It's Garden Season Baby!
4.12.2014Egg Carton Garden Craft
Hey there Mums! I’m actually out camping competing in a
challenge based race called Questival right now. You can see my adventures at @natashialaurene or #byson. It’s pretty fun but I’m taking
a break to share a fun idea for you and your little ones for Spring. This idea
is fun and it will help you educate your children about gardening. This activity got my little ones excited about
gardens. Next week we will be having a “Going Green Week”. So hopefully this
post will get you in the spirit.
What you need:
Felt (in different colors)
Green pipe cleaners
Beans
2/3 yard Brown cotton fabric
Brown Ribbon
Scissors
Hot Glue
Plastic fold –top Sandwich bags
Twist Ties
How-To:
1. Mold
your pipe cleaners for whatever types of plants you have chosen. I chose to
have roots at the ends of mine to help them stay stable.
2. Place
the corner of a plastic sandwich bag into one of an egg carton.
3. Place
the molded pipe cleaners into the plastic bag in the egg carton root side down.
4. Fill
the bag with beans until it comes to about the top of the egg carton.
5. Twists
tie the beans around the pipe cleaner really tight. You do not want and wiggle
room or pipe cleaner to be loose.
6. Next
cut out shapes of the veggies or flowers you want to make.
8. Hot
glue the fruit shapes to the tops of your stems.
9. Now
repeat with as many plants you’d like.
10. Get out the watering cans and shovels and play away!
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