You can make your own fairy city! Kids of all ages will love making this magical fairy city. It’s cute, pretty, creative, and promotes pretend play. Plus, this fairy city is a budget-friendly craft that uses up a lot of items you may already have at home! You can make this fairy city at home or in the classroom. Either way, your little one is sure to have a great time crafting!

Fairy City made from toilet paper tolls, markers, flowers, and cupcake liners against a dark background with a branch and kids activities blog logo

This magical fairy city is one of our favorite toilet paper roll crafts. Add a few cupcake liners away to create this beautiful activity!

After you learn how to make a fairy city, have the kids gather up their tiny little toys and dive into some make believe fun! Or, take the “city” outdoors and snuggle it next to a tree or a mossy nook in the grass.

Imaginary play is the name of the game with this craft, and the possibilities for storytelling are endless. 

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Video: How to Make a Fairy City

Supplies Needed To Make A Super Cute and Magical Fairy City

Here’s what you need to make a Fairy City:

How to Make a Fairy City

Step 1

Set out a handful of toilet paper rolls and cut some of them to varying sizes. The idea here is that you want to create buildings of different heights.

Step 1- Fairy City- Cut the toilet paper rolls so they are varying sizes.
Cut the toilet paper rolls so they are varying sizes.

Step 2

Using school glue, glue cupcake liners to the top of the toilet paper rolls! These will be the adorable little fairy building roofs! Take the school glue and run it around the rim of the paper roll then press the cupcake liner on top.

Step 2- Fairy City- Glue your cupcake liners to the top of the toilet paper rolls.
Glue your cupcake liners to the top of the toilet paper rolls.

Step 3

Use your marker to doodle doors and windows onto your buildings. You can use any color you wish, but we just stuck to black to give our cityscape more of a graphic look.

Step 3- Fairy City- Use your marker to draw details like windows and doors.
Use your marker to draw details like windows and doors.

Step 4

Gather moss and flowers, twigs and branches from outside and use those elements from nature to make your fairy city really come alive! Leave your Fairy City indoors or take it outside for imaginary play or storytelling fun!

Step 4- Fairy city- Gather moss, flowers, twigs, and branches outside to decorate your fairy city and make it come to life.
Gather moss, flowers, twigs, and branches outside to decorate your fairy city and make it come to life.

How to Make a Fairy City

How to Make a Fairy City

Make your own magical fairy city using items you already have around the house and outside. This budget-friendly fairy craft is great for younger kids and older kids.

Materials

  • toilet paper rolls
  • scissors
  • a marker
  • school glue (such as Elmer’s All Purpose or something similar)
  • cupcake liners
  • moss, flowers, twigs and leaves (optional)

Instructions

  1. Set out a handful of toilet paper rolls and cut some of them to varying sizes.
  2. Using school glue, glue cupcake liners to the top of the toilet paper rolls! 
  3. Take the school glue and run it around the rim of the paper roll then press the cupcake liner on top.
  4. Use your marker to doodle doors and windows onto your buildings.
  5. Gather moss and flowers, twigs and branches from outside and use those elements from nature to make your fairy city really come alive!
  6. Leave your Fairy City indoors or take it outside for imaginary play or storytelling fun!

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How did your fairy city turn out? What did you add to it to make it magical?



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