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Description

Make your own Newspaper seed pots

Resources

• old newspaper, one that parents have finished with
• a small, glass jar (you could use an old candle jar)

Instructions

These pots are not only recycled and biodegradable but also fun and easy to make. The finished pots are quite sturdy while the seeds are growing, but they’ll break down quickly once they’ve been planted in the soil, meaning you don’t have to transfer them.

Instructions:

1. Ask the Ladybirds to lay a full sheet of black and white newspaper flat. Coloured paper may contain heavy metals that could drain into your soil.
2. Next, ask the Ladybirds to fold the paper in half, lengthways, twice to form a long, narrow strip of folded newspaper.
3. Next, lay a small, glass jar on its side and place it on one end of the strip of paper. Roll the newspaper around the jar. The jar is used only as a form to roll the paper around. About half of the strip of paper should overlap the open end of the glass.
4. Push the ends of the paper into the open end of the jar. This step doesn’t have to be neat and tidy; just stuff the overlapping newspaper into the jar.
5. Pull the jar out of the newspaper pocket so you have the newspaper pot in your hand.
6. Push the bottom of the jar into the newspaper cup, squashing the folded bottom to flatten. This step will seal the bottom of your pot. Once the pot has been filled with soil, the bottom will be secure.
7. Pull the jar out and you have a finished paper pot, ready to grow seeds in.

Acknowledgement/Source
https://www.edenproject.com/learn/for-everyone/make-your-own-newspaper-seed-pots

Tags

• Ladybird Craft For Fun
• Pot
• seeds

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