Gnome home

What do you do with an empty coffee can? Usually I use them to hold garbage but this particular can no longer had a lid. It was the perfect size for for a fairy house. Or, as I like to think of it, a gnome home.

First, turn the can upside down and cut a door and window holes.

Next, give your can a "natural" finish. I wanted mine to look like tree bark, so I pulled some corrugated cardboard apart. Glue the cardboard to the can, leaving voids for your windows and door. Add a roof made from lightweight cardboard and window crosspieces made from bamboo skewers.

Paint. Then add some decorations. I used artificial moss and pebbles. A few fairy house figures from the dollar store finish the scene.