Enchanting. Interesting projects to beautify a garden. Ranging from simple to more complex. A great gift for a gardening aficionado.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC.

I like the cute and rustic little fairy garden projects in this book. They would add fun and delight to any minute garden. The authors (who have made them for many years) show you how using materials and tools not difficult to obtain. I like the step-by-step pictorial instructions.

Maybe my one gripe is that the projects are not more colorful. But then I suppose after you have learned the techniques, you could use your own creativity to add more colors to your fairy garden accessories.

4 stars.

This was a cute book with all levels of craftiness. The instructions were detailed enough for a beginner and the supplies seemed reasonable. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

The fairy garden “how to” is full of diy with twigs, sticks, pebbles, Mod Podge, and hot glue. I certainly didn’t expect sophisticated planning in the book, but I thought there would be items with a little more grace…a little more faery, a little less Hobbit.

I haven’t tried to make any of these. They are cute, but I am not sure they can withstand the harsh weather conditions where I live. I may try a piece or two as a test. That way if they don’t survive, I don’t have a lot of time invested.

Well this is the most fun I’ve had “gardening” in a very long time. My daughter and i spent a long time planning the perfect fairy garden to try and outdo the book. It’s a work in progress but its nice to see her so excited about a crafty project.

This book had really cute pictures and a bunch of adorable ideas to create a well furnished, thriving fairy garden! I bought a few fairy doors at a craft show and was disappointed they didn’t hold up to the weather. I’m looking forward to replacing them with some handmade items from this book. I especially loved the staircase house. And, I definitely want to make a fairy bookshelf and swing.

Nice book for learning to create a faery garden. It has easy directions for building homes and accessories from inexpensive and free materials. The photos of projects look helpful and directions seemed simple enough for beginners. I liked the faery doors and lighting in the homes! Anyone interested in building their own little villages will enjoy this book.Might even make a nice gift for a parent and child interested in creating one.

I am so inspired!!! I’ve loved fairy-type magic ever since I was a kid, and always looked for a magic portal in the bushes at my house (😆). Now I have more tools and information to be able to make some magic in our garden for my own kids. This book has such unique ideas, helpful tips and tricks, and makes it seem way less daunting to create. Absolutely recommend!! 🧚🏻‍♀️

I'm so intrigued by this book! Fairy gardens have always looked like a lot of fun, but I couldn't justify the purchase of the little resin houses and figurines I keep seeing in stores. The authors show you how to DIY houses, doors, furnishings, and accessories and how to weather treat them for sheltered outside display. For someone who already has a stash of crafting supplies, it seems like it would be easy to branch out and experiment with fairy gardens.

I found this book JUST IN TIME for my fairy garden birthday party!!! I cannot wait to make some of the adorable diy fairy accessories for it!!!

This is a well done how-to book with a lot of cute projects. The photography was lovely and the tutorial items were easy to follow. Gave me a lot of good ideas for projects that I can't wait to try out!

I adore this book! Anna-Marie Fahmy has created a VERY user-friendly book with everything spelled out of her creations! She has thought of the most charming fairy garden accessories and not only that but a step-by-step guide on how to make them Andrew Fahmy has done a beautiful job of photographing the step-by-step down to a photo of all the supplies you will need for a creation.

This is a treasure of a gem for those creatives and will unleash many fun projects for perhaps families as a great project together or those who want to make as gifts to bring joy to others in the gift of an enchanting fairy garden.

Every item in this book I would like to make. That's rare but that is how fantastic this book is. Also, Anna-Marie has made us all feel like these creations aren't difficult projects to take on they are joyous fun projects with a reward at the end of the work.

I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher Fox Chapel Publishing for the opportunity to read and review How to Make Backyard Fairy Garden Accessories

4.4 ⭐️

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This book is the perfect overview for getting started with crafting your own DIY fairy garden. Something that is on my “to do” list for this spring, as I have the place already carved out for it.

🪚 This book starts with a list of recommended tools and materials to work with from the yard (yay!) and to purchase (like glues, moss sheets, lighting, pop cycle sticks).

🖌️ Then it covers a few techniques like wire wrapping, using moss, and making items weather resistant (that’s a biggie!).

🖼️ Followed with a gallery of 26 adorable ideas to spark inspiration for you own garden.

🚪 Finally, it goes into tutorials for making a few different types of doors, houses, furniture and accessories. All the basic essentials your fairies… ahem, I mean fairy garden will need.

🆒 There are a few ideas that are inspiring for utilizing limited or indoor space, like creating a little mobile fairy island on wood slab, or creating a gnome picture frame.

❌ What this book is not, is a resource to landscaping your fairy garden. That part is left up to your imagination (and the 🧚🏼‍♀️!). I also wasn’t a huge fan of the selection of houses shown in this book, but everyone has to start somewhere and will have different styles, so I respect that.

📌 I plan to try some of these this year, as I start on my fairy garden. I’ll post to my “I made it” shelf on GoodReads if you want to follow @sassylittlehippie for updates.

Thanks to NetGalley, Fox Chapel Publishing, and Tanya Anna-Marie & Andrew Fahmy Cobb for providing me with a complimentary ARC to review!

This book has some fantastic ideas for creating fairy displays. My mom has been very into this for a hobby and she got so many ideas from this. Great inspiration!!

3 tiny fairy stars

The authors encourage the creator to “Find inspiration in this book and other sources, but don’t limit yourself just by the photos you see. Follow our directions, but go off course to make each item your own. Go wild and explore.”

The authors cover materials, tools, and techniques. Projects range from doors to furniture to houses, ladders, and a wishing well. They give suggestions for weather-proofing the projects. The projects are cute, but not simple, involving staining, cutting and gluing. The secret staircase house has 20 steps, whereas the fairy lamp only has 9. It would have been very helpful to have the projects listed in order of difficulty.

as someone who was obsessed with anything fairies as a child this book was adorable, really healing the inner child with this one

This is a really well put together book. The images are very clear and the instructions are easy to understand and approachable. I liked the section of photo inspiration, it made me want to try the projects myself. The supplies are common enough that they'll be easy enough for most folks to get their hands on.

This was a good one to read in bleak and grey January. It gives you hope that we'll see green and growing things again.

This was a cute book with step by step directions for building fairy garden accessories. Some of my favorites are the mailbox, bookcase, and wishing well. I enjoyed looking at the photos of the finished projects to get ideas for my gardens.

Thank you to Netgalley and the authors for this ARC!
This was not what I expected, but I did enjoy perusing the gallery of designs. I was hoping this was more instructional and in depth than it was. Most of designs were from the same materials and only a few were from nature. Most, if not all, required you to purchase pre made materials. If you're a crafter and have supplies on hand, this could be the book for you!

I love making miniatures so this was definitely right up my alley. I will for sure be making some of these fairy accessories for my garden!