I cut the bottoms of the yogurt containers off and hot glued them to the top for roofs. Once he heard we were making fairy houses for the garden, my son decided he wanted to join in the fun, but his house was going to be a beetle house. Then we pulled out the craft supplies, looking for odds and ends to decorate with. I found some large carry-out plates that I thought would be fun to put the fairy house in, that way the fairies could have their very own garden! My daughter found some other plastic containers to use for the actual fairy houses. We decided to check the recyclables box for materials for our fairy houses. And I knew we would soon be doing our own fairy craft and building a garden fairy house of our own. When I found this super cute Pinkalicious: Fairy House book at the library, I knew my daughter would love it. Compare and contrast the sizes of different houses.My daughter loves fairies. Math: Measure the dimensions of your fairy house. Technology: Research different types of dwellings for fairies.Īrt: Design a fairy from your leftover materials that can fit in the house. Science: What type of nature items do you need to build your house?

What else can you build for your fairy?.

What other types of dwellings/buildings might a fairy need?.

If you were a fairy how would you want your house to look like?.

Use the collected materials to build your house.ĭraw a picture of your fairy house to document your design. Go outside and collect nature items to build your fairy house.

Read the book, “Fairy Houses” by Tracy Kane.ĭiscuss what type of dwellings do fairies like? What would they not like? Collected Nature Items Sticks, Leaves, Small Rocks.Objective: Design and build a house for fairies from collected items in nature. STEAM Challenge: Can you build a house for fairies?

We love to include literacy in our challenges too! We have included what book inspired us but feel free to use your own favorite fairy house story.

Integrating STEAM-based play is an easy and innovative way to enrich your preschooler’s learning. STEAM is the combination of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Preschoolers naturally are inquisitive and ask a lot of questions just like a scientist, mathematician or artist. This post contains affiliate links, thank you for your support.

Building fairy houses craft class