Fairy Toadstools

      I absolutely love, love, love The Imagination Tree. What an awesome resource for moms and teachers, alike. I've been using this site for several months to help me kill two birds with one stone, per se, by entertaining and educating my children at the same time. Today I found a really great project I can't wait to try. It's making little fairy toadstools out of leftover wine corks. Here's the pic...

How precious is that? These are for putting in a child's outdoor play area, which I will post about next.

This is a fairy garden made under the trees with cork toadstools.

    An outdoor play area is basically just a plot of dirt set off with a border of rock, tiles, or whatever you like. In it you could put digging toys, plastic bugs, treasures to unearth, or whatever your creative minds come up with! Here's a pic from The Imagination Tree's site with a great example:

  So simple...yet such a great learning tool! We're working on ours this weekend!
Kids can dig, plant, make mudpies, look for treasures you put in, etc. This is an excellent way to nurture growing imaginations!So, get out and get DIRTY!