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How to Make a Festive Christmas Fairy Garden

By Melissa Lennig on December 13, 2017 3 Comments. This content contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Inside: Learn how to make a DIY Christmas Fairy Garden with plants, accessories, and pine sprigs in a teacup. It’s a fun homemade gift idea to make with kids. 

Teacup gardens are perfect for bringing greenery, warmth, and whimsy to small spaces. My kids look forward to helping me decorate our teacup garden with each changing season or occasion.

In this post, learn how to make a low-cost Christmas Teacup Garden, guaranteed to bring holiday cheer to all who see it!

Related: Ribbon Christmas Tree Ornament

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How to Make a Christmas Teacup Garden

How to Make a Festive Christmas Fairy Garden

Our festive red and green Christmas Teacup Garden boasts irresistible texture, sweet Christmas miniatures, and fresh pine and winterberry sprigs. It smells like Christmas!

Little teacup gardens are fun and easy to make with kids and are a creative gift for teachers, neighbors, or the hostess of a Christmas party.

Related: Rustic Wooden Sled Ornament

How to Make a Christmas Teacup Garden

To Make This Teacup Fairy Garden You Will Need

  • 1 Teacup and saucer
  • Christmas miniatures
  • Silver bells
  • Potting soil
  • Garden pruners
  • Assorted pine boughs
  • Winterberry branches
  • Pine cones
  • Hairspray (optional)
  • White glitter (optional)

Christmas Teacup Garden In-Process

Christmas Teacup Garden Directions

1. Begin by bundling up and heading outside with a bag and your garden pruners. (Be careful and keep them locked when not in use—garden pruners are sharp!) Gather a variety of evergreen boughs, pine cones, and winterberry branches.

2. Next, fill the teacup with damp potting soil.

3. Cut the pine boughs and winterberry to size, then gently press them into the soil.

How to Make a Christmas Teacup Garden

4. If desired, spray your pine and winterberry sprigs with hairspray, then sprinkle with glitter.

Glitter has become a rather controversial craft supply, so this step is absolutely optional. The teacup garden is beautiful with or without it!

Christmas Teacup Garden In-Process

5. Press Christmas miniatures around the teacup to create a festive holiday scene.

Santa Mini Figure for Christmas Teacup Garden

We love to use miniatures that have a small metal stake. Look for them around the floral section of your local craft store. If the stake is too long, snip it with wire cutters. We also decorated our teacup garden with small spruce pine cones and silver jingle bells.

Tip: If you shop close to Christmas, you can often find miniatures for 70% off! I purchased all of my miniatures from JOANN Fabrics and Crafts.

A Tiny Jingle Bell in a Christmas Teacup Garden

This sweet Christmas fairy is my favorite!

Christmas Fairy in DIY Teacup Garden

And what is Christmas without a nutcracker?

Resin Nutcracker in Christmas Teacup Garden

6. To care for your teacup garden, simply keep the soil moist. The evergreen and winterberry sprigs will stay fresh throughout the holiday season!

How to Make an Adorable Christmas Teacup Garden

Isn’t it charming? Merry Christmas!

Video Tutorial: Christmas Teacup Garden

Watch the video below to be guided through each step of this craft. You can view more easy kids craft tutorials on our Facebook Page, Teachers Pay Teachers Page, or right here on our website.

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How to Make a Festive Christmas Teacup Garden

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Filed Under: Christmas, Nature Crafts Tagged With: fairy garden, teacup garden

About Melissa Lennig

Melissa is a mom of two boys and a former Elementary School Counselor. She shares easy crafts, activities, recipes, and parenting tips on her blog, Fireflies and Mud Pies. Follow her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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  1. Malini says

    December 18, 2017 at 6:58 pm

    Omg this is so cute. I have a couple teacups on my kitchen window ledge, full of succulents, and this will look so festive with them.

    Love the hairspray + glitter idea, too!

    Reply
  2. Lindsay Goodman says

    December 19, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    Well isn’t this just the cutest thing ever! And such beautiful pictures!

    Reply
  3. Dyana says

    December 20, 2017 at 4:40 pm

    I can’t believe how cute these are… I love teacup fairy garden crafts so much and this is a perfect fit for a holiday season!

    Merry Christmas to you and your family!!

    Reply

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