Valentine Seed Bombs

     As Valentines day was approaching my oldest daughter was unsure of what to hand out to her friends and teachers. We searched pinterest for ideas. We had found a cute fortune cookie http://www.designwashrinserepeat.com/2009/02/index.html but could not master how to fold it properly. We also found some seed tags http://www.hillcitybride.com/2010/11/diy-from-pulp-art-plantable-paper/  but figured the boys would not like them. Alas we decided to do traditional premade Valentines with rub on tattoos that she would hand out to her class, however her teacher and a few other staff members she still wanted to do something special. I showed her some seed bombs and also came across another pinterest post that showed relaxing bombs http://www.etsy.com/listing/122530703/seed-bombs-for-relaxation-herbal-teas? dressed up in a box like chocolates and it sparked an idea to do the same thing but with the seed bombs.

  Valentine Seed Bombs

 

First we had to gather our supplies to make our seed bombs. There were many directions out there on how to do this, but we decided to use what we had on hand. Dirt from our yard, peat moss, an ice cream bucket to mix everything in, seeds, an egg carton to put the balls in to dry, and some newspaper to protect the table.

 

We mixed equal parts dirt and peat moss in the bucket, add our seeds, and mixed in water to help keep the ball shape as the dirt and peat moss were a bit dry. Once the seed bombs were formed into balls they were placed in the egg carton to dry out for a few days. 

     While we waited for the seed bombs to dry out, we got busy making the boxes. I had some heavy duty card stock on hand that we used to make the boxes. We measured out equal squares along the entire sheet, then cut out a plus shape. We then folded on the creases and also made an addition crease to make the box fold onto itself. By doing it this way we saved on paper.

    After this was done, I gave them to my daughter to color. I went on to get the directions printed out. We took the left over pieces from card stock and used them to put the directions on, however to make them even prettier we added scrapbook paper over it, then pasted the directions on over the top of that.

    All that was left was to assemble the boxes. We used mini muffin holders to put the seed bombs in, then added the directions on top, then we wrapped the boxes up and tied with a ribbon. We also used scrap card stock and punched a hole in it as a name tag and strung it with the ribbon when we tied the bow. All that was left to do, was to hand them out to the lucky recipients and hope that they don't accidentally take a bite!