Daily Idea #312: Silly Grass Planters

Earth Day is this week! To honor and celebrate our beautiful planet, we are going to be doing daily ideas with this theme in mind.

For the first daily idea, we are making recycled planters. You’ll need a few empty water bottles, the caps from the bottles, googly eyes, glue, soil, and flower or grass seeds.

Collect your empty plastic water bottles. Make a mark about 1/3 of the way down the bottle and carefully cut the top section off of the bottle. If you have some sharp edges, you can use a nail file or sandpaper to smooth them out a bit. Using the lid from the bottle, glue that onto the front of the planter to make a nose for your planter’s face and attach googly eyes. Fill your planter 2/3 of the way with soil and place a few seeds (any grass or flower would work really well) just under the surface of the soil. Put a small amount of soil on top of the seeds and water until just damp. Put your planter in a sunny location and water every other day with enough water to just dampen the soil. Depending on the seeds, you should start to see growth within the first week of planting!