If you have a suitable space in the backyard and have kids who love fantasy and nature, then why not make a children's fairy garden? It is the perfect project to get them outdoors!
Five Reasons to Make a Children's Fairy Garden
A magical space for them to play in
Helps them learn about nature
Encourages them to get involved in gardening
Fires the imagination
Teaches them to take care of the environment
Designing Your Fairy Garden
Things to think about when planning your garden include:
Planting interesting flowers that stimulate imagination, such as bold colors and tactile plants
Creating an area for the children to take care of
Decorating with fairy statues and miniature furniture or houses
Creating secret hiding places for both kids and fairies
Building homes for wildlife such as log piles or bird boxes
Feeding the birds
Leaving a wild area or even planting a wildflower meadow
Trailing fairy lights in the bushes
Creating a space to leave gifts for the fairies
Projects for the Fairy Garden
Encourage your children to broaden their horizons in the garden. You could get them gardening or growing fruit and vegetables, or why not help them to build something for the garden, such as a bat box or fairy house?
Teach them about the different plants and wildlife, and get their imaginations working hard by asking them to draw pictures or write stories and poems about the fairies in the garden. You could also get them looking for signs of fairy presence, or create games such as fairy treasure hunts!
Fairy Fun
There are lots of reasons to make a children's fairy garden, and hopefully the above will have sparked your imagination and got you keen to know more!
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