This week, my 4 year-old completed gymnastics and ballet classes. She chose to create fairy gardens as thank you gifts for her teachers. Unfortunately, I didn't know much about creating floral arrangements, so I gathered my supplies and visited my friend, Roselyn to ask for help. With her guidance and about $15, we created ballet and gymnastics themed fairy gardens.
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| Gymnastics Fairy Garden - property Tonya Freeman |
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| Ballet Fairy Garden - property Tonya Freeman |
For the gymnastics fairy garden, I snatched up a $6 bucket from the equine section of Tractor Supply. Then, I headed to the Dollar Tree where I found two types of floral wire, a bag of balloons and a bag of potting soil. To create the ballerina fairy garden, I picked up an aluminum mini loaf pan at the grocery store and ordered the musical ballerina jewelry box from www.sears.com. The jewelry box was only $3.75 and shipped free to my local Sears store. SCORE! Grand total of supplies: less than $15 including tax!
Roselyn provided the plants from her garden. All the ones we used are succulents. She also added a little potting mix and fertilizer when she helped my daughter arrange the plants in our planters.
Next, I convinced hubby to use the heavier floral wire and a couple bamboo skewers from my kitchen drawer to create uneven bars and a bar for the rings. He secured the ends with hot glue. A piece of cord and 2 plastic bra strap rings (available at Jo-Ann Fabric) completed the rings. For the trampoline, we used two types of floral wire and a balloon. For directions, refer to this YouTube tutorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdyJlhjuI.)
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| Gymnastics Fairy Garden Uneven Bars - property Tonya Freeman |
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| Gymnastics Fairy Garden Rings - property Tonya Freeman |
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| Gymnastics Fairy Garden Trampoline - property Tonya Freeman |
Roselyn will be happy to know, we were able to keep her plants alive until we delivered them this week. They were a big hit with our teachers --- hopefully, they will be with the fairies too!
