Emmy is mad about fairies, ever since the arrival of her fairy door in her bedroom the love began.
We introduced that when we were about to start taking her dodo away (dummy), now she talks to the fairies through her door which is very cute.
During a recent visit to Poundland to spend some vouchers we were sent as part of our Ambassadors role, Emmy’s eye was caught by a garden gnome and a tiny teacup on a stick in the gardening section.
Grabbing a small selection gardening bits we decided we would create a secret garden at home.
The same day we went for a long walk with our dog as we often do, heading to the woods to climb trees. While in the woods I discovered an old car tyre which had been dumped in there. It was flat which is why it had been dumped so useless to anyone however I had an idea – they say “someone else’s junk is another mans treasure” after all!
I asked Paul to wheel it home – thankfully he is used to my crazy idea so happily did.
Today we cleared a corner of the garden and started filling our tyre with soil. I had some soil left over from last year, I had planned to plant more seeds this year however Harry had other ideas and as soon as I planted anything he pulled them out – so I gave up.
The kids both had great fun using their spades to shovel dirt into the tyre.
We then added a wicker border we picked up in Poundland around the inside of the tyre and began adding our other garden decorations.
The kids loved choosing where to place the decorations. We added the gnome and teacup as well as other accessories we have around the house – a little fairy house and fairy we already had, a few shells we found on the beach this week, coloured gravel from our fish tank and a few tiny toadstools.
We love the end result and it cost less than £5 by using items from Poundland’s garden section and items we had around the house!
Disclaimer: As Poundland Ambassadors we were sent vouchers to spend and asked to use our imaginations with how we used them. This was our second post – you can also read about our top 10 cheap or free garden activities.
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Clare
Hi, I'm Clare (Emmy's Mummy). A former Nanny and Mother of 2 - Emmy (born February 2010) and Harry (born October 2012). We are Essex based and share our adventures and misadventures of a busy crazy life.
Comments (17)
What a brilliant idea!! I love it. Really great way to spark the imagination!
This is a great idea, especially if you are pressed for space! Totally going to try this x
Wow, you're so imaginative! I love the way your husband didn't give a second thought to granting your request as he's used to these kind of things.
this is really sweet – my girls love projects like this
What a lovely idea – Eliza would love a fairy garden, although she did pull her flowers out this year
I love the use of the tyre. Great recycling! My brother's garden is filled with gnomes after he was bought one as a child so beware!
Oh this is adorable and such a lovely idea! I do love gnomes x
What a cute idea! My little man would love something like that as well. I brought a few big pebbles from Cornwall this month, and was planning to do a little feature, might steal your idea.
I might very well steal this idea for my allotment!
Aw what a really good idea. I love reading about quirky little ways people have re-used things to make something cute x
What a lovely idea!! I would love something like this in our garden – on the hunt for a tyre now!
Aaaaaw thats such a lovely idea – I hope lots of fairies come and visit you.
Great fun and perfect for expanding imaginative play. I have a fairy Garden off the car park now and all the little girls Emmy's age just adore it. Your tyre version is so clever. Don't forget to add it to Country Kids.
This is so sweet, I think we need one in our garden
It looks fab. I got loads of things from Poundland for Baby's playhouse and garden x
Aww! How lovely! What a great idea…..May have to do something like that with my youngest. She loves fairies x
Thanks Kim. I fear Harry may ruin it soon but Emmy loves it
What a brilliant idea!! I love it. Really great way to spark the imagination!
This is a great idea, especially if you are pressed for space! Totally going to try this x
Wow, you're so imaginative! I love the way your husband didn't give a second thought to granting your request as he's used to these kind of things.
this is really sweet – my girls love projects like this
What a lovely idea – Eliza would love a fairy garden, although she did pull her flowers out this year
I love the use of the tyre. Great recycling! My brother's garden is filled with gnomes after he was bought one as a child so beware!
Oh this is adorable and such a lovely idea! I do love gnomes x
What a cute idea! My little man would love something like that as well. I brought a few big pebbles from Cornwall this month, and was planning to do a little feature, might steal your idea.
I might very well steal this idea for my allotment!
Aw what a really good idea. I love reading about quirky little ways people have re-used things to make something cute x
What a lovely idea!! I would love something like this in our garden – on the hunt for a tyre now!
Aaaaaw thats such a lovely idea – I hope lots of fairies come and visit you.
Great fun and perfect for expanding imaginative play. I have a fairy Garden off the car park now and all the little girls Emmy's age just adore it. Your tyre version is so clever. Don't forget to add it to Country Kids.
This is so sweet, I think we need one in our garden
It looks fab. I got loads of things from Poundland for Baby's playhouse and garden x
Aww! How lovely! What a great idea…..May have to do something like that with my youngest. She loves fairies x
Thanks Kim.
I fear Harry may ruin it soon but Emmy loves it