Grass Caterpillar

Spring is such a happy time of year! Everything starts to grow and turn green and it's a great chance to explore planting seeds and watching the process of a living thing. 

There are lots of fun ways to grow grass. This time around we chose the grass caterpillar. 

Supplies: soil, grass seed, egg carton, pipe cleaner, googly eyes, glue

Monkey had already helped with collecting some dirt from our planter box to use for this activity. 

Next he gave his caterpillar eyes and antennae. 

Then we planted the seeds. Monkey filled the egg carton about half full with soil. 

Then he added a big sprinkle of seed to each cup. 

Then we covered the seed with a bit more soil and the caterpillar was ready to go. 

We brought him inside, added some water and left him in a sunny place. Monkey remembered from some of our activities last spring that plants need water and sunshine to grow. 

Every morning Monkey checked on the caterpillar and gave it a little bit of water. It took six days for the first few blades of grass to sprout up out of the dirt. 

After that the grass came pretty quickly.

Here is the caterpillar after two weeks.  

The next two days he grew a ton! This is after sixteen days. 

And finally, here he is after twenty days, almost ready for a haircut!!

Monkey really enjoyed this activity. I like that it has kept his interest all this time and he's had some experience caring for a living thing. 

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