Fairy Garden Chest is a monthly subscription box that sends you fairies, decorations for fairy dwellings and gardens, and fairy and gnome houses. Fairy Gardens have been gaining popularity in the past few years, but have history dating back to the 1890s. Regardless if this is a new obsession or a hobby that has been shared across generations, this subscription box just might add a bit of magical whimsy to your mail.
Fairy Garden Chest offers several single-item and box size subscriptions options.
This review is of the Medium Box, which is $27.95 a month plus shipping.
This box was sent to us at no cost for review. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes.)
About Fairy Garden Chest
The Subscription Box: Fairy Garden Chest
The Cost: $27.95 a month + shipping
ACTIVE DEAL: Save 10% off your first box!
CODE: YAYMSA
The Products: The Medium Box will have at least 3 items that are a variety of both small and larger items, such as fairies, decorative benches, light posts, walkways, or even small houses.
Ships to: US ($8.32 shipping to PA) and Worldwide (shipping costs vary)
Good to Know: There are 2 other levels of subscriptions: The Single Item Subscription ($7.95 per month) contains a single decorative item for your fairy garden while the Small Box ($16.95 per month) contains at least 3 small decorative items for your fairy garden. You can prepay for 3, 6, or 12-month subscriptions – but note that the price per box is not discounted for the longer subscription durations. Another fun note is that you can subscribe to the small and medium boxes both and receive completely different items every month – the boxes will not contain duplicates.
Fairy Garden Chest July 2018 Review
This month’s box included 6 total items – 1 large focal house and 5 smaller seasonal items:
On the top of the opened box, there was an insert that simply said that this was the fairy garden chest. The card is blank on the back, and no packing slip was enclosed.
Miniature LED Tiki Hut (Item #55877) - Retail Value $29.99 (found here for $14.99)
I am so excited to add another house to my collection! There’s a popular bar in my neck of the woods with a Tiki Theme – and now, my fairies can experience the same. This resin house measures 7” L x 4.5” W x 6.3” H and requires 3 AAA batteries (not included) to light up!
There are adorable touches – like a "welcome" sign hanging over the door, straw roof & open windows, a wooden deck for your fairies to enjoy, and even a few swimsuits hanging and a beach bag sitting by the door!
Surf Board by Touch of Nature
This free-standing, resin surfboard features a blue zig-zag stripped pattern is around 2” H and 0.5” wide. There’s a tiny shell sitting next to the base – perfect to sit right in front of my new tiki hut!
Set of Chairs by Touch of Nature
These chairs have a rusted, faux beachwear look to them and are made of metal. Each one is about 2" H x 1.5" W x 3" D.
Buoy Decoration by Touch of Nature
This buoy is wearing a sun hat and stands at around 3" H x 2.5” W x 1.5” D. This piece feels sturdy and is made out of resin, with weatherproof paint. Scale-wise, it's probably too big to be used to rescue a fairy, but might make a good marker to the “beach town” where the tiki hut will live.
Beach Towel (or Rug?) by Touch of Nature
I believe this item to be a beach towel, but it could also work as an area rug in a tiny fairy house. It's pink and white striped, and measures around 2" L x 1 “ W and is relatively flat to the ground at about ¼” thick.
And here’s this month’s bounty all together!
And here are the new additions, with some of my old ones. I think the thing that I'm struggling with now is the merchandising aspect – how to make it seem like one cohesive theme. As you can see, my collection still remains in my backyard under some pine trees – definitely more of a “forest” scene than a beach scene!
I'm going to continue to think through the best approach to make it look pretty, and not like a random collection. Part of the struggle is getting the seasonal items – and making them work together. I kind of wish I had more staple pieces, and more fairies! In fact, I wouldn’t mind getting a whole box of fairies some time!
If you’ve been reading my Fairy Garden Chest reviews for this box since the beginning, you know that my son loves to play with my fairy garden! Here’s a photo of him helping me get our new pieces situated – and that’s Fred, our corgi supervising!
The Verdict: This remains one of my favorite subscriptions to get - because it is just so different from the others. I liked the selection of products, although I would have liked to add another fairy to my collection! If this was your first box, you might have been disappointed to get these items and no fairy to enjoy them! I personally feel they should include a fairy every month, but others may not agree.
I do think that the value in this box is both in the products, but also in the novelty of such a fun hobby to have delivered at your door monthly.
The Wrap Up:
Can you still get this box if you sign up today? Their billing cycle renews on the 15th of the month and the boxes ship after that. If you sign up today, I believe that your first box will most likely be the September box.
Coupon - Use code YAYMSA to save 10% off your first box!
Value Breakdown: This box costs $27.95 + $8.32 shipping, which means that each of the 6 items in the box has an average cost of $6.05. When comparing these pieces to other small fairy items, that seems like a fair price – and I know that the Tiki Hut alone is at least 2-3 times that much retail.
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What do you think of this month’s Fairy Garden Chest? Have I encouraged you to give this new hobby of mine a go?
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