welcome fairies

i've seen posts on pinterest and was inspired by this blog here to help the girls create a fairy garden this spring. they're all about fairies and have fairies of their own that visit them regularly. we scrounged around the garage and found an old drawer to use as our base. i drilled some holes in the bottom for drainage. we found part of a pvc drain pipe thing that matt had used on our paola house to fix the drainage from the gutters and we covered it in bark and other dried plant material. we hot glued all this on in hopes that it would last. so far so good! we bought flowers at our local home depot as well as some moss. molly wanted to add a table so we made a bark table as well. she feeds the fairies acorns and leaves them on the table for them to munch on when they visit. the girls enjoy talking about their fairies living in the little house we created and imagining they are there.

 

in addition to the fairy garden we've planted a lot of other flowers as well. the girls received seeds and pots in their Easter basket and have enjoyed watching those flowers grow. they are eagerly awaiting the first bloom.