And what is my favorite thing to make? Little paper houses. I blog about paper crafts because I have always loved to make things out of paper. I asked her recently if she’d make US a paper fairy house, and I’m so pleased to be able to showcase one of her very special creations - her amazing and adorable DIY Fairy House - on the blog today! Take it away, Lucy! See exactly how to make an adorable fairy house that looks like a tree stump … just from PAPER! This step-by-step tutorial shows you everything you need to recreate this perfect little house of happiness.Īs many of you know, I have popular course called CUT ABOVE SVG Design in which I teach my fellow crafters how to do what I do - namely, how to create, design, and share SVG cut files for projects! One of my star students, Lucy Foxworth, is doing just that, creating amazing creations and sharing the SVG cut files freely with others. Easy Paper Craft Ideas & Projects Expand.Compare and contrast the sizes of different houses. Math: Measure the dimensions of your fairy house. Technology: Research different types of dwellings for fairies.Īrt: Design a fairy from your leftover materials that can fit in the house. Science: What type of nature items do you need to build your house? What else can you build for your fairy?.What other types of dwellings/buildings might a fairy need?.If you were a fairy how would you want your house to look like?.Use the collected materials to build your house.ĭraw a picture of your fairy house to document your design. Go outside and collect nature items to build your fairy house. Read the book, “Fairy Houses” by Tracy Kane.ĭiscuss what type of dwellings do fairies like? What would they not like? Collected Nature Items Sticks, Leaves, Small Rocks.Objective: Design and build a house for fairies from collected items in nature.

STEAM Challenge: Can you build a house for fairies? We love to include literacy in our challenges too! We have included what book inspired us but feel free to use your own favorite fairy house story. Integrating STEAM-based play is an easy and innovative way to enrich your preschooler’s learning.

STEAM is the combination of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Preschoolers naturally are inquisitive and ask a lot of questions just like a scientist, mathematician or artist.

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Building fairy houses craft class