My best friend and I found plain wooden castles at Michael’s and decided to make fairy castles. I didn’t realize how many bottles of the 2 oz. glitter paint I would go through when painting the castle-I stopped counting when I used my 11th bottle. It took three coats of paint until I was satisfied with the coverage. I found some decorative wood strips, painted them Princess Purple, cut them to size, and put them around the castle. There are 12 windows so I decided to forgo putting in the velvet curtains that I had originally thought about making.
~Back view of the Castle of the Amethyst Jewels~
I added a drawbridge using an inexpensive necklace chain. It was my first drawbridge so it took a while to figure out how to get it to work. It raises and lowers by pulling the chain.
I wanted the inside of the castle to have an outdoor feel so I put patio carpeting to give the illusion of an atrium. Hmmm…I just realized there are no dishes on the table for the Royal family in the below picture. Good thing the castle’s kitchen staff will take care of that!
Hydra is guarding the castle, and she is a protective dragon as she watches over the Royal family. Her colors are so beautiful-purple and silver! Her two babies are being cared for by Livia, an amethyst fairy. Their green color will turn to purple as they get older.
Magnus the wizard is nearby and legends say that he can talk to dragons. Prince Patrick swears that he’s heard Hydra and Magnus ‘talking’ but he can’t understand what they’re saying because it’s a language from eons past.
Fairy Queen Rose has stopped by on this beautiful summer day. Hydra decided to photobomb the picture as I was taking it.
The sign on the door has discouraged many a peddler as they pass by the castle (if they haven’t looked up and seen Hydra staring at them).
I found the Royal family, wizard, fairy queen, fairy pony, and hydra at Micheal’s. They also can be found at safariltd.com:
- King Alfred
- Queen Sophia
- Princess Emily
- Prince Patrick
- Princess Juliet
- Rose the Fairy Queen
- Magnus theWizard
- Hydra
- Fairy Pony
Royal Pony (the name escapes me) on sale at Hobby Lobby, as well as the Jack Russel Terrier figurine.
The two baby dragons were a gift from my daughter. I think they’re so adorable!
The Amethyst Fairy-Gordman’s
Materials used:
- LOTS of Craftsmart Multi Surface Premium Glitter Acrylic Paint, Smashing Silver
- Craftsmart Multi Surface Premium Satin Acrylic Paint, Princess Purple
- A roll of lace for the windows. It was hard to find lace that fit the windows, but I did it!
- 8 Chairs with moss-like material. They were technically Christmas ornaments at a local K-Mart.
- The Royal family table was found at a thrift store.
- Golden Candelabra-Michael’s in the Miniature section
- I found some miniature frames at Michael’s and painted them teal and grey. I glued some decorative paper to the back of them.
- 1 – 12″x12″ board-Menard’s
- Outdoor patio carpeting-Costco-that I cut to size to fit the board.
- ‘Here be DRAGONS’- Hobby Lobby
- 2 decorative wood strips-Michael’s
- Necklace chain-Michael’s
- Jewelry Findings (castle door)-Hobby Lobby
My best friend and I both said ‘never again’ when we finished our fairy castles, but we had fun making them! And who knows …
Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Castle of the Amethyst Jewels!
Diane