our Garden

{there has been a lack of post due to the business of creating and implementing a chore chart, and trying to expand our creative thinking to things that would work for more than just one holiday/season/time of year- but hopefully we are now back on track,; except for when the glorious sun calls us outside!}

Our 'Garden'- from the mind of me

1. the girls tore up pieces of different colored construction paper

2. then covered a small a sour cream container {used up, washed, and dried} with glue

3. then covered the glue with the torn up pieces of paper {adding more glue as neccessary}

4. while I traced the top of the container on green paper

5. cut out the circle a little larger than the tracing

6. punched random holes in it {nine to be exact- three for each girl}

7. then glued it on top of the container

8. while the girls then colored three and four leaf clovers {we had printed and cut out earlier}

8. I found nine straws and cut them varying lengths

9. then slit the tops

10. the girls slid their clovers down the slit in the straw and I placed the straw through the hole punch and wa-la your very own changeable year round indoor garden!

What I love at with idea is that it is versatile and so easy- when spring comes we can pluck out the clovers and replace them with tulips that the girls have colored- fall we can make leaves or pumpkins and winter we can do snowflakes- easy!