1. Start by placing a layer of small stones in the base of your tray .
\n2. The kids fill up their trays with potting soil, using their hands, the dirtier the better.
\n3. They place the 3 different sized plants in the tray to create their foliage, using their peter pointer finger to make the holes to place the roots in.
\n4. Get them to use their imaginations to create a little scene in their trays. They can add toys, create a pond with a shallow lid filled with water plus rocks to make it look real.<\/p>\n
Mr Grass Head<\/h2>\n
The kids love this and its really easy to make. It teaches them responsibility because they have to give it water, sun and loads of love. As a reward they can give him a \u201chaircut\u201d or put a\u201cribbon or bows in her hair\u201d You will need:<\/p>\n 1. Take stocking and tie a\u00a0 knot at one end. And finally, how about taking the kids to the nursery, have fun picking out vegetable seedlings and planting them together as a family.<\/p>\n Note: If you enjoyed this article, and would like to stay updated with more, you can:<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Its finally here\u2026\u2026.SPRING YIPEE!!!!!!!!!! Get those sun hats and that suntan lotion on, grab the kids and head outside into the garden for some good wholesome fun in the sun! Why not try out a few of our Little Green Fingers activities. Get the kids outdoors exploring and discovering nature away from the television. Gardening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":351771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy-activities"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/greenfingers.jpg\" "\\"greenfingers\\"")
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\n2. Turn the stocking inside out and fill it with\u00a0 2 teaspoonfuls of seeds and sawdust.
\n3. Knot the open end of the stocking.
\n4. Make sure the seeds are the top of his head where you will create a face.
\n5. Use elastics & bunches of sawdust to create the nose and ears and stick on wobbly eyes.
\n6. Place in a tray of water to soak and wait 2 weeks for\u00a0 the \u201chair\u201d to grow.<\/p>\n\n