Fall Fairy Garden House Tutorial-Polymer Clay Pumpkin

Did you know I used to have a series of polymer clay fairy garden accessory tutorials in a magazine?

Sadly, Polymer Café magazine is no longer in publication, but tuts for cute things such as a fairy garden house, mailbox, birdbath, swing and more are now available in my Etsy shop.

The popularity of these projects led me to make you a video tutorial of an adorable autumn fairy house in a pumpkin.

One of my favorite things about this autumn polymer clay project is that we build it on a glass jar, so a strand of fairy lights will light up the windows!

If you’re looking for a quick fall polymer clay project, I suggest you build your house on a jar that is about 1″ tall, like the one I demo in the video.

The autumn fairy house in the above two photos, that I created off-camera, was made on a 3″ tall, 2.5″ diameter jar and took a lot more time and loads more clay (like over 8 oz.!) This house is nearly 5″ tall and 4″ wide.

The smaller house uses less than 4 oz. clay, but still makes a pumpkin fairy dwelling nearly 3″ tall and 2.5″ wide.

Tools and Materials:

Glass jar to cover
Pumpkin colored polymer clay, I needed 8 ounces of clay to cover a 3” tall, 2.5” diameter jar
Green polymer clay for leaves
Dark and medium brown polymer clay for stems and window trim
Clay blade
Craft knife
Pasta machine
Acrylic roller
Wire brush scratching set (the tool I have is no longer being made, but this set seems like it would work well)
PanPastels
Cutters, for windows, such as
- Ateco oval cutter set
- Ateco round cutter set
Liquid clay
Burnishing tool, such as a cabinet knob
Leaf or leaf texture sheet
Golden high flow acrylic, Raw Umber
Spritz bottle of water
Acrylic paints in pale yellow, bright green, and metallic bronze
Dried moss
Dried flowers for nail art
E6000 glue
Toothpicks
Battery operated fairy lights