Today craft day was taken straight from the pages of the Crafty Crow. When I saw this post a while back, I knew we had to do them for craft day. The original idea can be found here, at Mayfly. I always wanted a Chia Pet as a child, but never had one - probably more because I never asked for one than anything.
We modified ours a bit by using chive seed (I hope this works - I just didn't see the need to buy a huge bag of grass seed when I don't even have a lawn, or at least not one that is my responsibility to care for) and potting soil instead of mulch. I had some potting soil on hand, so I hope it works as well. Only time will tell - I'll have to do an update on this post.
I love to see how all of these crafts translate into our under five population. We only had a couple of "real" faces here and the rest more closely resembled a Jackson Pollock. Ned was so careful about his painting - look at how he holds that brush! And believe me when I tell you that every stroke was intentional.
I'll let you know how this one turns out - it was fun to put together. Hopefully, all of our heads will grow a bit of hair now!
that looks like so much fun!! what a great crafty day!
Posted by: heidi | July 24, 2008 at 05:50 AM
Those are really cute. I hope you have hairy results!
Posted by: Carolyn | July 24, 2008 at 06:48 PM
I love this idea! Thanks for sharing it. :)
Posted by: Kia | July 25, 2008 at 06:12 AM
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing this. :)
Posted by: Kia | July 25, 2008 at 06:13 AM
My son just made one in cubs on Wednesday night! How funny.
Posted by: Lera | July 25, 2008 at 09:26 AM
Jesse I love this project. We did the same thing last year except we left the panty hose longer-filled it with dirt then tied- I suppose it was about a foot long- anyway we tied string around it- in sections- I can't explain this very well. It ended up looking like a catepiller. Does that make any sense at all? It was fun and cute anyway. Some farm supply stores sell grass seed in bulk bins so you can get just a little.
Posted by: Natasha | July 25, 2008 at 02:29 PM
That looks like so much fun! I bet my little miss would enjoy it, too.
Posted by: Mary | July 28, 2008 at 04:54 PM
How cute! Can't wait to see how they turn out! Looks like you have a mini Monet in Ned.
Posted by: Missy | July 28, 2008 at 09:29 PM