There is provided a method that allows fabrication, through a simple process, of a good quality semiconductor light emitting device having a semiconductor light emitting element surrounded and thus covered with a fluorescent layer formed of resin uniform in thickness. At least two semiconductor light emitting elements are bonded to a substrate with a predetermined interval. Subsequently a first resin serving as a fluorescent layer is molded across the entire surface of the substrate substantially parallel to the top surface of the semiconductor light emitting element to cover the semiconductor light emitting element. After the first resin is cured, the first resin is at least partially diced.