Now that spring time is here, you might be looking for season inspired activities to do with kids. Forcing bulbs in vases is a great experiment the little curious minds will appreciate. They would love to start the process, watch the bulbs grow and take notes about it.
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Forcing Bulbs in Vases Tutorial
Hi! I am Sharmila. I am a mom, student, teacher, and entrepreneur; however, I love homemade stuff and always strive to make things from scratch.
I have two kids with a substantial age gap, but we enjoy them with much love. I got married to my best friend from school and decided to raise our family away from Sri Lanka. We live in MA, I love about raising my family and all fun projects we try to accomplish together.
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Forcing Bulbs in Vases Tutorial ( Fun Activity to do with your Kids!)
This is one of many fun activities you can plan with your child to do on any fall day, but it is best to plan this ahead so can have paperwhites blooms for holidays. I have had success with this project and love it!
What you need
A clear vase
Pebbles/rocks
Water
Bulbs
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Directions
Arrange the rocks inside the vase, place the bulbs and add water, and watch them grow. This is an ideal activity to keep track of how fast the bulbs grow, note any changes in bulbs, watch the outer skin, and many more.
This year we are simply observing, we might consider taking notes after few weeks.
Forcing bulbs in water and rocks in a bulb forcing vase is a fun activity for kids that you should try this year. It is a great educational experience at the same time, strikingly simple as we let nature takes its course with the growth of the bulbs.
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I love activities like this! 🙂 Really fun to watch them grow!
My daughter was super excited to check them every morning before we go to school.
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My boys would love to do something like this! I definitely want to try this with them.
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It is great to do before holidays so you can have some for holiday!
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Oh I remember doing a similar experiment as a child for a school project, and I had to watch and jot down notes at home over the weeks. What fun memories this brings back now…
That is what we are shooting at school, and kids love it!
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It’s a neat hands on experience for kids! If I would have thought of this sooner, we could have maybe incorporated this into a science fair project!
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Yes, it is a great activity to work with kids…
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It really is fun to watch these bulbs grow. We have done this in the past for homeschool science.
I did Hycinth and they are slow but roots are lovely to watch…
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I remember doing a similar activity even when I was younger! Great post! 🙂
I remeber trying to grow plants when I was young as well, always fun to see the progress.
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That is a good way to watch progress and see how they’re growing!
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I enjoyed working on this project at home and then at school…
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Sounds neat. Thank you for sharing
I was meaning to do this project with my children last year but forgot all about it! We will be forcing some bulbs this weekend for sure!