Looking for something fun, easy, and magical for the kids to do this summer? Let’s Make a DIY Fairy Door! They can hide them all around the neighborhood or the park on trees! This post contains affiliate links.

Close up image of the purple diy fairy door on a white shiplap background with green moss underneath the door and rocks to the left.

Did you know fairies can live inside of trees? But, they need your help. If you can make them a magical fairy door and put it on a tree, they can find it and when they open the door, they have a cozy little place to live!

This is an easy craft that takes simple supplies from the dollar store to create popsicle stick Fairy Doors with the kiddos in just 30 minutes.

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What do you need to make a DIY Fairy Door?

Supplies needed to make a diy fairy door

Craft sticks usually come in sets of 100 or 200. It takes about 6 jumbo sticks to make a door, so you’ll have enough to approximately make 16 doors from a package of 100.

How do you make a DIY Fairy Door?

For this craft, I used a glue gun. However, if you are making this with younger kids, I would suggest trying craft glue to avoid anyone getting burned by the glue gun. The downside is you’ll need to wait for it to dry.

To create the purple fairy door, line up six jumbo craft sticks in a graduated pattern. Attach the jumbo craft sticks together by gluing two regular crafts sticks horizontally at the top and bottom.

You can also skip the painting process if you buy craft sticks and jumbo craft sticks in a rainbow of colors.

Gluing the craft sticks together to make the DIY Fairy Door

To create the blue fairy door, line up six jumbo craft sticks in a rectangular pattern. Using a glue gun and glue sticks, attach three regular craft sticks in a “Z” pattern.

Paint the first fairy door with purple acrylic craft paint. Paint the second fairy door with blue acrylic craft paint. Set aside to dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.

Once dry, apply a topcoat of iridescent glitter acrylic craft paint to both fairy doors. Set aside to dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.

As an alternative, use liquid craft glue and loose glitter or glitter glue, instead of the glitter acrylic paint.

After the glitter paint has dried, attach a button doorknob to each fairy door with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Adding a button for the doorknob for each DIY Fairy Door

Take a nature walk and place the Fairy Doors at the bases of trees to give the fairies a cozy place to live.

The finished glittered up DIY Fairy Doors

This is the perfect craft for a walk through the woods!

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