Make a Children’s Fairy Garden and Teach your Kids about Nature
Wondering how to make a fairy garden? Children just ADORE fairies, so why not combine this love with some nature education and make a fairy garden for your kids? By creating a fairy-themed fun and educational space for your children, you can help fire their imagination AND teach them all about nature, too!
You can find lots of help and ideas on fairies and how to make a fairy garden here:
Make a Children’s Fairy Garden
How to Attract Fairies to your Garden
How to See Fairies in the Garden
One of the most important things to remember when designing a fairy garden is to have fun! It is also a wonderful way to get your children interested in gardening and wildlife. So what are the benefits of making a fairy garden?
- It gets kids outdoors in the fresh air
- Children can watch their own flowers grow or eat something they have grown themselves
- You can teach your kids about nature, wildlife and looking after the environment
- It can fire their imagination – get them fairy spotting and looking for signs of fairies, drawing pictures, making up stories or writing fairy riddles
- You can hold fairy tea parties or play fairy games, like a fairy treasure hunt
- You can make things for the garden together, like birdhouses or tiny fairy furniture
But what makes a great fairy garden? Flowers that are attractive to fairies, for a start, and organic gardening. Homes for wildlife, fairies peeping out of the bushes, and perhaps some twinkling lights for the evening, and a miniature seating area for both children and fairies! The possibilities are endless.
There are lots of things to think about and learn when growing a fairy garden, from the types of flowers to grow, to arranging fairy statues in the foliage, to making the garden as eco-friendly as possible. What colors to choose, and how to attract the right wildlife? But with the right information, you will soon be making a fairy garden in no time!