Fairy Garden

My girls have been loving all the Fairy Gardens around lately and wanted to make one of their own.

Select the pot you want to use.  If it's small you'll have to build up, whereas one with a loarger opening can be built out.

Reindeer Moss

Hens and Chick make their own starters.

You only need a few plants.  Check your local nursery for herbs and other small tiny plants.

We chose  corsican mint (smells awesome) for ground cover, silver thyme for the tree like bush, and hens & chicks starters for the cabbage garden.  We bought reindeer moss, but didn't end up using it.

Start with a good soil.  Wear gloves.

we separated the corsican mint into smaller chunks and placed it around the container.

Place larger plants toward the back.

Plant all plants before adding decorations.

Your local craft store should have a large selection of items to purchase for your fairy garden.

You can buy a door or build your own.

The girls made one out of craft sticks and a brad, 

and another one out of sticks and a pebble doorknob.

The wanted to include and mini garden with a white picket fence.

They made one cutting craft sticks, gluing them together, and painting them white.

The made mushrooms by paintings rocks red with white spots.

They also made little houses, a cute little chair, a swing, a well, flower container, and pinecone tree painted green.

Play around with different settings and pick your favorite.

We added turquoise glass marbles for a stream, but it ended up looking more like a trail.

Our finished project!

Unfortunately, there is only so much room in our pot,

 and we had to save some of the stuff the kids made for another garden.

Love how it turned out!

Get creative and make you own fairy garden.

We'd love to hear all about your fun ideas and see pictures in the comment section!

2017 Update:
We changed up the fairy garden a but this year.  Some of the cute things the girls made out of craft sticks broke.  I know, so sad.  We couldn't find the same plants as last year, so these ones came close.  We used lemon thyme instead, and it smells oh so good!

It is starting to get a little overgrown and needs a trim. You can't see the Little River very well.

Part of the lemon thyme was hanging over the side and didn't look very good.  So, I came up with the idea to make it into an arch.  It was so easy.  I just folded it over and zip tied it to a craft stick.  Which I then stuck in the dirt.  You can't even see it from the front.

Now is the time of year to buy your fairy garden supplies on clearance for next year.