Seedlings in a coffee cup - Arts, Crafts and DIY

Material

1 cardboard coffee cup
1 cup of potting mix
1 bean seed
1 wooden stick decoration
1 piece of paper
1 marker
1 piece of clear contact

Method

Add soil to cup. Plant seed just below surface. Place wooden figure in cup.
On paper write your name, date seed was planted and a message if you like. Ours have a poem about watching our seed grow on them.
Cover paper with contact and stick onto cup.
Lightly water. Place in a sunny position to grow. Water regularly and watch your seed grow.

Notes

This is a great way for children to learn about growing vegetables or flowers. You can use any seed you like. Bean seeds are great as they are large and well suited for little hands.

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- chicken83
- 07 Mar 2014
  8:53 pm

154 Comments

- - mom465683 said
  - 30 Jun 2022
    7:53 pm
Good idea. My dad plants seeds in old yoghurt cups.

- - Mum2archer said
  - 22 May 2022
    11:17 pm
Very simple and great idea I love it!

- - Julzie13 said
  - 14 Mar 2022
    10:19 am
I started using the big clear plastic cups for planting seeds into. I just poked a couple of holes in the bottom of each cup. I have been reusing the same cups for a couple of years now, and get great results. You can also see where the roots are whilst growing. My photo is of the seeds I have on the go now that I have sowed on the last week.

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 14 Jan 2020
    6:42 am
Another great recycle option for plants. The ideas are endless and I’m loving them

- - mom81879 said
  - 23 Nov 2019
    10:08 am
I tend to do my seedlings in egg cartons. When they’re up and ready, I just pop the seedling with egg carton in the garden. It breaks down after a while

- - mom152736 said
  - 12 Aug 2019
    1:37 pm
Love it…am using it for my succulents.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 23 Mar 2019
    9:27 am
Great idea to get the kids out into the garden more!

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 03 Jan 2019
    1:49 pm
Very meet and tidy to keep in the backyard

- - mom325275 said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    11:42 pm
Great way for the kiddies to see the seed grow

- - kjgarner said
  - 29 Jun 2018
    12:14 pm
Great way to get the kids to watch their seeds grow
- kjgarner replied
  
  30 Jun 2018 , 8:36 pm
  You could do this every year for them to learn about growing
- - ella12 said
  - 12 Dec 2017
    2:26 pm
Sounds easy peasy. Love it, thanks!

- - mom112217 said
  - 05 Nov 2017
    1:47 pm
A handy idea to recycle,thanks!

- - mom111059 said
  - 29 Sep 2016
    6:38 pm
love recycling ideas. They look great. Thanks.

- - june11 said
  - 28 Mar 2016
    11:10 pm
You could also cut off the top section off a milk carton and use the lower section – an iced coffee carton (small or medium) would be ideal. The best use for these is plants you can transplant into large containers or the open garden later. Some such as carrots and parsnips are not suitable for transplanting.

- - jaymarie12 said
  - 29 Feb 2016
    10:57 pm
I love this cool idea!

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 01 Dec 2015
    7:03 pm
this is a brilliant idea – love it

- - jellybean01 said
  - 31 Oct 2015
    10:20 pm
Love this idea….unfortunately my track record with keeping plants alive isn’t great lol

- - donnamcdiarmid said
  - 25 Oct 2015
    11:15 pm
love this idea, im going to print and give to my daughters teacher what a great project for the whole class to do

- - dbhall82 said
  - 29 Sep 2015
    5:33 pm
This is a great easy way to introduce gardening to kids thanks!

- - mom109229 said
  - 29 Sep 2015
    2:04 pm
A great idea! Pots that will eventually break down.