How to Make a Cute Pumpkin Fairy House (2 Ways)
Looking for a fun and unique way to decorate your fall pumpkins? Make a pumpkin fairy house! Our step-by-step instructions show you how to make a fairy house with both real pumpkins and carveable craft pumpkins.
Servings 1 fairy house
Calories
Ingredients
- 2 wooden dollhouse windows, 2.5x2.5-inches
- Board for displaying pumpkin scene
- Fairy lights or flameless tea light candles
- Wood touch-up markers, optional (if you want to add some color to your wood dollhouse windows)
- Acrylic paint, markers, or wooden elf doors
- Your favorite miniatures for the scene (mini hay bales, mini brooms, bottle brush trees, etc.)
If using a real pumpkin:
- 1 8-12 inch pumpkin
- Pumpkin carving knife set with scoop
If using a craft pumpkin:
- 1 8-12 inch carvable craft pumpkin (make sure it's the dense foam kind meant for carving)
- 1 X-acto knife
Instructions
Real pumpkin fairy house:
- Wash the pumpkin first and then cut the top around the stem.
- Remove the top of the pumpkin and scrape out the insides, discarding or separating and roasting the seeds if you want.
- Trace around the wooden dollhouse window onto the pumpkin.
- Cut out the window hole and remove it.
- Make sure your window fits properly before moving on to the next window and the door. If needed, you can shave off additional pumpkin around the window to make sure it fits properly and snugly.
- Repeat the same process for the second window.
- For the door, there are several options: 1) cut the door out, 2) paint on a door, or 3) carve out a space for a wooden elf or fairy door. I did a combo of the first 2, I cut out 3 sides of a door and then "painted" it with wood marker and added accents with gold paint marker.
- Put the windows into the pumpkin, and you're ready to decorate how you'd like!
With a carveable craft pumpkin:
- Decide where you'd like to put the windows and doors on your pumpkin.
- Place the wooden dollhouse window where you'd like it on the pumpkin and trace around it in pencil.
- Using care, cut the windows out with the X-acto knife (they are very sharp so be careful with the cutting). The pumpkin I had was about 1/2-inch thick so your knife will need to be slightly longer than that.
- If you're using a wooden elf door, follow the same steps to trace and cut out the door. Or you can paint it like I did with brown marker and gold paint pen.
- Cut out a hole in the bottom for your light of choice (make sure it fits the light you choose).
- Once you're done carving the windows and door, put the windows in place and decorate your pumpkin and scene with fairy accessories and miniatures.
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