Grow a Candy Cane Activity {with FREE printable} Guest Post from Living Life Intentionally

Today I am so happy to have Beth from Living Life Intentionally doing a guest post.  Beth is a mom of 3 and an extrodinary blogger.  I am amazed at how she manages to do so many things on her blog, and do them well.  Whether you are looking for kid activities, homeschool help, printables, recipes, reviews and more, you will find it on Beth's blog.  Go see for yourself!  





The original idea for this super cute activity came from the very creative Wonder’s Days. We don’t have an Elf on a Shelf so I tweaked it to fit my family.  I made seed packets, complete with instructions for the activity. My kiddos got one of these packages for our first advent activity.  I also gave some away as gifts to my niece, nephew, neighborhood friends, and Minnie’s BFF. They were such a great gift because they were are fun, creative, and inexpensive to make!!

Here is what you need: fake snow, glitter/confetti, round peppermint candy, candy cane, small bags, and MY {FREE} Printable to attach

Follow the directions on the free printable and you will end up with this: 1 bag of North Pole Potting Snow (fake snow), 1 bag of North Pole Fertilizer (glitter/confetti), 1 wrapped present for Mom from Santa (this is then candy cane with directions to swap out the round peppermint ‘seed’ with candy cane), and Magical Peppermint Seed Packet (round peppermint in seed packet with instructions for planting).



The recipient of the present will pick a pot, container, bowl, or whatever to plant in.



Put the North Pole Potting Snow in the pot.



Read the directions on the seed container & plant the seed in the potting snow.

Apply North Pole Fertilizer


and wait….magically (with Mom’s help) overnight the seed will grow into a candy cane!



Pretty cool, huh?! My kids though it was amazing! They are planning to try and leave the candy cane in the the ‘soil’ to see if it gets any bigger =-) I reminded them that plants only grow a certain height and then then they stop; but it doesn’t hurt to experiment!!


How cute was that?  My kids would get such a kick out of this!  Thanks so much Beth!  Here are some of my favorite posts from Living Life Intentionally.  


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