How to Make Fairy Gardens & Great Family Memories
Hi Ya’ll, I’m Beth Moore and I love Fairy Gardens because as a Sandtray Therapist, creating a world with miniatures can be a fun and easy way to express yourself & boost mental health! So why not create Fairy Gardens with your family for Mother’s Day? My mom and I both love Fairy Gardens so this is a win-win for both of us! Our kids and grandkids all love it, both boys and girls! Just give it a try. Create gifts & memories as a family!
In this Article:
- Boost Mental & Relational Wellness
- Fairy Garden Ideas
- How to Make Fairy Gardens (with YouTube video)
- Fairy Garden Ideas
- Fairy Garden DIY Party
- Miniature Fairy Gardens
Boost Mental & Relational Wellness
Building family memories and expressing yourself creatively can help boost your mental and relational wellness! Thanks to Suzi @ StartaMomBlog.com for teaching me the tools to create a blog to share my creativity and passion boosting wellness!
Relational wellness includes building and maintaining relationships with family and friends. Every moment you choose to be present with your family and friends, and invest in time creating special memories, you are choosing the value and importance of relationships & friendships.
Good close relationships help people live longer, live happier, and live with more purpose. Invest in your relationships, create together!
Fairy Garden Ideas
So the idea came around through my cousin who created the cutest fairy garden. She sent us the cutest picture and we all oohed and ahh-ed.
Then her mom (who is my aunt) made an outside fairy garden, with a beautiful water garden. Don’t you just love the water features?
Wait, it didn’t stop there! Another aunt got excited about making a fairy garden and made one celebrating Easter for her church! How creative!
That’s when my mom and I got so excited about our idea… why not have a Fairy Garden Party!
How to Make Fairy Gardens
Okay, now to the fun part… making your own fairy garden!! The good news is you can make a Fairy Gardens that are affordable & easy, as well as amazing and unique!
That’s what this article is about: Fun & DIY Fairy Gardens for families! The ideas as limitless, woohoo!
How to Make Fairy Gardens with the Entire Family
There are so many fun ways to make fairy gardens with the entire family for holidays, 4th of July, birthdays, and any family gathering!
All ages can create fairy gardens, let the fun begin!!
YouTube Fairy & Mini Garden by Garden Answer
Wow, thanks to my aunt for sharing this video with me from Garden Answer, who makes amazing YouTube videos about how to garden.
The video shown here is the cutest Fairy & Mini Garden by Garden Answer. Check out that amazing water feature, now that’s one I’d like to add to my fairy garden!!
Green Thumbs & Fairy Gardens
Those with green thumbs can choose beautiful plants with such variety! I’ll show you some more pictures soon.
The options seem limitless for fairy gardens when you have a green thumb. It’s amazing what people can create!
Plant Materials for Fairy Gardens (by Better Home & Garden):
- Silver Sprinkles
- Spikemoss
- Weeping Fig
- Polka-Dot Plant
- Gray Lavender Cotton
- Mexican Heather
- Golden Japanese Stonecrop
- Wood Sorrel
- Fuschia Begonia
- Elfin Thyme
Fairy Garden Ideas for Non-Gardeners
It’s totally okay if you are a non-gardener and still like the idea of creating a fairy garden. I have good news, there’s plenty of ideas about gardens created with alternatives, so you don’t have to use plants
Materials (non-plants) for Fairy Garden:
- Artificial plants 🙂
- Floral foam
- Pebbles, Marbles
- Fabric
- Fairy Garden Decor (have fun:)
Fairy Garden DIY Party
Who’s coming?
Consider how many people will be creating fairy gardens, just you or your whole family or a few friends? This will determine how many supplies you’ll need to gather and buy, or ask everyone to bring certain items.
What type of miniatures?
Choose miniatures based on your age group (breakable/older, plastic/younger) & the type of gathering space (small, large, indoors, outdoors). Have fun 🙂
DIY Fairy Gardens
Creatives (people who love to create) can have a fantastic time at creating their on Do-It-Yourself fairy gardens & accessories!
There are so many DIY fairy gardens, the ideas are really limitless.
Want more ideas? Browse through 200+ pins about Fairy Gardens on my Pinterest Board:
Keep reading for the HOW TO STEPS & DIY FAIRY GARDENS …
Shopping for Miniatures & Fairy Gardens
Miniatures and Fairy Garden supplies/accessories can be bought almost anywhere! Here’s a few places I love to shop for miniatures and fairy garden supplies:
- Amazon (fast shipping and so many items to choose)
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Hobby Lobby
- Michael’s
- Big Lots
Some of the best customer reviews on Amazon were given to these top 4 miniatures for fairy gardens:
Joykick Fairy Garden House Kit – with Opening Doors
This is one of the cutest houses & fairy kits. It has over 200 reviews with 5 starts, unbelievable!!
Joykick Fairy Garden Ancient Tree Kit
I just love big trees, and this one’s features are adorable. Look at the climbing trees for fairies and animal creatures.
Joykick Fairy Garden Caravan Kit
Glamping, RV’ing, and Tiny Houses are all popular right now! Create your own miniature caravan with this kit!
Mood Lab Fairy Garden Fish Pond Kit
Beautiful pond with fish, 3 fairies, plus a swan & bridge!
How to Steps & DIY Fairy Gardens
Now we are getting exciting!!
Your whole family can make fairy gardens together! Seriously!!
How to make a Fairy Garden in 4 easy steps:
- Choose indoor, outdoor, miniature, gardening or non-gardening. There is no wrong choice, you can decide whatever fits your wishes.
- Gather fairy garden supplies & accessories. You can get supplies from many stores, around your house, and even in your yard.
- Get your soil and plants. You can keep it simple or go a little (or a lot) crazy on the plants and flower selection(s).
- Create your fairy garden & have fun 🙂
Gather supplies & put them in all in cute containers, like my mom did here in planter trays; creative & functional.
- Fairy Houses & Huts
- Animals, Birds, Snails, Dogs, Horses
- Fairies, Gnomes, Angels
- Unicorns, Pegasus
- Pebbles, Stones, Gemstones, Sticks
- Signs, Decor, Furniture, Swings, Chairs
- Trees, Water, Creeks, Ponds, Mountains
Ok, so now you get an idea of all the different kinds of fairy gardens you can make.
Let kids & all ages have fun!
This is the perfect opportunity to create fun lasting memories with all ages in your family, from little kids 2 years old to aging adults, all ages can enjoy creating fairy gardens.
Even my two-year old grandson had a blast creating his own fairy garden out of wild animal miniatures. Look how cute his fairy garden turned out.
You can create a fairy garden out of so many materials for any age. Young children can play for a long time with dirt and miniatures, let them have fun. They are building life-long memories with their family, how beautiful is that!
Variety of gardens to create Small Worlds:
- Dinosaur World
- Mystery Island
- I Spy My World
- Miniature Memories
- My Family
- My Favorite
Here are more pictures of fairy gardens our family created from 2 years old to aging adulthood, we all loved it!!
What’s Your Favorite Fairy Garden?
Have you created a fair garden? I’d love to see it, send me a picture on my FaceBook page.
Do you have another favorite fairy garden? Is it one you saw on this blog?
Did you make a fairy garden? Post below and share it with us, we’d love to see it! Share your Fairy Garden with me:
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SUMMARY OF THIS ARTICLE:
- Boost Mental & Relational Wellness
- Fairy Garden Ideas
- How to Make Fairy Gardens (with YouTube video)
- Fairy Garden Ideas
- Fairy Garden DIY Party
- Miniature Fairy Gardens
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