Today we are joined by Renata Fossen Brown , author of the creative script , Gardening science laboratory for kid : 52 Fun Experiments to Learn , Grow , Harvest , Make , Play , and Enjoy Your Garden . This fun and creative book features 52 plant life - related activities define into hebdomadary object lesson , beginning with learning to read maps to find your heat zona , move through seeds , soil , compost , and then creating garden art and appreciating your innate surroundings . Today Renata shares Lab # 48 : how to craft up these quirky Grassy Garden Gnomes .
Grassy Garden gnome
solitaire is a merit . One that I do n’t have . And neither do most young shaver . Sometimes horticulture can be particularly frustrative for a 5 - yr - old when the come she planted on Tuesday has n’t done ANYTHING by Wednesday .
Enter grass seed . Grass seed sprouts rapidly and this fun project is perfect for the picayune 1 among us to get a little slyness on , then see the pot grow within a few days . After a week , the sess is unremarkably recollective enough to put into ponytail or give a buzz cut , depending on your stylistic tendencies .
These Grassy Garden Gnomes are adorable to work on in the deepness of wintertime , when we ’re all craving some verdure in our aliveness . They ’re also everlasting to do in the spring and use as Easter decorations . summer brings out many a grass - grower too … okay you get the stop . An entertaining activity to do any time of year . Enjoy !
Materials
satiate your garden with gnomes to help watch over over it and keep you company . Your garden gnome will be extra special as it will have actual growing “ hair ! ”
summit : This is a messy activity , so do this outdoors if you may . Otherwise spread newspaper on your work surface .
moil In !
Fig . 1 : Cover the mouth of a drinking glass with the nylon and sprinkle in grass seeded player .
Fig . 2 : Pour soil on top of the skunk seed , then tangle the nylon stocking justly below the soil to make the gnome ’s head .
Fig . 3 : Glue googly eye and facial features on to the face of the gnome .
Fig . 4 : Invert the dwarf ’s head into the bowl of piss .
Fig . 5 : Insert the nylon “ wick ” into the cup filled with water .
6 . Place the gnome where it will get sunlight , and within a week watch for the seed “ hair ” to germinate !
Fig . 6 : Welcome your grassy garden gnome to its garden home !
Dig Deeper : Grass Facts
reissue with permission fromGardening Labs for Kidsby Renata Brown © 2014 . put out by Quarry Books . Photography courtesy of Quarry Books .
Now was n’t that playfulness ? need to see what the other 51 labs have in stock ? Well go grab a copy ofGardening Lab for Kids : 52 Fun experimentation to instruct , Grow , Harvest , Make , shimmer , and Enjoy Your Garden
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