Adorable DIY Mini Adirondack Chairs
These mini Adirondack chairs, made from popsicle sticks, are the perfect place for any beach-loving fairy to spend her summer day at the beach in!
Hey guys! A few months ago we shared how we made this adorable beachy mini garden terrarium for our air plants. By far and away it’s been the runaway hit of the summer here at Sustain My Craft Habit.
I promised that I would share the tutorial for how to make the mini Adirondack chairs with wooden craft sticks (e.g. Popsicle sticks). With the chaos of summer and all the kids at home, it’s taken me a little longer to put together than I thought. But here it is: our step-by-step tutorial to make the cute beach chairs for the mini-garden.
If you’ve been around here for a little while you’ll know that we are huge fans of the beach. We love making stuff with driftwood (such as our DIY driftwood mirror and painted driftwood wall art) and beach stones (we recently painted some rocks to look like sharks)! We’d love for you to poke around the blog for all kind of nature-inspired craft and DIY ideas.
Now, on to the mini chairs…
DIY Mini Adirondack Chairs
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Supplies Needed for the Mini Adirondack Chairs
- Wooden craft sticks* (e.g. popsicle sticks)
- Pruning/garden snips*
- Printable mini Adirondack chair Instruction guide
- Hot glue gun and clear craft glue
- Paint (we used DecoArt Satin Enamels in Seaside Blue* )
- Small paintbrush
Video Tutorial for the DIY Mini Adirondack Chairs
We’re happy to share this step-by-step video tutorial for how to make the mini Adirondack chairs. Be sure to refer to the printable Instruction Guide below as you work through the steps. We’d also love it if you’d subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more nature-inspired DIY, craft and home decor ideas!
Photo Tutorial for one Mini Beach Chair
- Using wood snippers, cut the popsicle sticks to size as per our Instruction Guide.
2. Glue together the back of the chair.
3. Assemble the seat of the chair.
4. Attach the seat to the back of the chair.
5. Attach the legs.
6. Attach the arms to the chair.
7. Once the glue is completely cooled and dried, paint you mini Adirondack chairs in a colour of your choice.
These little chairs are one of our favourite little DIYs on the blog. Not only is it perfect for our little beachy air plant mini garden, but the blue and yellow one together look adorable on our rustic DIY driftwood shelf. They might also make a fun addition to our beach-themed centerpiece idea. The hardest part is keeping them away from the kids who constantly want to play with them!
If you have any leftover popsicle sticks, consider making any one of these creative and inspiring popsicle stick crafts for adults! Who says popsicles are just for kids?!
Thank you so much for stopping by. Let us know if you have any questions in making the chairs and/or fairy garden.
We’d love to see a picture if you make one: be sure to tag us @sustainmycrafthabit on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook!
Next we need to figure out how to make the full-sized Adirondack chairs!
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Thank you for the exact directions for the mini chair. I tried to make one recently just looking at your pictures. What a mess I had, not knowing how long to cut the popsicle sticks. Thanks for posting. Will be remaking my chair ASAP! PS, I love the rest of my fairy garden.
That’s so great Debbie! Let us know if you have any questions in making the chair. We’re working on a little video tutorial which should be ready soon.
Thank you for your kind comment. -Jane
Thank you so much for the tutorial
Our pleasure Mary!
I can hardly wait to make one of these cute chairs and Fairy Beach Garden. Thank you I know my Grand daughters Ava, Max and Bella will take these for their LPS so Ill need to make lots.
These chairs are just the most adorable things! The whole terrarium is lovely – so evocative of all that’s great about summer!
What is it about miniatures that are so cute? We have several of the Muskoka chairs at the cottage: the beachy terrarium wouldn’t have been complete without one. 🙂
Is it poosible to use glue other than hot glue as i dont have that?
Hi Ruby. I think you could try but would need to give the glue a chance to dry in between the steps so that the chair stays together. Good luck!
Hi , I am making your Beachy fairy garden . I cut all my Popsicle sticks according to your size specifications. I need to know what sizes go where ?? Ie is the 2.75 for the arms legs back ????? Can you please be more specific as to what sizes go where and how many ??? Thank you !!
What are the dimensions of the glass bowl? How much sand did you use? Did you make the fence, sign, and life preserver? If so, directions and supplies.
Hi Kelly. You can find all the supplies needed to make the project here: https://sustainmycrafthabit.com/diy-mini-garden-air-plant-terrarium/ and instructions here: https://www.pastelsandmacarons.com/2017/06/10/diy-fairy-garden-beach-idea/ .
Let me know if you have any further questions. -Jane
LOVE these! I needed two chairs for a wedding cake I made, and these were the perfect size. Super cute, great instructions. Thank you!
Hi! These are adorable. I was thinking of painting the sticks post cutting and then building. I think that would work, right?
Thanks,,
Gayle
Hi Gayle. For sure! Then you could do touch ups if needed, but not likely.
Jane
This was so fun and easy to make with your directions! Do you have a fall themed mini set idea?
We don’t but we should! Thank you for the idea!
This looks like such a fun project, I’m kind of crazy about Adirondack chairs and I love to craft. I want to try a Christmas beach scene with your guid! Thanks!
Love this!!
You sound like our kind of gal 🙂 A Christmas beach scene sounds like so much fun, I mean, what’s better than Christmas and the beach?!
Could you tell me where you found the glass vase, can’t find it anywhere