How to make a miniature Fairy Garden

Why not try to make a miniature fairy garden, troll’s den or mini-garden!  This could be a fun weekend or school holiday activity to do with the kids.

We made a mini fairy garden just last weekend and it was sooooo much fun!  Here’s how to do it:

What you need:

• A tray, pot plant base/saucer, shallow baking tray or similar.
• Soil, rocks, twigs, flowers, fabric.  Use your imagination and search your garden for inspiration.
• Playdough or blue tac.

 What you do:

• Add the soil and get creating!  Decorate using the things you’ve collected from the garden.
• Use play dough or blue tac as a base for securing sticks and string to make a clothes line.
• Draw, colour and cut out clothing shapes and staple them to the line……or cut out pieces of clothing from magazines.

A mini gardens bring the outdoors inside and is a great activity to use as an extension to a storybook, movie or imaginary play.