Douglas 4-H Summer Program Gardening Week 2

This week the students’ projects were based on Father’s Day. The students created Grow Cards, which involved lots of colored construction paper, wet chunks of newspaper, cookie cutters, and a blender. The mentors placed a small amount of newspaper into the blender, as well as pieces of construction paper and water. We then blended it all together. After the smoothie-like goop was drained and poured onto a tray, the children used cookie cutters to form all types of shapes for their father’s special day. When it was formed they sprinkled grass seeds on top and set it to dry. We made sure to drain enough water so the seeds would not grow until the kids poured enough water onto them. The students created these shapes to place into their father’s cards. All of them were expectant and hoped to see the delight in their father’s eyes.