How to Build a Fairy Garden with Kids
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Several years ago I got this adorable fairy garden kit for my daughter and I to put together. It’s become a yearly tradition to plant on mother’s day. I love that we both learn more about plants while spending creative time together. Wondering how to build a fairy garden with kids? Today we’re sharing how we put together a beautiful fairy garden scene with butterflies and a gnome house with broken pot rock steps!
Our local garden center has a section specifically for fairy garden plants which makes it easy to select for someone without a lot of gardening experience.
Many people add moss or pebbles around the plants. There are so many adorable fairy garden ideas on Pinterest.
The fairy kits, available in many local garden centers or online, add the cutest touches. Ours included a bench, watering can, trellis, bird feeder (which I put a tea light in). Since our flowers weren’t blooming yet we added a pop of color with some beautiful butterflies.
Fairy Garden Supplies
Echo Valley 6220 Gnome Garden Starter Accessory KitEcho Valley 6240 Fairy Garden Starter Accessory Kit
10 Pack Colourful Garden Butterflies On Sticks Miniature Fairy Garden Decoration
Terrarium & Fairy Garden Plants – 5 Plants in 2″ pots
After a creative day at our local ceramic studio, we had a bright addition to our fairy garden with this little house I painted to look like a strawberry!
While I was showing my daughter more ideas for fairy gardens on Pinterest, we were excited to find these adorable broken pot gardens. One of our large garden pots was damaged in our move a few summers back and has been sitting by the shed.
With one hit of the hammer our cracked pot was transformed into a gnome home! My daughter set to work planting the tiny flower garden and had fun deciding where our little gnome (painted at a local craft ceramic center) would live. She tipped a simple pot upside-down to create a home for him in the garden. She was content scribbling with a pen, but a hand-painted pot would be adorable as well and would add some color to your garden.
We packed dirt into the gap and set stones into it to create a little stairway up the side of the pot. I love how cute it turned out with that detail.
Miniature Garden Supplies
CJESLNA Miniature Garden Fairy Ornament Hedgehog & Mushroom Setgnome moss dollhouse – TOOGOO(R)Mini DIY dollhouse miniatures cottage terrarium fairy garden gnome
TOOGOO(R) Bridge Miniature Fairy Garden Terrarium Doll House Figurine Statue Home Decor Ornament
uhoMEy 2 Pcs Miniature Dollhouse Bonsai Fairy Garden Landscape DIY Decor
BeautyMood 10pcs Miniature Fairy Garden Herd of chickens (Yellow)
Top Collection 4414 Miniature Fairy Garden & Terrarium Mini Dragon Playing with Ladybug
When summer is over you can bring these miniature gardens inside and enjoy them year round!
What a fun idea! This turned out so great. I would love to make on of these.
I have been wanting to start my own, thank you for sharing these tips.
Oh wow fun project with the grand kids.
thanks