DIY Fairy House Tutorial Using Microgreens
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Spring is here and so are the fairies! Fairies are all K and Z want to talk about. I’m not sure what sparked their interest. It might have been the episode of Bluey where the fairies play silly tricks on the family or my now-vintage copy of Flower Fairies of the Summer that the girls recently discovered. All I know is that the fairies have taken over and my girls are building fairy villages in our front yard, planning fairy feasts, and looking for any sign of garden magic they can find. I recently went foraging on our nature trail to collect supplies to create a DIY fairy house and garden for the neighboring fea folk.
Creating Garden Magic
My walk turned up pine cones for fairy houses, large seed pods for boats, colored glass for stepping stones, and plenty of pebbles to create fairy pathways.This craft requires only a few supplies…a planter, dirt, seeds, some fairy décor, and a little water and imagination.
Using Microgreens for an Edible Fairy Garden
Because fairies have the unique ability to bring flowers to life overnight, I chose fast-growing microgreens to create an edible garden for our DIY fairy house. See my post Five Fast-Growing Plants to Spark Your Kids Love of Gardening for other fast-growing plants that would work equally well for this craft. Besides providing some initial structure and guidance on the measuring, mixing, and watering needed to set up the planter for this fairy house craft, I let the kids drive. Once we had planted our microgreens, I presented the foraged decorations to them and K and Z were occupied for a solid hour and a half.
DIY Fairy House Tutorial
Supplies Needed:
- 6 cups potting soil (amount is dependent on the size of your plant saucer. For reference, I filled a large mixing bowl)
- 1 cup microgreen seeds
- 15” resin plant saucer
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup pea-size pebbles
- Random assortment of fairy decorations (pinecones, seashells, pebbles, leaves flowers)
Instructions:
- Sprinkle pea-size pebbles across the bottom of your plant saucer. This will create space for drainage.
- Have your kiddo mix the potting soil and seeds. Check the soil to make sure seeds are evenly dispersed. If you want a more organized look for your fairy garden, you can strategically place the seeds after the dirt has been put down.
- Pour seeded potting soil into plant saucer. Encourage your kids to use their hands and smooth the soil evenly across the saucer.
- Water soil evenly. After the initial watering, you will only need to mist the dirt daily until the seeds sprout. Depending on the climate where you live, you may want to loosely place saran wrap across the top of your saucer to lock in humidity.
- After your soil is nice and watered, present the fairy decorations you’ve collected and let your kids take the lead in making a fairy house or town. Pine cones work well as houses, pebbles can become fire pits and garden walls, and clippings of flowers and herbs from the garden will add a nice aesthetic until your microgreens come in.
- Water your fairy house and garden daily and watch your microgreens grow into a fairy forest in 7-10 days.
Just Add Water!
I think the result is stunning and uniquely them. Our microgreen seeds started to sprout by day 4 and by day 10, we had the lush forest growing. I’ve placed our DIY Fairy House on our porch picnic table for easy access (they make any salad taste fancy and are full of vitamins). My youngest has several fairies making residence in the planter and this fairy house craft has provided us with many opportunities for pretend play. When the forest starts to look sparse, we’ll just sprinkle on a fresh layer of seeds to keep it going.
So do you believe in fairies? Tag @motherhoodinthemud on Instagram to share your creations with us.
