How to Make a Fairy House out of Shoe Boxes

Fairy homes are a great way to give your fairies a place to live, whether they are real, make believe, or figurines. While you can always buy a fairy home from the store, a homemade fairy house is much more special and unique. All you need to get started is a shoe box, some scissors, glue, and a spark of creativity!

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1 Find a shoe box that you can use. The size, shape, and color of the shoe box do not matter. It would be best if the shoe box comes with a lid, but if it doesn’t, that’s okay. You will just need to use extra cardboard to make the roof and floors.
- Some shoe boxes have lids that are attached along 1 edge, like a flap. If this is the case for your box, cut the lid off first.
- Some craft and fabric stores sell “photo boxes” that are shaped like shoe boxes. These work great for fairy houses!
2 Measure the length, width, and depth of your box. You will need these measurements to create the roof, floor, and walls. Use a ruler to measure in the following areas, then write those measurements down:
- Length: the longest edge of the box.
- Width: the shortest edge of the box.
- Depth: the height of the box; it goes from the opening to the base.
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4 Cut the lid’s long wall off, but leave the side walls on. A shoe box lid is three-dimensional, just like the box itself; it has 2 short walls and 2 long walls. The strip that you cut should have 1 long wall and 2 short walls. Cut off the wall along the longest edge, but leave the 2 short walls on the sides.
- The 2 short walls will make little tabs that you can use to secure your roof to the top of the box.
5 Fold the strip in half widthwise to make a V-shape. It does not matter which side of the lid (inside or outside) is facing out. Make sure that you are folding the roof so that the narrow edges match up. Once you have folded and creased the strip, unfold it so that it forms a V-shape.
- This is now your roof.
6 Tape the roof to 1 of the narrow ends of the box. Stand the shoebox on 1 of its narrow ends. Stand the roof up on top of the box, then tape the side tabs…