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Nature craft: making a miniature garden

August 11, 2016 by Catherine 1 Comment

a miniature fairy garden is a great nature craft activity for children

We’ve been having a LOT of fun with our latest nature craft: making a miniature garden.

This is a nature craft that I’ve been wanting to do with the kids for ages.  It can be as simple or as complicated as you want, and you really don’t need to buy any special materials; just head outside and see what you can find.

We started off with a bit of a hunt around the garden, and came up with this haul.  It’s the first time I’ve been pleased that we have lots of moss in our lawn!

materials for making a miniature fairy garden

Next, we found a couple of plant pots that weren’t being used and filled them with soil.

materials to make a miniature fairy garden

From this point, the kids were off in a world of their own, creating a miniature garden that reflected their own interests.

a miniature fairy garden is a great nature craft activity for children

Lily is rather keen on fairies, so she created a fairy garden, complete with washing line and pond.

a miniature fairy garden is a great nature craft activity for children

Football-mad Sam’s miniature garden has a goal.

a miniature fairy garden is a great nature craft activity for children

It was lovely to sit in the sunshine and chat while the kids worked on their creations.  Here are the finished gardens:

miniature garden finished

miniature garden finished 3

Don’t they look fab?

Since we made the miniature gardens, an unexpected dahlia has sprouted in the middle of Lily’s; she’s very happy that the local fairies will have some flowers in their garden soon 🙂

This was such a laid-back, easy nature craft; no rules, no fiddly crafting, no mess, and lots of imagination.  I particularly love the fact that the kids got really hands-on with natural materials, and could do the whole activity themselves if they wanted to (the only thing I did was cut down the twigs with some secateurs).

Have you made a miniature garden?  I’m sure we’ll be doing this nature craft again, so if you have any ideas for what to include do add a comment below 🙂

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How to make a miniature garden with materials found in nature materials - a fun at-home nature craft that really gets imaginations firing!

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  1. Becky says

    August 11, 2016 at 5:11 pm

    Oh these are just SUPER cute I love them!

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