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Materials

strawberry baskets

markers

paper

glue

plastic sandwich bags

potting soil

grass seed

pipe cleaners

Instructions

* April is National Garden Month.
1. Give each child a strawberry basket. Ask the children to decorate pieces
of paper to fit the sides of their baskets and glue them to the outside of
the baskets.
2. Put sandwich bags inside the baskets.
3. Let children put potting soil in the bags, and take a handful of grass seed
and plant it in the soil.
4. Make a handle for the baskets by twisting two pipe cleaners together
and attaching them to opposite sides of the baskets.
5. Put the baskets in a sunny place and water regularly.

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