Teacup Fairy Garden

How to…

Step 1: Clean and dry your teacup or teacups if making more than one

Step 2: Put a fine layer of pebbles at the bottom of the cup, so the soil can drain properly

Step 3: Fill the teacup with potting mix, to just underneath the brim, leaving a hole big enough for your plant to go in

Step 4: Carefully put your plant into the hole, and press some more soil around the edge of the plant so it stays upright

Step 5: Arrange your fairy garden miniatures around the rest of the teacup draw a penguin

Drawing something awesome is easier than you think. Just take this cute penguin for example! Acclaimed picture book creator and Taupō local Donovan Bixley shows us how to draw a penguin, in 4 easy-peasy steps