The Ultimate Fairy House Garden Birthday Party!

For Iris’ eighth birthday party this year, she decided to go with a Fairy Garden Party theme. The inspiration came from one of our local bike trails where there’s a little fairy scene that people keep adding to (including Iris). It’s a pretty cute idea so we decided to do the same thing for her party and make fairy houses. Now that Iris and her friends are a bit older, I’ve found that having a dedicated activity is helpful in keeping the kids occupied.

We scoured craft stores, Amazon, and our very own backyard for fairy house making supplies. One of the hardest parts about this party was knowing how much stuff we would need to make and decorate the houses, but I was able to find things like faux flowers, feathers, rocks, bags of fake moss, and glass jewels for pretty cheap. I also grabbed a bunch of plastic dishes from the dollar store so that everything had its own compartment. I got a lot of messages about this party on Instagram, so I went ahead and did a round-up of the party details below!

Fairy House Supplies
– Dirt (I used a fresh bag so that it was a little damp, allowing the props to stand up easily)
– Plastic plant saucers (we filled these up prior to the party)
– Small wooden houses
– Tiny fences
– Butterflies
– Toadstools
– Faux leaves
– Sharpies for coloring & labeling the fairy houses
– Glue Dots to keep the fairy house details in place
– And of course, fairies!

Party Favors
For the party favors the kids got to bring home their fairy house, but we also gave these cute fairy wands with a “Thank You Fairy Much” tag I downloaded from Etsy. We also had fairy wings for guests which I found at the dollar store (it’s helpful that Iris’ birthday is right before Halloween).

Party Decorations & Food
For the decorations, I grabbed some garlands and backdrop fringe at Target. I paired both of those with this cute fairy banner from Amazon. For the pinata, I had to look to eBay to find the toadstool.

For food, I opted for a simple cake and bought a custom fairy topper on Etsy. I also picked up some basic cupcakes from Walmart and added my own toppings. Glitter sprinkles on the white icing and white circles on the red icing to give a toadstool look. I also decided to order a grazing board from The Blonde Kitchen here in NW Arkansas. How cute are the toadstool Babybel cheeses?! The entire board was a hit and almost every bite was eaten. I also ordered custom cookies from our favorite Doss Haus Cookie Co. Aren’t they adorable? Of course, every one of these was eaten too. And I just couldn’t resist these toadstool paper plates to put it all on!