The Sunflower House

Every year my mom planted a sunflower for us girls when we were growing up. Yes, it really is a playhouse grown from flowers! We would sit between the thick green stalks with the sun over our heads giggling and drinking "tea" from our cups filled with water and mud.

This summer I decided to pass on the tradition with my own girls. Not only is it a cheap and easy summer project, but it gives me time with my girls, and will hopefully fill their summer with memories of tea parties and fairy games in the sunflower house.

Prepare the ground to plant! We made a rectangle, but you can make your house any shape that you want!

Plant a sunflower seed along with a morning glory (or other vine-type flower) next to each other around the edge of your sunflower house. The sunflower stalks will be the walls and the morning glories will eventually make up the roof. Don't forget to leave a space for your door!

This is a sunflower and a nasturtium. (We ran out of morning glories)



This is a sunflower and a morning glory.

The walls of our sunflower house are beginning to grow!



The girls helped plant the seeds and they help me water and weed the house. The had a blast when the seeds first sprouted, investigating the ground for each new sprout! Lately, we have had to just be patient and wait for the flowers to grow. It seems to take forever, but patience is a virtue and we've had a lot of fun working together in the process. Part two to come soon!