Over the last few months, I have spotted an adorable idea on a couple of blogs...A fairy garden. I have always loved miniature things. Our dollhouse was one of the greatest childhood toys, because of all the teeny pieces of furniture and accessories that my sisters and I played with (It's still in my mom's basement waiting until the granddaughters are old enough to not break anything--Or maybe we just don't want to share it?! Hmmm...).
So, I read
this site and got a couple of ideas to make a fairy garden of our own. This is something even a boy would like to do. In fact, Jack was the one who asked to make one today. They each picked out a little house at Michaels and painted it to their liking.
Then we filled two planters with soil and planted a couple of flowers and plants in it. For my next one (and there WILL be more of these), I will take some tips from this
woman. I didn't see her site before I bought the material for ours. But they still turned out cute.
I like the little pink birds in the nest that Jack carefully placed in his "tree"
The yellow circles were our attempts at a pond. A more natural-colored pond would be a better choice next time. And I would buy real moss instead of Spanish moss. All of these things will be tweaked so that Jack and Alice's teachers (I can't believe she's going to school too!) receive perfect fairy gardens as gifts by the end of the year.
All-in-all, I am pleased with our first set!
1 comments:
this totally reminds me of the scene in Tinkerbell The Great Fairy Rescue in which T has asked to make one. I just didnt know where to begin! lovely idea that I may steal! love how they put their own spin on them, personalizing here n there. my girlie boys love all the Tinkerbell movies so this would be a nice treat for them. they are convinced the dust particles in a gleam of sunlight in the house are fairies visiting!
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