Garden for Kids

My niece's kids had made fairy gardens, and I've seen those all around, so I decided while we had our three grandkids over, we'd make a version of a fairy garden...sans fairies - ha!

All of this was purchased at a Dollar General store and Home Depot - a small discount chain store and a garden center.

Large roaster foil pan
Small battery operated water fountain
yard light
small garden characters
wood chips
blue sand
small ceramic flower pot
succulent

All of the above cost about $15 per garden.  You could totally eliminate the water feature - but it was so fun to have!

We had potting soil and gravel in our backyard.  We laid out a beach towel on the table before we started.

We poured in the dirt, then let the kids get gravel and pour on top.  They then started arranging their items like they wanted them.

We will keep these, and the kids can add too, play with, or rearrange at each visit!