FABULOUS FLOWER POTS AND PLANTS

• Milk carton container - pint or quart size
• Potting soil
• Quick sprouting seeds (like marigolds, pumpkin, grass, mustard, parsley, lima beans, sweet peas violas)
• Scissors
• Paint
• Glue
• Toothpick, popsicle stick or pencil
• Paper
• Any materials lying around your home like: old buttons, bottle caps, yarn, cotton balls, pipe cleaners, uncooked pasta: like elbows, bow ties, spaghetti; tin foil, straws and toothpicks are always neat items to add to any project (use your imagination)
• Spray bottle

1. If using a pint milk carton, cut the top of the milk carton off so that you can see the inside. If you are using a quart milk carton, cut the carton in half.
2. Cut a small hole in the bottom of the carton. This will allow the water to drain after you water your plant.
3. Paint or decorate your milk carton "pot" and let dry overnight.
4. Add soil almost to the top of the carton.
5. Using a pencil point, insert 2-3 small holes it into the soil for the seeds to rest. Add 2-3 seeds and cover with dirt.
6. Water seeds, place in the sunlight and watch it grow!!!!
7. Cut a small piece of paper and draw and/or write the kind of seeds you planted. Attach the paper to a toothpick, popsicle stick or pencil and then insert it into the soil. Now you have a name tag for your plant.

Materials:

• Quick sprouting seeds (like above)
• Sponges
• Scissors
• Plate or shallow bowl
• Markers
• Spray Bottle

1. Cut sponges into various spring shapes like flowers, sun, ducks and so on.
2. Moisten sponge shape( it should be damp, not completely wet), place on a plate or in a shallow bowl and sprinkle with seeds.
3. Cover the tray with cheesecloth- you'll need to spray this with some water to keep it moist. Place sponge in a sunny spot, but not directly in the sun.
4. Take off the cheesecloth during the day and keep the sponge moist.
5. Draw on seperate cards the different steps you took to plant your seeds. Now mix the cards and arrange them in the proper sequence of plant growth.
6. Create a graph and chart the number of days it took for the seeds to sprout.