Your Faerie Projects

The Museum will be closed Sunday, April 9 in observance of Easter.

Virtual Faerie Village is generously supported by Art Bridges, the ForGood Fund at the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, and the Joffray Family.

Create your own Faerie House, Faerie Garden, Faerie or Spooky Pumpkin

Contest Entries

David Brubaker

Neighborhood spirits say that you are receiving photos for Wee Faerie Village.
When I was thinking of a theme for this year’s faerie village, my thoughts kept going back to “HOME”. This year nothing has been more important than the shelter of our home, food on the table, love of our family, and helping hands of our teachers, friends and neighbors. In the past when I would think of Halloween, I would associate the holiday with Trick or treating, costumes and sorting a huge bag full of candy but now it’s simply “gratitude” for everything around me. I want to tie the idea of a cozy home, with the gratitude I feel in my heart into this magical faerie fall cottage (The cottages, table, chairs and rocking swing we’re made with thin popsicle sticks. The sailboat was made with a slab of wood and popsicle sticks).

I listed a few the things I’m most grateful for – Family, Grandparents, Friends, Nurses, Doctors, Teachers, Coaches, Food, Clean Air we breath and the Sun in our beautiful sky. Even though the fairy world is many worlds away from us, I think we could all relate to the feeling of gratitude for the things that we cannot live without and cherish the most. I know the shelter will provide a cozy home for faerie and her family to enjoy a simple life here in New England. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did creating it.

My family and I have been going to the wee faerie village for many years and I’m so happy that we were able to participate in our tradition in this new way. David D., 9 years old
Faerie House by Ali, age 4
Pumpkin by Ali, age 4
Faerie Garden by Ali, age 4
This is my “House of Rock” faerie house. My family and I made it together. We built it in the trunk of a 200 year old mulberry tree that came down in a storm.

It’s a house where faeries and pet rocks can live together. At the bottom left corner, there is a small pond (with a pebble frog) and a rock sitting behind it. There’s a tiny clothes line, a swing for birds, a ladder, miniature salads for the rocks and faeries, and a stone path leading up to the stairs.

This was really fun to make! Oola, age 9
Cali made each of these faeries on her own and designed and created her pumpkin after the book “Trixie the Halloween Fairy”
Ann Brubaker
Left pumpkin: Sarah Rae, age 7

Right Pumpkin: Robert J,. age 4
I don’t have a little fairy, but thought this came out pretty good! — Jan
Cannibal Lantern by Kathleen C.
My name is Winter and I am 7 years old. I attend Lyme Consolidated school and I’ve been visiting your fairy village since I was a baby! I love the fairy village because fairies are my FAVORITE! I have many fairy houses in my room. When I was younger my Grandad or Mommy would build them with me. I built two with Mrs. Newman and Mrs. Bocian the best teachers ever! I collect things to build my fairy houses with and LOVE making crafts.

This fairy house was made from a recycled dishwasher tablet container and an old wooden crate. I painted the crate green and I created this little fairy house with a key to open the door and a jump rope because this house is for a fairy that likes to stay healthy and wants to get her exercise.

We have a fairy at our house that writes me letters sometimes, her name is Sophia. If I win I would build Sophia the BEST fairy house ever with the prize.
(photo 1) This multi-dwelling faerie garden was designed and constructed by
(photo 2) Caitlin age 12, Eve age 9, Brynn age 9 and Sophia age 9 of Branford, CT
(photo 3) The girls thoroughly enjoyed this challenge!!
Faerie Pumpkin by Susan J.
Faerie Garden by Ardeth N.
Faerie Garden by Kelly H.
Scary Jack O’ Lanterns were carved by Will (age 10) and his twin brothers Miles and Peter (age 8).
Scary Jack O’ Lanterns were carved by Will (age 10) and his twin brothers Miles and Peter (age 8).