Growing grass…nothing too special about that, right? Well, when you use a baking tray and fill it with miniature animals, all of a sudden growing grass becomes VERY exciting and LOTS of fun!
Before it got cold last year, that is exactly what we did! All you need is:
- a baking pan (or some sort of shallow container)
- rocks (for drainage)
- soil
- grass seed
- spray bottle filled with water
Directions: Add the rocks to the bottom of the pan or container. Cover the rocks and fill the container with soil. Sprinkle lots of grass seed over the dirt and then cover the seed with a thin layer of soil.
Next, water it…and water it some more…and wait for your grass to begin to grow!
The kids had such a BLAST playing with their grass!
In fact, my daughter enjoyed playing with the grass and animals so much that she used some of the blades of grass and some leaves to “sew” blankets for the animals!
Who knew planting some grass could be so much fun?!?!?
For more fun, science activities, check out Science Sunday with Ticia!
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Did the aluminum pan get rusty?
It’s been a long time since we did this activity, but I do not recall the pan get rusty at all.
What a neat idea!!!
My hubby had the cute idea of talking about perspective and having the little animals in there from the time the seeds are planted and seeing them appear smaller and smaller as the grass grows taller and taller. Can’t wait to try your wonderful idea!! :o)
I just linked to this on my facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/let-the-children-play/108249379211263?ref=ts
What a wonderful idea. We have to try this. My daughter would love it!
Greetings from India 🙂
Love this idea! Thanks Jenn!
How cute!!! I am going to try growing wheat grass.
Love this idea! Thanks Jenn!
What a wonderful idea. We have to try this. My daughter would love it!
Greetings from India 🙂
Going to link up to this on the 22nd in my garden post! =) Is it ok if I use your picture?
I just linked to this on my facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/let-the-children-play/108249379211263?ref=ts
I love this! We did something similar at preschool, only we planted grass in a series of tyres and the kids use them as little worlds for imaginative play. If you’d like to take a look:
http://progressiveearlychildhoodeducation.blogspot.com/2010/10/imaginative-play-in-tyre.html
So much fun!!!
Jenn,
This is a GREAT Post! I wish i would have seen this sooner for our seed planting party! =)
as always i enjoy your posts, thanks for sharing!
oh, and if you decide to have a spring seed planting party, read about our adventure here:
http://dailythoughtsonmytots.blogspot.com/2011/03/spring-seed-planting-party.html
blessings!
angela in Germany!
Jenn, you are wonderful! I just found your blog while searching for thumbsucking help. I also have twin boys (age 4) and a little girl (age 20 months). The growing grass project seems really fun. We will have to do this! Thanks.
That’s really fun. My 4 year old would love that.
I LOVE this! We’re doin’ this!!!
Thank you!
I remember growing grass as a kid, and it was the coolest thing to do.
I just love that! How clever! =)
What a wonderful project! We will have to do this soon I think Sammy would love it 🙂
Fantastic! I bet the kids just loved taking care of their growing science experiment!
We did this with paper cups. I taped the kids pictures on the outside so it looked like they had green hair. The kids had a blast cutting the grass and making different hair styles. I actually had a grass sod planed for our sensory bin for this coming July