Plants! Plants! Plants!
There are lots to do with plants--like climb them! Plant them! Eat them!
Enjoy!
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Flowers
- Look for the first flower(s) of spring
(Or the last flower of fall.)
- Blow the fuzzy seeds off dandelions
- Make a daisy chain
You will need about 10-12 daisies with their stems attached. In the first daisy, make a small slit in the stem a little way down from the blossom. You can use your fingernail to do that or a plastic knife. Thread the next daisy's stem through the hole you just made. In the second daisy stem, make a slit just like in the flower before. Thread another daisy through this hole. Keep going until you have the length you need. Then tuck the ends together and you have a crown, necklace or bracelet/anklet.
- Stop and smell the flowers
- Press flowers
Place flowers you have picked between two pieces of newspaper. Put a flat, heavy object like a big book on top of the paper until the flowers are dry (a day or two). The book will press the flowers flat as they dry.
Once the flowers are dry you can glue them onto a memory box (see arts and crafts), glue them onto a homemade card or simply admire them.
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And More...
- Jump in a pile of leaves
Are the leaves falling off the trees? Rake them into a pile and then jump in the pile.
- Start your own plant from a seed or cutting
- Climb a tree
- Look for a four-leaf clover
- Grow a vegetable
- Collect leaves or pine cones
- Wax a leaf
Materials needed: leaves, wax paper, newspaper, iron, help from an adult.
Place a leaf between two pieces of wax paper. Place the wax paper between two pieces of plain paper or newspaper. Have an adult iron the paper. The wax from the wax paper should melt over the leaf, preserving it and its colour.
- Terrarium
A terrarium is a small, closed container for plants.
Materials needed: jar with lid, potting soil, plants, water
Take a clear jar—the wider the better. Place some soil in the bottom of the jar. You will need the soil to be about 5 cm (2 inches) deep in the bottom of the jar. You can plant seeds or cuttings of houseplants in your terrarium. (Depending upon the plant, you might be able to place the cutting straight into the soil or you may have to place it in water until roots start to grow before you plant it.) Water your plants or seeds. Then place a lid on the jar. If you do not have a lid, plastic wrap or a small plate will work nicely.
In time, the plants will grow. Because they are in a sealed jar, they will need to be watered only once or twice a year. If it gets really wet and mildewy in the jar, you may have to remove the lid for a day or two to let it dry out a little bit. Essentially, you are creating your own little atmosphere.
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