3-Tier DIY Indoor Fairy Garden

By: The Designers from testors.com

By: The Designers from testors.com

Make an indoor fairy garden that will be the envy of all your guests. This stunning tiered fairy garden will make a stunning decoration for your sun room. Learn how to make a tiered plant and paint your planters with vivid colors. Collect your favorite fairy figurines and choose your plants. Once you put it all together, it will stand tall and really be a conversation piece at parties! The fairy garden trend is one most of us can get on board with. Those mini figurines and furniture are just too cute!

Estimated Cost$11-$20

Time to CompleteIn an evening

Primary TechniquePainting

Easy

Project TypeMake a Project

Materials List

Testors Fluorescent Sprays
Testors Chalkboard Sprays
Testors Enamel Markers
Testors Universal Bonding Primer
3 Terra Cotta Pots Of Different Sizes
Painter's tape
Kraft Paper
Lint-Free Cloth
Chalk or Chalk Marker
Gloves For Painting And Gardening
Potting Soil
Plants and Fairy Garden Pieces
Trowel
Stones

Instructions

Always work in a well-ventilated area, such as outside or in an open garage. Prime pots using Rust-Oleum’s Universal Bonding Primer to all 3 pots inside & outside. Let dry.
Add the painters tape and paper to prep all three pots for adding the fluorescent paints.
For the small pot, spray the Fluorescent Yellow Paint to the top area inside and outside of the pot. Let dry.
For the medium pot, spray the Fluorescent Pink Paint to the top area inside and outside of the pot. Let dry.
For the large pot, spray the Fluorescent Green Paint to the top area inside and outside of the pot. Let dry.
Take off the painters tape & paper from all three pots.
Add the painters tape and paper to prep all three pots for adding the chalkboard paint.
Add the Chalkboard paint to the lower area of all three pots. Let dry. Then remove the painter's tape and paper.
Using the White Enamel marker, paint a line where the fluorescent color and the chalkboard color meet on all three pots.
Prep the medium pot for chalk writing by using the side of a piece of chalk, rubbing it in the area where the wording will be written, and then rubbing the area with a lint free cloth.
Write "Fairies Welcome!" on the middle pot using a piece of chalk or a chalk marker.
Add a small amount of large stones to each pot for drainage.
Add potting soil to all three pots.
Stack each pot carefully so it is positioned toward the back of each pot below it.
Add your plants and Fairy items to the display and find a sunny spot in your home to enjoy your creation!

Contest Rules:

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whodian 4849581

Feb 24, 2020

would be wonderful to add a toad house, or frog pond, or a butterfly watering hole, or even a humming bird feeder , might have make it bigger need more animals too.

kimlennie 9336847

Feb 26, 2019

I was planning on making a fairy garden this year and never thought to do it tiered. This is an awesome idea.

Beanpotz

Mar 11, 2018

Just imagining all the things I could do with these!

Weberme

Mar 11, 2018

What a perfect fairy garden this is. Just what I was looking for. I want to pet small flowers and herbs in mine with a few succlents and faries, a house, steps and a few accessories. I guess I will have to make mine extra large and a great big one for outside in cornor for patio. Thanks for the inspiration.

Mistress of All Ev il

Mar 09, 2018

This is too cute. I've never seen a fairy garden this big. Would look great in the empty corner space in my home. Thanks!

Beanpotz

Mar 08, 2018

What fun to make and use!

jojohnson57 381913 2

Mar 06, 2018

This will be a great project for the children to make for our church garden! Am so exited!

tp720200 6592794

Mar 03, 2018

Hope I can find the fancy pots, I like them. I want to make this for sure for my patio.

doriswood1955

Mar 01, 2018

I am going to make this in the summer, whether I win or not. I have a fairy succulent garden outside, so it might not have faries. I'm going to make it anyway.

prpldy 0351417

Feb 28, 2018

I've got to make one of these. Looks like such fun. And who doesn't believe in faries.

craftylin

Feb 27, 2018

My granddaughter loves fairy gardens. Would love to plan herbs in it so we could use it year around.

injundunebunny333

Feb 24, 2018

I am going to repurpose my grandchildren's happy meal toys and we are all going to plant seeds together this spring. Thanx for the idea.

kimlennie 9336847

Feb 23, 2018

I love fairy gardens have yet to make one. I think though I'm going to try this it looks awesome but I would use gnomes instead.

Beth McC

Feb 19, 2018

I would have to research, not sure what plants to use. I adore anything with faeries so would have lots of faerie items!

karawaldner 306086 2

Feb 19, 2018

Very cute, I have my fairy garden in a big wicker basket I turned into a pot in my craft room,

carolynhoxton 4606 948

Feb 19, 2018

This is really pretty, I have wanted to make something like this, with chalk paint for a while, just haven't done it, thanks , looks like a fun thing to do.