Sassy Grassy!

Taking time to get crafty with your kids is important!  Here is a great project that will get your kids in the mood for outside gardening too!

Sassy grassy - Watch Sassy as her hair GROWS! Then give her a trim. Kids love to use scissors to give Sassy a haircut.
• Plastic pot
• Potting Soil
• Tissue Paper
• Decoupage Glaze & Foam Brush
• Tacky Glue
• Collage Materials

Craft Instructions:

1. Use the foam brush to apply a layer of decoupage glaze on to the outside of the plastic pot

2. While the glaze is still wet wrap the pot with the tissue paper. You can tear the tissue paper into small pieces and apply or wrap one large piece and trim off excess paper.

3. Apply another layer of glaze on top of the tissue paper to seal it onto the plastic pot. Let dry completely.

4. Decorate your pot with the collage materials. Make a face with the wiggly eyes and felt shapes. Add feathers, stickers, and pipe cleaners.

5. Fill the pot with the soil, and pour seed directly on top of the soil. Water, and set in a window. Allow 2 to 3 days before seed spouts. Don’t forget to keep the soil moist.

Educational Information:

There are more than 9,000 different plants in the grass family, and it is one of the largest plant groups on Earth. Grass is extremely important to most people's lives. For one thing, grass is a major food source all over the world. Rice, corn and oats come from grass plants, for example, and most livestock animals feed primarily on grasses. In some parts of the world, people use grass plants in construction (bamboo is a grass, for example), and wherever it grows, grass plays a vital role in curbing erosion. Grass is also used to make sugar, liquor, bread and plastics, among many other things.