Gardening
Decorating Flower Pots and Planting Seeds
This can be a great party craft or a fun project at home. Have kids paint the outsides of their flower pots and allow to dry. When pots are dry enough to handle, have the kids pour in the potting soil and sprinkle seeds in. Hopefully in a few weeks they will have a sprouted plant!(read more)
Growing a Garden
After the cold weather is over, invite the children to explore in the backyard with you. Buy a children's gardening set (trowel, spade, gloves) so that they can help you clear the dirt in order to prepare the soil so that you can plant pretty flower seeds or tomatoes. Go to your local nursery together to pick out plants and seeds. Kids LOVE helping in the garden.(read more)
DIY Chia Head
Take a clear plastic cup and make a face using pipe cleaner for the mouth, a pom-pom for the nose and googly eyes. Then fill the cup 3/4 of the way with potting soil and plant grass seeds in it. The kids can water it each day and watch the grass (or hair) grow. When the grass gets long enough the kids can give their funny-faced friend ...(read more)
Dye your Daisies
A fun way to help your child visualize how plants use water is to add a few drops of food coloring to a glass of water, then place a white daisy into the glass. Over the next few days the daisy will change colors as it "drinks" the water. Experiment using different colors. This activity also works with a white carnation or a stalk of celery. (read more)
Tiny Wheelbarrow Planters
Take the plastic scoop from your powdered laundry detergent and wash it very well. Then, glue on two clean gallon milk jug lids, one on each side. This should look like a tiny wheelbarrow. Next add potting soil and let the kids plant a few seeds. Grass seeds or lima beans work very well for this project because they grow so fast. As the plants grow, be ...(read more)
Window Sill Garlic
Plant an unpeeled garlic clove in potting soil, pointed end up. Cover completely, water every few days, and keep in the sun. The garlic will grow, and your child will get a kitchen window lesson in botany and life cycles.(read more)
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