Light Up Garden

Materials:

• Egg Carton – 12333 • CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Light Blue 75ml – 16881

• CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Dark Blue 75ml – 16912

• Tissue Paper – Dark Green – Pack of 5 – 17590 • Tissue Paper – Light Green – Pack of 5 – 17591 • CleverPatch™ Cover Paper – Assorted – A4

Pack of 275 – 13652

• Mini Patty Pans – Coloured – Pack of 1,000 – 17960 • Chenille Stems – Green – Pack of 100 – 18736

• Pom Poms – Assorted – Pack of 150 – 16600

• Wiggle Eyes – Black Assortment – Tub of 560 – 10814 • POSCA Paint Markers – Medium Tip – Coloured

Pack of 16 – 19481

• OXO-Biodegradable Plastic Straws – Pack of 250 – 19167 • Battery LED Tealight Candles – Pack of 12 – 18915 • Other materials required: scissors, paint brushes, PVA glue, sticky tape & templates (page 10)

1. Begin by painting your egg carton dark blue on the outside and light blue on the inside. Allow to dry. 2. Print out the templates provided on page 10 onto white cover paper. Decorate using your favourite craft materials. We have chosen to use POSCA Markers and wiggle eyes. Allow to dry if needed then attach a straw to the back of each minibeast using sticky tape. 3. Use scissors to carefully create holes in 2 of the pointed parts of the egg carton as shown. Adult supervision is recommended when using scissors. Push the straws of the minibeasts from step 2 into the holes you have created. Trim the bottom of the straws if needed.

4. Tear some smaller pieces of tissue paper and loosely wrap the LED Tealight Candles. We have used 6 candles, however you can choose how many you would like to use. Place the wrapped tealights into the egg carton wells, spacing them out nicely. 5. To create some different textures in your garden, cut strips of cover paper then cut a fringe along one edge. Roll the paper strip around your finger and use your fingers to rough up the fringing. You may need to use some glue to hold in place. Create more fringed grass using different sized strips of paper and you can even include different colours. 6. Add even more grass-like textures using green chenille stems. Fold in half, then half again. Use scissors to cut the looped end and then twist the strands together. Once you have a variety of grass textures, place them into the egg carton, filling up the remaining wells.

As the sun goes down, your garden can really come to life with the help of LED Tealight Candles!

7. Take a green chenille stem and fold in half. Twist the lengths together from the bottom leaving approximately 2cm at the top. Push these ends through the bottom of a patty pan as shown, then use the chenille stem ends to hold a pom pom in the centre to create a flower. Repeat this step a few more times to create more flowers for your garden. 8. Place the flowers into the egg carton to complete your garden! Admire your beautiful garden all day and then once the sun goes down you can flick on the tealights to watch your garden glow!