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April 29, 2020 By Brandy Leave a Comment

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Dinosaur Garden For Kids (Fairy Garden) (Video)

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Fairies aren’t the only ones who need gardens—dinosaurs do too! This dinosaur garden is so fun to put together and fun for kids to play with. This post contains affiliate links.

If you’ve been here a minute, you know how much we love making fairy gardens. Check out our darling Pixie Hollow Tinkerbell themed fairy garden or our mini flower gardens for kids!

Watch our step by step video!

Mac had so much fun helping the girls make their new fairy gardens that I decided it was time for him to make one of his own.

fairy gardens and dinosaur garden

We already had 3 barrels from our summer gardens last year. The girls turned two into fairy gardens this year, and the smallest barrel became Mac’s dinosaur garden.

finished garden

I honestly wasn’t sure how this was going to turn out, but it ended up being one of my favorite miniature gardens. I wanted to find plants that were easy to grow, yet had fun pops of color. I selected a dragon’s breath floral for the eye catcher. The name alone screamed out at me. Then I picked up a few basil and thyme plants to fill in the pot.

Dinosaur Garden For Kids

top view of garden

Mac has a TON of dinosaur figures. When he broke his leg last year I went a little overboard and got him all sorts of toys to play with while sitting in his cast. He liked watching the show “Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs”, so I purchased him a large assortment of dinosaur figures and a bucket to put them in. He chose out some of his favorites to put in his dinosaur garden.

I picked up the marbles, rocks and natural sand from the dollar store in town. The blue sand is from our collection of bottles of colored sand for sand art.

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child's hand playing with dinosaur in garden

Mac loves the watering hole. This baby dinosaur is his favorite and is always very thirsty.

orange dinosaur next to blue sand

I honestly have no idea how long this little garden will last. I anticipate that a freak summer thunderstorm or two will have its way with the sand, and Mac will probably trample the plants with his dinosaur toys, but that’s okay.

He was so happy excited to have his own garden and couldn’t wait to take Derrick’s hand and lead him outside to see the garden as soon as Derrick got home from work.

I’m just excited to have some fresh basil to make fresh pesto. It’s a multi-purpose garden—entertainment for him and herbs for me!

toddler playing with dinosaur garden

How To Make a Dinosaur Garden (Dinosaur Fairy Garden)

dinosaur garden supplies, sand, rocks, plants

 

barrel with finished dinosaur garden

Dinosaur Garden (Dinosaur Fairy Garden)

Fairies aren't the only ones who need gardens---dinosaurs do too! This dinosaur garden is so fun to put together and fun for kids to play with.
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Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Cost: $30

Equipment

  • gardening gloves

Materials

  • 1 pot or barrel (Home Depot)
  • potting soil
  • dinosaur figures
  • herbs and plants
  • sand
  • rocks and marbles

Instructions

  • Fill a pot with potting soil.
  • Arrange the plants how you want them (still keeping them in the containers). Then carefully loosen the plant from it's pot. Break up the roots then plant in the soil.
    planting dragon's breath plant in garden
  • Arrange rocks to make a water feature (optional).
    adding stones to garden
  • Add sand and colored marbles.
    adding marbles to garden
  • Arrange dinosaurs in garden.
    close up of dinosaur in garden
  • Give the garden a good watering on day 1, then water as needed from here on out.
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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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