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How To Make Your Own
Egg Carton Cress Garden

Create a fun and educational egg carton cress garden with your kids! This easy gardening project teaches tamariki how to grow cress sprouts in recycled egg cartons, perfect for adding to salads and sandwiches. A great indoor activity for home or school!

What You'll Need

  • Egg cartons

  • Felt pens

  • Cotton wool balls or rehydrated coir briquette for a more environmentally friendly option

  • Cress seeds

  • Water

Instructions

  • Remove lids of egg cartons

  • Divide cartons so there are 6 slots in each carton

  • Decorate the outside of the egg cartons

  • Add one cotton ball to each slot or a spoonful of coir fibre

  • Add enough water to dampen each cotton ball (if using coir fibre water after sowing seeds)

  • Sprinkle cress seeds on top of each dampened cotton ball or coir fibre

  • Place on a windowsill or somewhere inside that gets plenty of light

  • Keep moist

  • Cress seeds should germinate in a few days

  • Watch as they grow into shoots

  • Harvest shoots when they are about 4cm tall
     

  • Use in salads, sandwiches or just eat as they are

  • Add used egg carton and coir fibre to compost bin or worm farm to dispose

Did you try this activity? 

I'd love to hear how it went for you!

Tag @growingkiwigardeners on Facebook or Instagram or send me an email!

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