s challenge encompasses so many possibilities. Think about all the things you might have collecting dust or rust, that could use a makeover or be recycled into something else. I have a flower pot that has seen better days, however the plant is coming back after winter. So my plan is to salvage the pot and the plant, at the same time create something fun for the grand littles. Here’s a list of supplies you might need to gather to make a flower pot fairy garden.

Supplies

• craft paint for the flower pot and fairy house
• small bird house
• craft or sponge brush
• preserved moss, Spanish moss
• glue gun and glue sticks
• things from the garden or yard such as sticks, tree bark, rocks
• nicknacks from around the house to make furniture (optional)

Flower Pot Makeover With Paint

Below you will see the condition before painting and removing all the dead stems. Then I applied textured paint to the outside and inner lip of the pot. I always have the best results with FolkArt Terra Cotta paint, and it works so well on all sorts of surfaces. Now I have container that blends in with my real terra cotta pots. Easy peasy! Check out my post Flower Pot Upcycle Project.

Creating A house for the Fairy Garden

To create a fairy garden in the flower pot, I’m starting with a cute little bird house. I’m making a few modifications such as removing the fence and door then enlarging the door opening.

Next step is picking out a color to paint the bird house, that will blend in with the plants. So green craft paint in contrasting colors it is, plus slate gray for the roof and brown for the door.

I wanted to create hinges for the door, but that was going to require too much time. So I glued the door in place, so it will stay open. More inviting that way, don’t you think?

Adding the moss, bit of tree bark and twigs is probably my favorite part of the whole project. This is when the house really takes on a personality of it own. I enjoy adding details with twigs and moss to the sides and back of the house. Don’t you love the wee bench under the window? It kind of cracks me up a bit.

By the way when hot glueing your moss and sticks into place, I recommend using silicone finger protectors. You will find the ones that I like here.

Fairy Garden Furniture And Flowers

I want this fairy garden retreat to look inviting to any passing fairies, so I’m creating a spot to rest. A jar lid and a wooden spool becomes a table by hot gluing the pieces together, then painting and gluing on more moss. The stools are champagne corks with light brown paint to resemble mushrooms. Of course we have to have acorn cups too.

When assembling your fairy garden be sure to allow space for your house while planning out where the flowers will go. After adding fresh potting soil, I’m planting white alyssum and bacopa with pink and blue blooms. These are sun loving flowers, that may look delicate, but will do well through summer. As the weather warms up the ground cover should fill in around the empty spaces.

Once the house, rocks, furniture pieces and flowers were in place, I framed the house with larger sticks on each side. These sticks will help to keep the house in place depending on the weather. The only thing missing is a sign that says, “Move-In Ready”. 😉 For more patio planting ideas chick on my post here on how to create a fence herb garden.

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Thank you so much for stopping by today. Keep scrolling to see what my Handcrafted Society friends are sharing today. All you have to do is click on the image or blog name to view their full post.

Cheers!

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