<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a902f432-9657-4140-a323-70122a3e0e15/695DDB91-E421-4D99-8EA8-7EA3B3E7DADB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/zen_garden_craft.htm" href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/zen_garden_craft.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.activityvillage.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/zen_garden_craft.htm">Miniature Zen Garden Craft</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/zen_garden_craft.htm"><P><B><FONT size="2">Here is an unusual craft idea for a Japanese theme. It also makes a great gift for someone who needs a calming influence - perfect for Father's Day!</FONT></B></p> <O:P> <P><FONT size="2"><B>A Japanese Zen garden </B>is traditionally a rock garden made up of just rocks and sand, although plants may be used. Patterns are made in the sand to represent rippling water. Zen gardens are supposed to be peaceful, serene places.</FONT></p> <P><FONT size="2"><DIV>Miniature gardens are often placed on desks to promote a sense of peace. Our simple-to-make miniature version would make an excellent gift for father’s day or teacher appreciation week.</DIV> <B>To make your own miniature garden you will need:</B></FONT></p> <P><FONT size="2">A small box (we used a chocolate box) Sand (playpit sand is perfect) or fine gravel Pebbles<BR /><DIV> A fork</DIV> Fill your box halfway to the rim with sand. Use your fork to draw a pattern in the sand. Arrange your pebbles. Fine gravel can be used instead of sand. </FONT></P></O:P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/zen_garden_craft.htm"><IMG width="200" height="155" border="0" alt="zen garden" src="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/zen%20garden%20craft.jpg" /></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/695DDB91-E421-4D99-8EA8-7EA3B3E7DADB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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