Fairy House & Garden Tours - May 28 & 29, 2022

Thank you to our pARTners:
CAAL & the Lexington Council for the Arts!

• Pick up a scavenger hunt  at Cary Library or the Visitors' Center.  See how many little fairies you can find around town - results posted 5/29
• If you would like to get your fairy house onto the tour map below, email [email protected] by Friday, May 27 @ 6pm

Follow the directions below to see where the fairy houses have popped up around town! 
(map in draft mode until Saturday morning 7am)

1. Click on the larger map below - upper right corner frame icon (spot is shown with red arrow)
2. On the full map that you are directed to, select the All Items down arrow to view all of the fairy homes in a list (illustrated with red arrow)
3. Click on one of the purple flower icons to get a description and a photo of the fairy house and its location
4. Print this map to get an overview, or take it on your phone for a walking tour

WHIMSICAL INSPIRATION:
Read Ashely Rooney's article:  How to Build a Fairy House

• Fairy Houses from common things
• Fashion a Fairy House (such cute little doors!)
• ​Simple to complex Fairy House examples
• Portsmouth Fairy House Tour
• Ideas for materials
• Flowers, bark, and stones!
• Examples from the VT Nature Museum's Fairy House Festival
• More examples from the Fairy House Festival
• Upcycled Ewok "Fairy" House
• Fairy Houses in Auckland
• Fairy House How-To from Tower Hill Botanical Gardens
• Toad Home from a plastic bottle and stones
• Adirondack Faerie Lodge
• Fashion a Fairy House
• Fairy houses in the woods
• Pinterest collection (search for more)
• Leave Your Wings At the Door - New York Times
• Making Fairy Houses from Materials in Your Yard
• Artist's Creations in the Vermont Woods

VIDEOS:

• How to build a Fairy House with cardboard base
• ​How to build a Fairy House with twigs and hot glue

Fairy artwork courtesy of Pat Carney, fairy houses created by Jessica Marro