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How to Make a Fairy Garden with a Pool

Learn how to make a fairy garden to add to your outdoor decor this summer. This fairy garden comes together in minutes and has a miniature pool that is so cute!
Author Angie Holden

What You Will Need

Instructions

  • Start with a broken pot or use a screw driver to break one. I started with a cracked pot and used tools to break off a large section as shown below.
    broken clay pot
  • Add that piece back to the pot and start filling with soil.
    putting broken piece in the pot with dirt
  • I added sticks up one side to help the dirt stay in the pot.
    adding wood pieces to fill in gaps from broken piece
  • On the opposite side, I made some steps using small wood rounds.
    adding wood slices as steps in a fairy garden
  • Then start filling your pot with your fairy garden. Add in colorful plants as well as miniatures. Here I added a door on a large piece of wood I had on hand.
    adding flowers and a fairy garden door
  • Add in a cute fence as well as a gnome. I thought my gnome needed someplace to swim, so I made him a swimming pool as well.
    adding a fence to a fairy garden

How to make a fairy garden swimming pool

  • Start by mixing the resin according to the package directions. Mix equal parts of each component in enough quantity to create a thick layer in the bottom of your mold. Then add a few drops of paint to the mixture and stir well before pouring. Pour into your mold.
    using resin to make a fairy garden pool
  • Watch carefully and remove any bubbles. Once the mixture has hardened slightly and has the consistency of gelatin you can add your float to the top. It will sink slightly but look just like a float in a pool.
    TIP: Leave a little bit of mixed resin in your mixing cup when pouring. You can easily check the consistency of this small amount without bothering your mold. Allow to cure overnight before trying to release from the mold.
    adding blue resin to a circle mold
  • Then just remove from the mold and this one is ready for your fairy garden!
    dropping in a miniature life preserver into blue resin
  • Add it by digging a hole and placing level with the dirt. Now you know how to make a fairy garden as well as a pool to go with it!
    unmolding fairy garden pool