Fairy Garden

This is another great activity to use what is around you in the garden or to collect things when you next go on a walk. I have put some instructions on how I have created this, but this is especially fun as you can design yours however you like!

What you will need:

- a tray (a plate, plant pot will also work)

- moss/grass/leaves

- stones/pebbles/tree bark

- flowers to decorate

- tin foil

- blue food colouring (optional)

- 2 skewers or sticks 

- string

- scissors

- glue stick

- coloured paper (or plain paper if you want to design your own bunting)

1. Before we can begin making the garden, firstly you will need to collect together the items you are going to put in your tray. Once you have done this, start filling out the base of the tray. I filled half of it with moss, a quarter of it with stones and another quarter with my pond and grass.

2. If you would like to make a pond, leave a space for this in the garden when filling up the base of the tray. To make the pond, I used tin foil and moulded the shape of a pond by wrapping the tin foil around a dish. Make sure to add a few layers of foil so that the water does not leak! 

3. Place your pond in the garden and fill the base of the pond with stones to weigh it down and then some water. I added some food colouring to the water to make it stand out better!

4. Now you can start to add the more decorative details like the path and the bunting. To make the path, I put 4 pieces of bark onto 2 straws to create a bridge. To make a path, pebbles, stones or bark work especially well. 

5. To make the bunting, cut two skewers or sticks the same size.* Now tie string at the top of each end of the skewer/stick. To make the flags, draw triangles back to back on some paper (see image 6). Cut these out,* glue the back and attach to the string by folding each side over the string and sticking together.

6. Finally, place the bunting into your tray and add the final details to your garden. These can be flowers to decorate it with and also some fish for the pond. (Use some more of your coloured card to make the fish).

And there you have it, the perfect garden for the fairies to come and visit and play! 

Extra suggestion:

- If you are feeling even more creative, have a go at making this swing to go in the garden!

- You can make this with a lego tyre, some string, some skewers, or lollipop sticks and some blue tack.

-Create a frame by making two triangles with the skewers, place another skewer across them and blue tack them together. Now tie on the tyre with some string, and there you have it, the perfect fairy swing!

*  =   Parental supervision/help might be needed for this task!