The cement will take 24-48 hours to set. Curious little hands won’t have the impulse control to keep away from their new toy, so you might want to restrict their garden access for a few days. 4. Dress it Up The ingenious housewife will devise many delightful ways of using these miniature flowers as cake decorations for those important occasions. This can probably be seen as an attempt to follow the lead of other toy manufacturers who had rebranded old ranges in an attempt to "personalise" them, notably Tri-ang's renaming of the Spot-On Dollhouse furniture range as Jennys Home. Ridiculously easy and insanely impressive, this nifty little project will have your mini Stigs spellbound for hours on end.

A lot of our toys come with instructions for one or two designs, but we believe that they are just the launchpad for kids to create even wilder designs. Raid your art and crafts box and put some designs on paper. Involve your kids and consider their suggestions carefully, after all they will be the ones using it. However, bear in mind when they present you with a masterpiece of intricate interlinking roads that you will be the one trying to use a grass strimmer on every week. approval. As a shop window display for the seedsman or a special attraction in the gardening department of stores, the uses are innumerable.

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The Floral garden can go to work too. The perfect detail of these models will transform all kinds of architectural and other displays. They can be used in planning real horticultural exhibitions and large garden lay-outs for nurserymen who can submit them for their client's Mother will also want to have her turn with this versatile and beautiful construction set. As home decoration or table centres, all kinds of attractive effects can be devised; and without the trouble and expense of growing or using real miniature plants. By using the miniature garden he can plan out his real garden in a thoroughly practical manner from the laying out of the flower beds, crazy paving paths, lawn, pergolas, etc., and filling it with a large yariety of plants in full flower, arranging and rearranging his design in miniature until a satisfactory one has been reached. Poly tube wrapped in electrical tape can be secured around the bends of your road to create an authentic looking safety barrier. Flags and bunting are also a wonderful addition.

Remember that you will be dealing with cement, so wait for a dry spell of weather before attempting this project. Let your little ones build their own mini world by adding bits and pieces from their toybox. Lego, figurines and wooden buildings are a great start.