Painting outdoors

Some paint (with liquid dish soap added in for easier clean up), an acrylic picture frame, a table cloth, some brushes, a bucket of water & a sponge,  you too can create an outdoor art studio for your child!

Don't like what you've painted?  No worries, just wash & go again!

Warning: painting the table cloth may become more entertaining as the afternoon wears on.

First Fairy Garden

It was inevitable -sooner or later Turtle was going to be invited to a birthday party.  It finally happened.  And at Chuck E. Cheese 's no less!  This child has already received a fabric dollhouse from me.  Not wanting to give a gift card or plastic toy, I racked my brain for ideas that would compare to the dollhouse.  Inspiration struck in the form of a fairy garden!  Knowing this child I was sure she would be enchanted.

There are three different kinds of low-lying plants for the greenery.  Paper-wrapped floral wire was used for the fence and arbor.  The bench under the arbor were rocks hot-glued together.  I used floral picks to add some color to the fence, and shells made a perfect little footpath leading to the pond (a terracotta pot base).  All that is missing now are the fairies..........