Hey kids! It’s time to make DIY Eco seed crackers
If you love Christmas, gardening, upcycling, and keeping the kids busy - you’ll be popping over this project! December is about abundance, but sadly a lot of this is waste too. So, dear gardeners, let’s play our part in reducing, recycling and remembering that we can incorporate a little green in everything. Instead of the usual cracker filled with plastic nonsense, which ends up in the bin, imagine an upcycled cracker filled with veggie, herb, and flower seeds to plant for summer! Hooray! Get the kids on board and let’s make eco seed crackers for Christmas.
Get cracking
For this DIY project, you will need:
- Some empty toilet rolls
- A few pieces of tissue paper
- Used eco wrapping paper
- Twine/string/ribbon/elastic bands
- A pair of scissors
- Light duty glue
- Colouring in goodies
- Seeds to plant
After the cracker has been cracked, you will need:
- Soil and compost
- Some sweet sunshine and water
Selecting seeds
Give your guests something meaningful to take home after Christmas lunch with a stunning selection of summer seeds for you to choose from:
- Full sun, summer veggies: Broccoli, brussels sprouts, capsicum, cucumber, brinjal, sweet melon (spanspek), pumpkin (flat boer), spinach, tomatoes, and watermelon.
- Full sun, summer herbs: Catnip, chamomile, chives, coriander, dill, fennel, garlic, paprika, rocket, and sage.
- Full sun, summer flowers: Alyssum, black-eyed Susan, chrysanthemum, cosmos, forget-me-not, helichrysum, marigold, nasturtium, petunias, and sunflowers.
Elves at work
Green fingers at the ready! It’s time to assemble our crackers:
- Wrap your selected seeds inside a few pieces of toilet paper or tissue. Tie them up with a piece of string. Set aside.
- For a personal touch and the enjoyable element of surprise, decorate the toilet roll according to what seed is inside. Kids can draw on veggies, herbs, or flowers and decorate as desired. This also adds to the excitement as guests won’t know what seeds they got until the cracker has popped and they behold your child’s delightful loo roll artwork.
