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“Love grows” DIY valentines gift for kids
This DIY Valentine’s Day gift for kids is perfect for the plant lover, green smoothie enthusiast, or gardener in your life. It’s a nature-themed project where the recipient receives the supplies and instructions to grow edible microgreens (or wheatgrass for juicing). Make this thoughtful springtime Valentine’s Day kit for your love bugs, and let them watch their gift grow. It’s so much fun!
Pro-Mix Seed Starting Mix for this post was provided by Premier Tech, the makers of Pro-Mix.
A DIY Valentine’s Day gift for kids to make and give
Tired of friendship bracelets? Microgreens are one of the easiest and healthiest ways to grow greens at home. They can be harvested a week after planting rather than waiting for the months it takes to harvest most vegetables. All they need is a little bit of soil, light, and moisture!
Growing & enjoying wheatgrass or microgreens
Microgreens are the young plant shoots of baby veggies. These miniature edibles have a subtle flavor and can be blended into a smoothie, mixed into a garden salad, or used as a fresh garnish. Mini microgreen gardens really are the perfect green Valentine’s Day gifts!
To grow the microgreens, your love grows Valentine’s Day kit recipient will soak the seeds in clean water, place them on moist potting soil, and wait for the seeds to sprout. Then all it takes is some light and moisture to grow the seeds into delicious little greens!
Supplies: DIY valentine’s day gifts for kids
Most of these things can be found at the dollar store!
- Stainless steel food storage container (between 1″-2″ deep).
- Seeds: Ready-to-Sprout Seeds (clean pathogen-free sprouting seeds). Choose large seeds such as speckled peas, sunflowers, or wheatgrass (also called wheat berries). Wheatgrass seeds are widely available online.
- Organic seed starting potting mix (see some good options here).
- Small plastic or paper bag
- Small coin envelope
- Red string
- Red ribbon
- Instructions
Steps to make the “Love Grows” green Valentine’s day kit
- Ensure your supplies and work area are clean.
- Measure out the seeds by pouring enough into the container so that the seeds cover about half the available area. The seeds should be almost touching each other, but not quite.
- Package the measured seeds into a small envelope or bag. Set the seeds aside.
- Measure out the potting soil by placing enough dry soil into the container so that it is at least 1″-2″ deep. The soil will compress when wet, so it’s better to include a little more soil if you’re uncertain about the volume.
- Place the potting soil in a small bag and tie it with a pretty string.
- Print and cut out the printable instruction card. If necessary, add any extra instructions that are specific to the type of seeds you’ve included.
- Place the potting soil, seeds, and instruction card into the container.
- Decorate Valentine’s day kit with a pretty red ribbon!
Love grows, and other green valentine’s day quotes to include
Here are some extra love quotes for your love grows green valentine’s day kit:
- Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart. – Russell Page
- The garden is a love song, a duet between a human being and Mother Nature. – Jeff Cox
- Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings. – Gustave Flaubert
- If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life. — Cher
- Gardens always mean something else, man absolutely uses one thing to say another. – Robert Harbison
- One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. – W.E. Johns
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