Material
- Treated pine logs
- Rapid set concrete
- Large galvanised coach-screws
- Red kitchen bowls
- Plastic lawn edging
- Potting mixture
- White paint
- Plants
- BYO fairy!
- Mushrooms
- Cut off three lengths of the log, about a metre or more each. Make the lengths different. Three is a good gardening number, just enough to draw attention; two seems too formal.
- Paint the logs white.
- Dig a hole and arrange the logs at various angles, with about 40 cm of log below ground.
- Pour in the rapid set concrete and add water.
- Once the concrete has set, place the bowls on top of each pole and drill a large hole through the bowl and into the wood. Attach the bowls using large galvanised coach-screws.
- Mark out a circle around the poles.
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| Mushrooms |
- Flower Ring
- Dig out the grass within the circle.
- Place plastic lawn edging around the perimeter of the circle.
- Fill the circle with potting mixture.
- Add plants.
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| Mushrooms and Flower Ring |
- White spots
- Lightly sand bowls.
- Spray with grey primer, leave to dry for one hour.
- Spray with white paint, leave to dry for one hour.
- Stick on bottle lids using double sided tape.
- Spray with red paint, leave to dry for one hour.
- Gently remove the bottle lids.
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Play Time
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