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This project is a truly unique kids party activity, combining fun, fantasy and learning. Children love getting their hands dirty and learning how things grow. They also love the idea of a magical place for a garden fairy to live.

A miniature garden has little space and can rest on a table. Maintenance requires only a light mist occasionally and look for the fairies to come to the call. Just kidding about that the last part, but you never know ...

Start by collecting various containers such as woven baskets, large shallow bowls or dishes bowl clay (as a source for birds), or even discarded bureau drawers. Check yard sales for innovative ideas and low cost materials.

Next, supply of potting soil and a selection of small plants arrive in a foot when fully grown. Dwarf zinnias, chrysanthemums, violets, ivy, tears Baby and sprigs of vinca are all good choices. There are many types of mosses that will work too well, fitting into corners and small areas easily to add texture and interest. A variety of low-growing herbs such as thyme and rosemary to scent the mixture well.

Start by lining your garden container resistant plastic, fill to one inch from the top with potting soil then kids are ready for the landscape at the top. Let's choose your plants Favorite minute, interspersed with various materials to add charm and character to the fairy garden.

For example, turn a pot of color in her face and dip halfway into the ground to serve as adequate housing tales. Add dollhouse sized furniture to put in the garden, popsicle sticks to construct a fairy fence, or small flat stones to make a wonderful stepping stone path.

A small mirror symbolizing water making a false looking pool. The round flat glass beads
used in vases make nice accent pieces too. Small garden accessories like terra cotta pots and shovels to give its a garden of "live-in" look.

Fairy gardens need not be just for girls. Children can make a nest of dinosaur miniature using many of the same materials. Herbs, moss and other green plants can make a forest or wooded area in which small plastic dinosaurs return extinction to live another day. Mounds of soil to one side forms a volcano, spilling red lava rock aquarium.
A construction site garden is another option for children. Small rocks, logs, wood and wood stick craft can be stacked to await large trucks to move them. Excavators toy cranes can be scattered among the plantations.

These whimsical gardens can go wherever your child's imagination takes them. You provide the materials, providing ideas and creativity. Planting and maintenance a miniature garden teaches kids about plants, caring for living things, and most all the fun of gardening.

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