Miniature Japanese Garden

Supplies needed:
A small piece of very thick green paper (for the base of the garden) roughly 10 inches square or bigger
Blue, brown, orange, and green construction paper
Paper egg carton
Glue
Scissors
Markers or crayons
Some tiny pebbles

Start with a small square of very thick green paper to make the base of the garden. A piece about 10 inches square (about 25 cm) works well.
Cut some blue paper to make a stream through your garden and glue it to the green base. Glue on a small paper goldfish. A strip of brown paper makes a nice bridge across the water.
To make a tiny pagoda, use 3 paper egg carton sections. Cut each section's wide part so that it has four legs. Glue the three sections together as shown in the picture to the right.
Glue the pagoda to the garden's base.
To make a tree's trunk, roll up a small rectangle of brown construction paper and glue it to form a tube. Cut a few short slits on one end (you'll use these to glue the tree to the garden).
Open up the slits and glue to the garden's base.

Cut some leaf-like shapes from green construction paper and glue them to the tree trunk.
Glue some small pebbles on the garden base to make a little rock garden.