White Picket Fairy Fence

Well, I couldn't show you how to make a Craft Stick Fairy Door without telling you how to make a WHITE PICKET FAIRY FENCE to go with it! The fence is simple to make and looks adorable out in the fairy garden! 

Materials needed:

-small craft sticks

-regular-sized craft sticks

-wood glue

-Q-tips

-white acrylic paint

-acrylic sealant

First, lay out your sticks...4 small craft sticks in the middle with 2 regular-sized ones on the ends. If you don't have small craft sticks, just cut some regular-sized one's in half. The two craft sticks on the ends are left long, so that you can easily stick them into the ground, keeping the fence upright!

Next, think about where two craft sticks that will lie across the other ones will be and use a Q-tip to put wood glue in those spots across each stick. Lay the craft sticks on top of the glue and press to secure.

After the glue has dried, paint the picket fairy fence white. 

Finish up with a coat of acrylic sealant spray. 

Now for the fun part...while sneaking a fairy door into your neighbor's garden, add a little white picket fairy fence as well! Gently push the ends of the fence into the soil. Enjoy!!!

Craft Stick Fairy Doors

It's no secret that we LOVE making fairy/gnome things at Our Beautifully Messy House...fairy houses, fairy furniture, fairy doors, gnome doors, flower fairies, fairy folk...need I go on? We just can't help it! What I love the most about making fairy doors and gnome doors is surprising people with them! L and I made an abundance of CRAFT STICK FAIRY DOORS this week as we prepare to spread them around the neighborhood. Of course we enjoy surprising our friends and close neighbors, but what I really love is putting them on strangers' front porches and sneaking them into their gardens! We rarely get to see people discover the fairy and gnome doors, but the surprise, the magic in it all makes L and I giggle for days! We've had a great time making these craft stick fairy doors...aren't they the cutest!?!

Materials needed:

-crafts sticks (big, small, colored, any or all)

-wood glue

-Q-tips

-buttons

Optional materials:

-acrylic paint

-sealant spray

-wire & nails

First, lay out your craft sticks in a door shape. If you have colored sticks, your kids will enjoy playing with patterns! 

Using a Q-tip, put wood glue onto a small craft stick and carefully lay it across your door. If you don't have small craft sticks, you can always cut a normal-sized one in half! It's best to put at least 2 sticks across, but you can play with the angles and directions that you put them. Remember, fairy doors don't have to be perfect!

If you don't plan to paint your door, you can glue a button-handle on now too!

After the glue has dried a good bit, flip your doors over and smear wood glue all across the back for extra support. Let them dry for a few hours or overnight.

Next, if your craft sticks are plain and you want to, paint the doors. We especially like to add glitter paint to ours...helps the fairies and gnomes find the doors of course.

After the paint has dried, glue on button-handles if you have not done so yet. We like to spray our doors with some acrylic sealant as well...makes the wood a little more durable outdoors and gives them a more finished look.

Now for the fun part, hide them around town...or give them to friends! These would make an adorable party favor for both kids and adults! Enjoy!!!

Other posts you may like:

Jam Jar Fairy House /Jam Jar Gnome Home

Doorknob Mushroom-Fairy Houses

Fairy Furniture

DIY Fairy Door...Gnome Door

Fairy Doors & Gnome Doors #2

Fairy Doors and Gnome Doors (#2)

After making a fairy door out of sticks and hiding it in our neighbor's garden last Summer, L and I thought we'd spread the fairy love a little farther this year...we've been making FAIRY DOORS and GNOME DOORS and hiding them all around town! It's so much fun surprising the young and the old -- just imagine the look on anyone's face when they're out in the garden and suddenly discover a teeny, tiny door that wasn't there before. Ha! These fairy doors are so simple to make and all you need is rocks, paint and clear sealant (which is optional). To draw a little more attention to the fairy doors, we like to leave a tiny button or painted rock trail as well. 

Materials needed:

-medium-sized rocks

-acrylic paints

-clear sealant spray (optional)

After cleaning any dirt off your rock, start by painting on a door. 

Next, add some windows, if you have room.

If adding any glitter paint, apply that next. We like to paint a little glitter over our windows.

Next, outline the door and windows carefully with black paint. Add a doorknob as well. 

Now for my favorite part, paint connecting black lines on the rock, resembling a stone wall.

If you'd like to add a flower pot or lil window box, add one now.

Finally, finish with some green vines, leaves, and flower details. 

Once all your paint is dry, you can spray the rocks with a coat of clear sealant to make the fairy doors even more weather resistant. Permanent paint usually doesn't wash away, but I always like to add a coat of sealant just in case.

Now for the real fun...time to hide your fairy doors and gnome doors. (Gnome doors go on trees, generally speaking.) 

I like making some of our fairy doors to resemble our neighbor's front porches and gardens...

Enjoy!!!

See also this DIY for fairy furniture!