growing sunflowers
woah, it’s been a while, eh? sorry for the lapse in blogging. last week was busy with tying up loose ends of the summer, cleaning out for autumn, and getting my art therapy practice up and running (woot!) and while i was doing these things, i went through the art cabinet and found something i bought back in the spring, and we never used this summer – oops.
if it says "crayola" on it, does it count as an art project? 
well, sure it’s the day after labor day, but it stays good and warm here through the end of october, and the kit said that it’s only for planting in summer 2010, so i figured we’d better get germinating! i mean, it is still technically summer for a couple more weeks after all.
watering the soil pellets to watch them expand
this crayola flower kit is so step-by-step easy that it’s not all that exciting for a 3 year old to do, honestly. i think N would have preferred to get more messy like when we planted seeds in pots in the loose soil. regardless, who can turn away a sunflower garden?
planting seeds
we created a little greenhouse in our kitchen plant window, and in 1-2 weeks we should have some sprouts! just in time for… uh, fall? oh well.
and check out that adorable fairy there on the left by one of my favorite etsy artists, mamakopp! it’s perfect for the flowers N brings in for me from her adventures in the yard. stay tuned or some seriously colorful fun to come this week…
we'll keep you posted on the sunflower harvest!
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I just bought a packet of sunflower seeds to plant with the kids at preschool. They are the giant variety, and I think we will plant them in pots to make kind of a screen / cubby area on the verandah. Love sunflowers!