Creating Handmade Garden Seed Tags, a step by stey guide. What better way to use your collected seed to create and give a planet friendly homemade gift.
Back in June I blogged about my Charity Cake Sale for Scoliosis UK, one of the items other than cake I made to sell on the day were some Sweet William plantable seed tags. These fabulous little gifts of seeds were so easy even my 6 year old niece, with a little adult assistance makde them.
I had plenty of Sweet William seeds I had saved from last year, I also had a stash of paper that had been used as stuffing from a new hand bag. What I enjoyed most about creating these, is that it combined my love of crafting and gardening together.
You can use almost any seed you have saved from flowers in your garden to create these gifts.
How to make flower seed tags
You will need:-
- flower seeds
- paper
- water
- pastry shape cutters
- tray
- bowl
- blender
Step 1 – Rip up the paper into pieces, let them get nice of soggy in a bowl of water.
Step 2 – Scoop out the soggy paper into a blender, drain away any excess water, then blitz into a fine pulp.
Step 3 – Squeeze the water from the pulp, use either a sieve or tea towel, whatever you have to hand.
Step 4 – Mix in the seeds.
Step 5 – Place a piece of baking paper on a tray, take your shaped pastry cutter place it flat onto the paper. Taking a small hand full of the seed mixed paper pulp push the pulp down with your fingers or knuckles, you do not want it to be too thick.
Step 6 – They now need to dry, leave them somewhere warm, such as a airing cupboard or sunny greenhouse. You do not want the seeds to remain wet too long, 24 hours and they should be dry.
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| Soak the Paper |
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| Blitzing |
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| Paper smush |
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| Seed tag shapes |
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