National Plant Appreciation Day of Play

Devote the day to celebrate the household plant with this fun day of play.

Start the day by drawing a cute face on a bowl with sharpies and then plant some sprouts for a fun way to start to celebrate national plant day.  Oh crafts shares the details.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.ohcrafts.net/kids-plant-cups-with-face.php

Next, study how water travels through a stalk of celery by placing a stalk of celery into water mixed with food coloring.  The color will slowly travel through the stalk.

Next, learn about the parts of a plant with gloria fuertes kids blog.  She doesn't provide a template, but does provide ideas for how to create labels and parts.

Get the instructions here:
http://gloriafuerteskidsblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/parts-of-plant-art-crafts.html

Next, take a break for a fun cucumber flower snack, with a celery stalk stem and cherry center from highlands ranch.

Get the instructions here:
http://highlandsranch.macaronikid.com/article/526818/macaroni-menu-flower-and-bug-lunch-ideas

After the snack, learn more about the parts of a plant with a short video from brain pop jr, which also has a link to more ideas for activities:
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/plants/partsofaplant/preview.weml

Finally, follow a seed's journey Eric Carle style with his book The Tiny Seed.  Check it out from the library of find it on Amazon.