Inspired by the “Plant a Row” campaign that encourages families to grow a row of vegetables of their own. I thought it would be fun to make a doll sized garden using items I had on hand.
To make your own doll sized garden you will need :
- 1 9X6 piece of corrugated cardboard from a box
- green or brown construction paper or green fun foam
- white craft glue
- small artificial flowers from your dollar or craft store
- scissors
- green pom pom’s (for cabbage)
- tooth picks
- small cardboard 1 inch squares for garden markers
- Paper
- Marker, pencil crayons or crayons
- *Optional small Garden Gnome such as the one I have used The Wee Little Garden Gnome
- or small doll sized watering can
Step 1- Measure and cut yourself a base for your garden out of the corrugated cardboard 9 inches X 6 inches (larger if you would like).
Step 2 – Cut your soil or grass out construction paper or fun foam to fit your base. I left a small border around my garden and cut my green fun foam to 7 inches by 5 inches.
Step 3- Apply glue to your fun foam or construction paper and place on top of the base and let it dry.
Step 4- Separate your flowers from their stems, and the leaves. You will use most of them for your garden.
Step 5- You will need a parent to help you cut the wire stems off the artificial plant, these will become the stems. Cut them to the size of 2 to 3 inches in length. I used 4 for my row of flowers. You may want to do more.
Step 6- place the flower “heads” on the new stems you just had cut. Add a leaf to the bottom of your flower.
Step 7- Stick them through your garden bed as shown above repeat with your remaining flowers.
Step 8- If you want to have more than just flowers in your garden use some of the stems from the flowers that are left over to make cabbage, broccoli or cauliflower. Ask a parent to cut you a 1 inch sized piece of the left over flower stem wire and place the wire through the leaves. Then stick the end of the flower wire into your garden as shown in the photo below.
Step 9- Place a green pom pom on top of the exposed floral wire. You can just push it through or you can add some glue. You could use a white one for Cauliflower.
Step 10 – Plant some “carrots” with left over green’s from your leaves, you can trim a leaf to look like the top of a carrot or you could use the plastic green bits from the flowers as I have for carrot tops. Glue them to the back of a toothpick you have cut in half and place then in your garden, pushing the toothpick into the cardboard.
Step 11- Make your garden markers with the one inch cardboard squares. Label what you have planted. Color your signs if you wish.
Step 12- Push one end of a tooth pick into your corrugated cardboard sign. If you are only using paper tape the tooth pick to your sign back, then add them to your garden as shown. Now is a great time to figure out where to plant your Garden Gnome or where to put your watering can.
Now your garden is ready to share with your dolls.
I hope you have enjoyed today’s craft and I look forward to sharing more fun ideas with you next week!
cute!
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! THAT IS SO STINK’N CUTE!!
That is a cute idea. I love it.
I bet if I had Lanie she would be going crazy over this and begging for me to make it for her after school!But I might make even though I don’t have Lanie.
I am so glad you like the craft, I had so much fun making it that I may make some more, I found the perfect watering can at Micheal’s the craft store, and my dollar store has some great artificial flowers, the possibilities are endless!
I really like the idea of the garden. It will be perfect to use as Molly’s victory garden. : )
Anastasia – it would be perfect for mollys victory garden I’m saving for the replica of mollys victory garden outfit
CUTE!
So cute!!! We’re actually doing a HUGE real garden this year! Tomatoes, peppers, green beas, squash, carrots, watermellon, basil, and lots more!
I really wanna do this though. My Lanie would love to help
omg i have the exact same gnome!!!!! sooooo cute!!!
Oh yeah this would go great with my Lanie doll and Lanie hammock and My fake “grass” that I own for dolls
Hi Karen where did you get you lawn gnome from ?
because when I do my doll garden think Lanie would want a gnome for her garden to
Hi Karen , where did you get the rake,Shovel , and the other tool ?
I got the little gnome from my Book store in a box and he is called Wee little Garden Gnome http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Wee-Little-Garden-Gnome-Alison-Trulock/9780762422982
and the tools I got at a dollar store though you can also find them on ebay I understand.
This is sooooo cute!!!! I will make this when I leave in the summer to my grandparents house! I would make it now, but I don’t want to kill it during the 13 hour dive.
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Cool craft!
Can you show how to make a homemade doll car?
Xam – if you look My Froggy Stuff on YouTube she has a great tutorial for making a doll sized jeep.