DIY Fairy & Gnome Gardens

Friday, February 17, 2023

DIY Fairy & Gnome Gardens

Pretty much everyone is ready for spring, right? Lets kick things off with a couple of DIY fairy and gnome gardens, check it out:

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I put these gardens together on the front room floor - ice tea and dark chocolate are always a must!

And here are the real supplies 😄

My wood slices I picked up at a yard sale, but here are some on Amazon. You can always cut and gather them from outdoors as well, just be careful of where you get them. You don't want to bring any bugs into your home and some states won't allow the transfer of self cut wood to prevent the spread of bugs that could damage woodlands.

The bags of miniature trees I found at Goodwill, but you can purchase those on Amazon as well.

My fairy and gnome collection was purchased mostly at Dollar Tree, with a few thrift store bits added in. You can click here to view Dollar Tree's online selection.

Knowing that I wanted one of the gardens to have a stream, I used acrylic paint to create one.

Once the stream had dried I covered the remaining surface with sheet moss. This was really easy to cut and then attach with hot glue.

After that came the fun part!

First I placed the larger structural items like the bridge and trees. Then I pulled some pebbles and moss balls to cover up the tree bases. You can also cut your trees apart if you want the look of bushes.

Lastly I positioned my figures and detail pieces - signs, mushrooms, etc. I chose to glue all of my figures in place, but you could certainly leave them available to manipulate if yo wanted.