So, twice a day, I soaked all the sponges with water just to be safe. ItвЂ™s still a bit chilly here, so our heat is cranked up, making it very easy for the tiny chia seeds to dry out. We poured water in the plate and allowed the sponge to absorb the water to moisten the wheat berries.ДЇor the roof, both kids carefully sprayed the seeds several times a day with a misting bottle. Once the seeds were вЂњplantedвЂќ all there was left to do was water and wait.

Therefore, it actually helps make spreading the seeds on the roof a whole lot easier. The chia seeds absorb a lot of water and become kind of gummy. I put about a tablespoon of seeds in a little dish and mixed in a little water to make a seed slurry. My 5 year-old chose to mix chia and alfalfa seeds for the roof. Both kids wanted wheat berries for the bottom because it grows wheat grass. Once the house was built, it was time to cover it with seeds. And so, I ended up just using the hot glue gun to hold on the roof. If your walls still seem a little wobbly, you can use a little hot glue to hold them together.ДЇor the roof, we used toothpicks as connectors again, but it was pretty tricky to secure the roof to the walls and each other. To hold up the walls, we inserted two toothpicks in the bottom and sides of each wall with about 1/2 inch of toothpick sticking out.Д«oth kid needed a little help pushing the toothpicks in вЂ“ especially when connecting two walls. They were ready to put them all together! Then, they cut one of those halves in half again.ДЇor the roof, they cut the last sponge in half. To make the other walls, they cut the third sponge in half. Then, they cut a second sponge in half to form 2 walls. Both chose the green sponge to look like grass. Hot glue gun ДЇirst, my kiddos selected their base.

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