These make simple plants for kids to care for.It’s almost time for us gardeners to say ‘good night’ to our gardens and head back indoors for the winter. Now you can enjoy your own unique hanging garden! More Kids Activities Keep your kokedama healthy by spraying mist on it. Leaving a length of yarn above the ball allows her to hang and display the finished kokedama.Ĩ. Finally, have he wrap the twine around the ball several times to help attach the moss. If she wants, she can also decorate the outside of the soil ball by plastering moss all around it.ħ. Next, have her poke a hole in the soil ball and insert the plant roots inside, then reform the ball shape around the plant roots.Ħ. Using collected or purchased moss, she should wrap some moss around the plant roots.ĥ. The ball should be big enough that the plant roots will fit inside of it.Ĥ. Have her add as much water as needed to hold the soil together in a ball shape. Now she can form a ball shape with the soil, as if rolling up dough into a ball. She should mix the soils well and add about ½ cup of water to dampen the mixture.ģ. Help her combine two different kinds of soil by measuring 3 ½ cups of peat soil and mixing that together with 1 ½ cups of bonsai soil. To start, help your child remove dirt from the plant by tapping the plant gently, leaving mostly the plant head and the plant roots.Ģ. Moss, collected from yard, forest, or purchased at a plant shopġ.Small, shade-tolerant plant like a baby fern or certain grasses.Tell her that she can add string to display the finished product.
It’s a way of gardening that covers the plant's roots with moss and then a ball of soil and moss around that. Explain to your child that kokedama means moss ball in Japanese. Kokedamas make fun plants for kids to care for. Thanks to Beth Levin at for being a Quirky Momma for the day! It is a simple Japanese hanging garden you can make with your child. This Kokedama Hanging Garden for kids is a wonderful summer family activity.
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