Materials Needed:
-film container
-cotton balls
-yarn
-flower or vegetable seed
-screw eye hook
Instructions:
This works great with the clear containers. Put two to four cotton
balls into the container. Tuck in about a few seeds between the cotton
balls and the outside of the container, so that you can see them. Large
seeds work best. Peas, Cantaloupe, etc. Add a few drops of water,
just until cotton balls are damp, but not soaked and not enough to puddle water
on bottom of container. Use a screw eye with a medium size eye on it and
screw it through the center of the lid. Put the lid on the container
tightly. Braid three pieces of yarn long enough to go around the child's
neck and slip over the head. Thread yarn through the screw eye and tie in
a circle. Kids like to wear these necklaces and watch the seeds
sprout and grow inside the container. If you time this just right, you can
plant them into starter pots when they get too big for the container, or outside
into the garden.