Make Your Own Chia Pet!

Want to teach your kids about how things grow? Try making a homemade Chia Pet! They are simple to make and the kids can personalize them and cut their hair all summer.

Supplies:

-Empty Yogourt Container

-Nylon Stocking

-Grass Seed

-Water

-Potting Soil

-Construction Paper

-Markers or Crayons

The construction paper will be the clothing for our new little grass friend. Have your kids design the clothing by colouring a piece of paper. Cut a strip from their drawing large enough to wrap around the yogourt container.

Put grass seed in the toe of the stocking, then add potting soil, approximately one cup. Form the soil into a ball and tie a knot, you'll want to cut the tail off at about two inches from the knot (the picture below is not cut).

Glue on eyes and a mouth cut from construction paper (you could use googly eyes too). Put a few tablespoons of water in the bottom of the yogourt container. The tail that we cut will draw the water up and keep the soil moist.

We'll add more pictures once our grass starts growing

but I think he's pretty cute already!