Fairy Garden

Lucy and I were at a garden store looking for herbs for the window. We stumbled on something super cool. A fairy garden. Both of us could not stop looking at it and for the next few days we talked about how we would make one. I was going to make my own planter box, because we wanted something BIG, but we ended up finding a great pot that will work for our "first" one. So, here is what we did. Think of it as a doll house for fairies.

Get a pot. The size only depends how big you want to make it, but just be sure it is deep enough to plant in. This one is way too deep, so we added some filler to the bottom for drainage. Lucy is shown for scale.:)

We used packing peanuts for filler. Be sure to use the ones that do not dissolve when wet. 

Put a layer of dirt on top. This is about 8" deep at least.

Head to your local craft store and you can find some great fairy houses/bird houses and supplies. The imagination is limitless.

We spray painted the houses we got and will plan to cover them with moss and decorations the next time Lucy is over.

The moss is not alive, but the plants are.

No fairies yet, but a gnome showed up. The key is to leave the window open, so the fairies can fly in.  

He helped plant.

That's weird. Who put the New Belgium beer cap in there?