Grass Heads are fantastic fun. They are strange little characters with grass hair that love to watch the world go by from the window sill.
YOU WILL NEED:
A pair of old pantyhose cut in to 20centimetre lengths
Potting mix
Grass seeds
Rubber bands
Decorations such as google eyes, felt, pipe cleaners.
PVA glue
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cut the pantyhose to the length that you need.
- If it’s not the end with the toe, tie a knot in it so the potting mix doesn’t fall out.
- Turn the pantyhose inside out so the knot is on the inside.
- Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of grass seed across the bottom of the stocking.
- Fill the pantyhose with potting mix.
- Tie a knot in the pantyhose so that it is firm.
- Turn it up the other way so that the seed is on the top and the knot is on the bottom.
- Twist a section of the pantyhose containing the soil in to a nose and use a rubber band to secure it. Do the same on each side to form ears.
- Glue on decorations for eyes and a mouth.
- Make a pair of glasses out of the pipe cleaners to sit on the eyes and ears.
- Either sit the grass head on a damp sponge or on top of a vase so that the tail of the stocking sits in the water below.
- As the grass hair grows make sure you keep it watered with a water spray gun and if the hair gets too long, give it a hair cut!
TEACHERS: Grass Heads are a great opportunity to teach children about osmosis since the water soaks up through the stocking and the potting mix.