Gymnastics & Ballet Fairy Garden Teacher Thank Yous

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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.

Gymnastics Fairy Garden - property Tonya Freeman

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.)

Gymnastics Fairy Garden Uneven Bars - property Tonya Freeman

Gymnastics Fairy Garden Rings - property Tonya Freeman

Gymnastics Fairy Garden Trampoline - property Tonya Freeman

       We finished the planters by printing a thank you note found on Pinterest ( http://pinterest.com/pin/479633429035346705/ ) and gluing it to a skewer.  (Our ballet garden has the same wording on the note, but it is printed over the logo of the dance studio.)

     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!