If you’ve been following along, you know we spent a great deal of time creating our vegetable + herb garden at the beginning of the summer. (Or Spring in Minnesota standards apparently). We added a few herbs to our garden, but since then I’ve decided that more are certainly needed. I love using fresh parsley and oregano in my homemade spaghetti sauce so I knew those were two that we would have to add. With the building and construction of our garden bed, it was a little hard to incorporate Alea into the mix, so I’ve been dreaming up ways I can share my love of gardening with her and she can learn a little bit more about gardening while still having fun in the process.
Creating seed starters out of juice boxes has been on my “activities to do with Alea” list for a while. It’s so easy and it’s such a fun way to teach little ones about gardening and how things grow. Alea was very curious as to why I was encouraging her to drink so much juice and why I was saving the boxes beside our sink. I wish you could have seen the big smile on her face when I told her that we had a project that we were going to work on together– boy did that make my little girl happy. Alea loves crafts. And I love that purposeful time we get to spend together. And the Monsters Inc. characters on these juice boxes were just an added bonus!
The one thing I love about this little craft is it requires very few materials, it’s inexpensive, and it’s reusing something you may already have! All it takes is some juice box reconstruction, adhering a label, and adding your own dirt + seeds. Maybe even have your little one paint the juice boxes for some added fun and creativity! Your little will have so much fun watering their seeds everyday and watching them grow. Then you can include them in the “big move” from juice box to garden when the seeds have sprouted and begun to grow!
Alea: “Mommy! Let’s water them so they grow big and strong!”
(After watering each cup) “Mommy, they’re not growing yet.”
Hopefully this will be a lesson in both gardening and patience for my little one.
Just right click, save as & print for the perfect size for your juice boxes!
And I wouldn’t be doing you any favors if I didn’t tell you guys about the Juicy Juice Monster-Sized Giveaway, now would I? I’ve already entered my Juicy Juice codes in from the juice boxes we used for this craft (and since you’re going to make it too, you can do the same, right?) and entered us to win a trip to a family trip to Pixar Studios and a $5,000 cash scholarship! And there’s also lots of instant prizes too! You can also follow Nestle on Facebook + Disney on Facebook as well!
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I LOVE this so much.
From the juice boxes to the lessons you are teaching to that adorable drawer, I love it all!! I’m with Alea! I wanna see the seeds grow 🙂
Now you sound like Alea! We’re pretty anxious to see those seeds grow too. She checks on them and asks to water them everyday! I think it teaches a lesson in responsibility as well! Thanks, Kathe!
What a GREAT idea! A great way to recycle. Love the labels too.
I love this so much! Such a great way to use the juice boxes!! I love the printables!
How fun!! And a perfect use for Juice Boxes! I loved gardening as a kid. Heck I still do even as an adult. The beauty of watching things grow still amazes me. In my last garden I was all the time telling my husband, “look! come see what’s growing!” 🙂 ha! I miss gardening, but it’s extremely hard to do when you live on the road M-F (and your hubby doesn’t share the same passion to remember to water things while you are away. lol A friendly gardening tip: Don’t forget to poke a hole in the bottom so the water won’t rot the soil in the bottom. You want to allow for some drainage. 🙂
What an awesome way to reuse something! So perfect and my kids would love helping with this.
This is such a great idea! I’ve never thought about growing herbs in juice boxes before!
Danielle at Framed Frosting
Such a cute idea! HJ has been impatient with the veggie growing process as well.
This is such a cute idea!!! I will need to do that this Summer!
Super fun and cute!! You are one creative momma. Alea is lucky to have a momma who wants to do awesome things like this together 🙂 Too many just ignore children. Way to go Chelsea!! xoxo
what a great idea – i love those little boxes 🙂
This is such a cute idea! I love how Alea was ready to see them grow instantly 🙂
Casey at
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Such a cute project!
What a cute idea! I love the idea of recycling the little juice boxes. Perfect for the kiddos to help with!
This is not only cost effective but recycling to. You come up with the best gardening stuff 🙂
Great idea.. I would not have thought to use juice boxes, but they are the perfect size.
Oh, I love everything about this post! The photos, the boxes, and that little cutie pie of yours planting! 🙂
Too fun!! And perfect for the littles to help with!
You seriously win the award for most creative and useful sponsored posts!! I don’t normally read many sponsored posts, but I actually look forward to yours! and this is a fabulous idea!
yes, great way to re-use those juice boxes!! i love the pic of her poking her finger into the soil.
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Very cute, and a great way to “reduce, re-use, recycle”
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I love it so much!! You guys did great, and I really love the printables!!
These are awesome, and great for a gardening noob like myself!
Olive & Ivy
Such a cute idea 🙂 And your daughter is absolutely adorable!
Love this idea! We never ever have juice boxes in the house, but just bought a 30 pack to have around for my hospital stay and when baby is born. Can’t wait to reuse them for plant starters.
Love this Chelsea! Such a fun and easy project. 🙂
Just stumbled across your blog, and these are so cute! Thanks for sharing them. Would you mind sharing, too, what font you used on the labels? Love it!
cool just thinkng of making a garden or something with juice boxs