How to Make a DIY Fairy Doll (with Step-by-Step Tutorial + Kit Options!)

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Looking for a magical, screen-free craft that kids will love? This DIY Fairy Doll is the perfect activity for creative kids (and adults!) who love imaginative play and hands-on fun. Whether you’re making your own forest fairy from scratch or looking for an easy all-in-one kit, I’ve got you covered with a full tutorial and multiple ways to get started.

Want to skip the craft store and get everything in one place? You can grab my handmade Fairy Doll Kits from my Etsy shop, PrintUnicorn, with everything you need already sorted by color!

Rainbow Deluxe Fairy Kit (includes 3 butterflies, multicolored flowers, and more!)
Color-Themed Fairy Kits (Pick your favorite: Pink, Blue, Green, Yellow, Red, Purple, or Orange!)
Winter-Themed Fairy Kits (Icy colors, perfect for a snowy day)
Christmas-Themed Fairy Kits (Red, Green and White this fairy makes a perfect custom ornament or friend!)

DIY Fairy Doll Supplies

Blue DIY Fairy Kit with matching blue materials and components for creating a custom fairy doll — Blue Fairy Kit

Yellow DIY Fairy Craft Kit with golden hair, floral skirt, yellow wings, and wooden bead components — Yellow Fairy Kit

Red DIY Fairy Doll Craft Kit with matching red yarn hair, flower petals, beads, and butterfly wings — Red Fairy Kit

Purple Fairy DIY Craft Kit with soft purple yarn, petals, pipe cleaners, and wings — Purple Fairy Kit

Pink Fairy Craft Kit with soft pink yarn, floral skirt pieces, pastel butterfly wings, and wood beads — Pink Fairy Kit

Orange-themed DIY Fairy Kit featuring vibrant orange accessories, yarn, wings, and beads — Orange Fairy Kit

Green Fairy Craft Kit featuring green yarn hair, floral details, leaf wings, and wood bead doll parts — Green Fairy Kit

Want to pick your own materials or make multiple dolls? Below are the supplies you’ll need on Amazon:

Yarn (For Hair)
Fabric Flowers and/or leaves (Various Sizes and Styles for skirt and two small ones for dress sleeves)
1 Set of Fairy Wings
2 pipe cleaners (Skin colored might work best?)
Face/Head Bead (I used ones sized at 0.787″ (2 cm) diameter)
6MM beads (1 Needed)
8MM beads (8 Needed)
10MM beads (2 Needed – I colored mine, they are used for the dress part of the upper body)
Spaghetti/Long Oval Beads (4 Needed)
1 Sticky Tab (to attach For wings)
Scissors
String (if you want to make it into an ornament)

Order a Fairy Doll Kit here →

Step-by-Step Instructions to Make a Fairy Bead Doll

Step 1:

Pick your yarn hair color (or mix together a few). Take your chosen yarn color and wrap it around an index card or your fingers so the strands are about 3 inches long/or 6 inches when one side is cut. Wrapped it about 13 times (if you do too much more or if it’s too thick, it won’t fit into the bead head well). If you want a string to hang your fairy, add a hanging string to the yarn hair now. Then take a pipe cleaner and fold it in half to find the middle. Wrap the pipe cleaner securely around one end of the yarn (and hanging string) as close to the middle of your pipe cleaner as you can, then twist to secure it around the yarn hair. Take a pair of scissors and cut the yarn on the opposite side.

Step 2:

Take your yarn pipe cleaner and the bead with the face. Thread both ends of your pipe cleaners through the top of the doll’s head and pull the ends as tightly as you can out the bottom.

Step 3:

Get the smallest wood bead (6mm) and put both ends of the pipe cleaner through it to make the doll’s neck.

Step 4:

Take the second pipe cleaner and fold it in half. Then separate the two ends of the pipe cleaner under the doll’s neck and put the middle of the new pipe cleaner between them, then wrap the neck pipe cleaner/fairy arms to hold the leg pipe cleaner in place.

Step 5:

Take the two 10mm/colored beads and put both ends of the new/longer pipe cleaner through them and push them up until they are right under the neck.

Step 6:

If you have them, take a tiny flower and put it on the arm pipe cleaners, then add four of the 8mm beads to create the arm. Fold the extra bit of pipe cleaner near the hand part around the last bead to hold it in place and trim off any extra. (Repeat those steps with the second arm.)

Step 7:

Take your larger flower petals and leaves and arrange them as you like. Starting with the smaller blooms, slide both ends of the leg pipe cleaner through them, and push the petals up until they are right under the stomach beads. Keep adding until you’ve placed all of your flower petals.

Step 8:

Separate the leg pipe cleaners and add two of the long beads to each leg, then bend the remaining bit of pipe cleaner into a circle/foot shape. Trim off any extra pipe cleaner.

Step 9:

Take the fairy/butterfly wings and bend them so they stick up/out and make a 3D shape. Cut the antenna off of the largest pair if you like. Then put glue or a sticky tab and stick the wings to the top white bead on the fairy’s back.