Making a miniature garden

When I was younger one of my favourite things to do was to make a miniature garden.

Now if you don't know what that is pay close attention......we made one at the end of last week.....here's the how to.

Get a pie dish or pan and fill it with soil

We added some water to ours to try and preserve the life of the flowers we were putting in it.

Next we took a basket and collected small flowers, shrubs, stones, ferns, acorns, pine cones etc etc

Then we began to place the small items in the tray to form a miniature garden

Small stones create a path and an upside down acorn shell becomes a bird bath

Let the child decorate it however they want

Our beautiful miniature garden

This was so easy to make and provided entertainment for a 6 year old for an hour.  Walking around the garden is also a good time to talk about the changing of the seasons, which plants do well in winter, which ones are still thriving and which ones are dying.  There's education to be found everywhere.
Enjoy the last few weeks of your garden.