How To Make A Fairy Garden With Found and Natural Objects

The Fun and Fantasy Of A Fairy Garden

Make a fairy garden with your kids or grandkids.  It's a simple recipe to teach them about gardening and recycling at the same time, not to mention a chance to share.

This creative project is perfect for the home or the classroom. It allows children to use their imagination and ingenuity to create a world based on any theme.  Fairy gardens can be made around many themes such as folklore, storybook, circus, camping and more.

All you need to know is how to grow moss, or  grow flowers that work well in a fairy garden, for your particular environment (shady spaces, sunny spaces etc), and lastly, gather ideas to make cottages, furniture and other objects for your magical world.

What fun it can be to create items from natural objects such as acorns and twigs, and recycled objects like buttons and bottle caps.  The sky is the limit! Pile it mile high, work it around your flower beds or make it in a container. Then add gates and swings and create signage.  It's your own little world of fun and fantasy.  Perfect for tiny hands and one kids will never forget.

We love this project because it's not only innovative, it's a great way to recycle, repurpose and reuse!

Where do you get things to put in your garden? Get crafty! Get creative!

We suggest you consider recycling and repurposing any of these objects to make items for your fairy garden:

Natural Objects-

• shells, coral and sand dollars
• small stones
• twigs
• acorns
• gourds
• pine cones
• pine needles
• berries
• pods
• nut shells
• seeds and pits
• feathers
• small flowers
• moss
• small plants, succulents and cacti
• wood
• nests
• dried flowers
• old hives (careful!)

Found Objects-

• buttons
• thread spools
• thimbles
• bottle caps
• small bottles, cans and tins
• k-cups, fruit cups, and yogurt cups
• popsicle sticks
• beads
• small toys
• old game parts
• dollhouse items
• china pieces
• sea glass
• glass garden pebbles
• wire
• thread and twine
• burlap and fabric scraps
• onion bag mesh or net
• lace
• small plates and cups
• miniature frames
• miniatures

Check out Planetpals Fairy Garden Board on Pinterest, It's loaded with imaginative and unique ideas and alternatives to making your own DIY Fairy garden a wonderland!

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Plant A Seed Or Swap One, It's A Natural!

It's Spring and that means Spring cleaning inside and out. While cleaning out your garden why not have a seed and plant swap with neighbors or friends?

Every month, during the monthly meeting of The Garden Club at Highland Lakes, in Palm Harbor, Florida, residents bring cuttings and seeds to share with neighbors.  It's a great way to dispose of their bountiful crops while adding to the beauty of the community.  So, why not make your world a more beautiful and healthier place and have a swap, too!  It's so easy.

If you want to start a seed swap or swap of any kind, check out this article"How to have a swap", it's full of great tips.

For tips on Green Gardening check out Planetpals Green Garden Journal. It's chock full of compost, organic and recycle garden ideas.

Happy Gardening Pals! 

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Kentucky Derby Recycle Decorations That Make You A Winner

We bet you will have a winning party with these recycle crafts for your Kentucky Derby event.

Use ribbon scraps, paint swatches, chop sticks and a variety of other recycled items to make these clever and fun

Kentucky Derby symbols that will jazz up your table settings! Add Mimosas, Mint Juleps, Fried Chicken and other Kentrucky Derby favorites and your friends will be racing over to your winning party!

Cinco De Mayo Recycle Crafts

Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, commemorates the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). 

Cinco de Mayo traditions include parades, mariachi music performances and street festivals in cities and towns across Mexico and the United States.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Green. Here are some recycle craft ideas for celebrating!

We have collected some great green ideas to help you celebrate.  Get directions to ALL our Cinco de Mayo craft ideas here

Greenville - Kids Recycle City Project For Play

Playmobile, recycled boxes and recycled materials become the basis for this green city

Watch the whole project on UTUBE!

   
If you have been reading our blog, you know we love recycle toy ad ons.  It makes for more creative play and adds an element of ingenuity and engineering to every project.  In the past, we designed a Playhouse modelled after a doll house, as well as a campground using Legos, Playmobile and other small toys.

The Greenville project was a natural to follow! So here is what we did:

We took the same boxes from our playhouse and reconstructed them as well as added others to make a city scene. Obviously, utilizing what toys we already have.

The city includes a supermarket, furniture store, cafe, fruit stand, flea market, animal petting area, zoo, walkways, sitting areas, ice cream wagon and more.

We used recycle materials such as bottle caps, candy containers, pizza inserts, food boxes and cardboard tubes to make shelves, buildings and accessories.  All mixed with our collection of playmobile and other small toys.  Lastly, we made signs from the back side of food boxes, paper rolls and paper.

The boys ages range from 5 to 9. Each one brought their excitement, creativity and expertise to the table!

close up of strip mall 

recycle toys add another dimension 

the size of it!

See our other buildings and get a free building plan.

 Watch CJ (5) Working on the Greenville sign: 

Take a tour of Greenville with Brenden: