Tabletop Garden

This fun and decorative craft
can be a family project that
everyone can enjoy making and
looking at.

• Container, such as a strawberry box or a terra-cotta planter
• Potting soil
• Wheat grass seed
• Spanish moss (optional)
• Smooth unpolished stones
• Weatherproof and nontoxic paint markers
• Crafts glue
• Plastic eyes

1. Add a drainage hole to the container if it does not already have one. Fill with potting soil. Plant grass seed about 1/8-inch deep, and then water. Place container in sunlight, watering every two days. Grass should be ready in 5-7 days.

2. Draw butterfly, bunny, flower, carrot, or other designs on the stones with markers. Let the paint dry completely.

3. For animal and bug designs, glue on a pair of eyes.