{"id":4308,"date":"2019-06-11T16:20:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T21:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neverdonewithfun.com\/staging\/5228\/?p=4308"},"modified":"2019-11-22T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T17:47:01","slug":"new-ideas-for-your-magical-fairy-garden-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neverdonewithfun.com\/staging\/5228\/2019\/06\/11\/new-ideas-for-your-magical-fairy-garden-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ideas for Your Magical Fairy Garden Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Accessories We Added to Our Fairy Garden This Year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this season, I wowed the boys by putting together a dinosaur miniature container garden<\/a>, which Sawyer promptly claimed as his own outdoor dollhouse with dirt. Every time he’s outside, he rearranges the accessories and makes “RAWR!!!” noises with the tiny plastic dinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, I quickly realized that<\/em><\/strong> garden was 100% the boys’ — hands off, Mom, take your OCD vision somewhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like to my own magical fairy garden bowl, perhaps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, maybe. (I do still have kids after all.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, the boys and I created out first magical fairy garden<\/a> with whimsical accessories that included a stone bridge, a gazing ball, a lantern, and a cute little dragon. (Find the details here!<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last year’s fairy garden, mid-season<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been obsessed with all the cute garden miniatures since then and have a vision of creating a whole sprawling garden bed fairyland someday. (Uh, like if #DoneWithFun Daddy moves out … because he has non-negotiably squashed that idea so far.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The marriage-saving compromise we’ve reached is incorporating one or two new accessories each season, to keep my vision within a budget and somewhat under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how our magical fairy garden came together this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This year’s fairy garden, just planted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Build Your Own Easy-Care Magical Fairy Garden Bowl<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
What We Did Differently<\/strong> This Year<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Planted fewer plants and gave them more room to grow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year’s garden, once it took off, quickly grew into a jungle instead of a fairyland — the plants were so lush and out-of-control that you couldn’t even see the fairy accessories by the end of summer. This year, I selected only three plants instead of four or five, leaving ample space for them to take root and flourish around our accessories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The garden with actual dirt visible, instead of every square inch filled before it even gets started<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Expanded to a larger bowl.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the same lines, we planted our dinosaur garden in last year’s container and upgraded to a deeper bowl with a slightly larger diameter. The 18 inches of the new bowl allows extra space for a few more fun accessories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Added a fairy outhouse, tiny toadstool houses, and a glass mushroom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can tell I’m 100% a boy mom because I allowed Sawyer to pick a fairy outhouse as our newest addition. (Cue the face-palm.) He didn’t have to hard-sell me too much on it because the cottage style matches our bridge and the doorway has a cute moon cutout detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n