Growing a “Hairy Harry” is one of my absolute favorite silly projects. It’s super simple and satisfying.
Here’s what you need:
- an old stocking, cut the legs off (keep it long-you’ll need the length to reach the water)
- grass seeds
- planting soil
- a jar
- some buttons or other doodads
- straight pins
Directions:
- Cut off the stocking leg.
- Put a handful of the grass seeds in the toe.
- Put lots of dirt inside. It’s easier if one kid holds the stocking open a bit for this part. Keep pushing the dirt down and so it looks like a round head shape, you could mold it a bit.
- Tie a knot at the base of the head.
- Turn it upside down and place it into the jar (so the stocking leg falls in).
- Get creative and use buttons, cut up foam sheets, or other cool stuff you can find to make a funny face.
- Lift up the head, put water into the jar, then place the jar back on.
- Rename Harry. Ours are named Skipper and Funky Hair-a-letta.
In my classroom, we’ve made these to get ready for our first How-To writing unit. There was a little trade book that inspired this fun, but I can’t find it anywhere to give the authors credit. We’ve even dressed them with felt around the jars. If you do, be sure to keep watering them-you might not notice when the jar is running low! Please share yours if you make one! We would love to see!
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