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Make a Seed Book for the Science Center

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure | Filed Under: Plants and Seeds Theme, Science Center Ideas

Since my class has been learning about plants and seeds, I made this Seed Book to place in the science center.

Make a Seed Book for the Science Center

The book is made with real seeds, seed packets, and zipper sandwich bags. Since sandwich bags are clear, the children can see the real seeds inside. This will give the children a chance to see real seeds along with pictures of the food or flower they come from. They can compare the variations in colors, sizes, and shapes of the different types of seeds.

Supplies you will need:

zipper sandwich bags
packets of seeds (I used old ones leftover from last year)
stapler
masking tape
printable cover

seed-book

How to make the book:

Open a seed packet and pour them into a ziplock sandwich bag. Place the seed packet in the bag along with the seeds so the children will have a picture of the food or flower the seeds come from. The bag opening should be on the left side. Do the same with each type of seed and seal the bags. Print and cut out the book cover and place it in a bag.

Make a Seed Book with Pre-K children

The easiest way to assemble the book pages is to line up 3 bags and staple them together on the zipper side. Then, take two sections of 3 bags and staple them together. This will keep the bags from slipping too much when you staple. Six pages (five plus the cover page) are about the right number to staple together (more will be too thick). Make the spine of the book with masking tape, covering the staples so they won’t be sharp.

If you have a lot of seeds, you could make more than one book, and could categorize them into groups: vegetable, fruit, and flower. I made one cover which says “Our Seed Book”, but also made three other covers : “Our Vegetable Seed Book”, “Our Fruit Seed Book”, and “Our Flower Seed Book”.

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  1. Patricia Alberts says

    April 18, 2012 at 12:47 pm

    Something that I think would be a great addition to this Seed Book would be seedlings with 3 or 4 leaves, pressed and added to each page…if you don’t know how to do this, it’s quite easy…you can dry the plants out (rinse the dirt off the roots, first) by pressing in a plant press or use the directions for the microwave…

    And while the plastic bags are quick and simple…I think laminating each page would work best…

    Microwave Pressing – For best results you can use a microwave flower press that has been designed specifically for the purpose. I prefer this press because it allows greater air circulation.

    When pressing in the microwave, be careful not to over do it. Start out with short bursts at a medium setting, perhaps 30-60 seconds, then experiment with the timing. Let the plant material cool between zaps. I open the press to let the steam escape while cooling, then repeat until almost dry. To save time, consider working with 2 presses, just zap one while the other cools and alternate.

    While still in the paper, place your flowers in a book or flower press to finish pressing. This normally takes anywhere from a few hours to a day depending on the particular flower.

    The Microfleur press is very good too, especially for very thin flowers; you can get one from Pat Smith at Sonshine Crafts…email her for details.

    To make a simple microwave press: Use regular ceramic tiles, with rubber bands to keep the whole thing together. I’ve tried a lot of materials for the padding and what worked best for me is plain old paper toweling as padding, with the flowers placed between two pieces of regular paper, like you’d use in a printer. It’s important to put the flowers between printer paper so they don’t pick up any texture your paper toweling may have.

    I’ve also substituted coffee filters for the paper with very good results, especially when the flower isn’t completely flat, such as roses. The coffee filters aren’t as stiff as computer paper so the flowers come out much nicer.

    An even simpler way to press in the microwave is to substitute corrugated cardboard for the ceramic tiles in the instructions above. Try it! It works and will give you a feel for if you like like using the microwave before you spend the time and money for a more permanent microwave press.

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  2. Amanda says

    April 18, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    This is just wonderful on so many ways!!! I would be delighted if you shared it with our readers on our kids gardening link-up page!!! ihttp://theeducatorsspinonit.blogspot.com/p/gardening.html

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    • Karen says

      April 19, 2012 at 8:33 pm

      Thanks, Amanda! I’ll check that out.

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  3. Lisa says

    April 18, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    i made a similar activity for our science center. the seeds were placed into empty plastic baby food containers and glued shut. i then laminated the empty packets and labeled both with numbers to match. the children also have magnifying glasses to explore the seeds.

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    • Karen says

      April 19, 2012 at 8:32 pm

      That’s a neat idea, Lisa! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  4. Jessica says

    April 19, 2012 at 12:00 am

    This is so clever…love it.

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    • Karen says

      April 19, 2012 at 8:31 pm

      Thanks, Jessica! Glad you like it!

      Reply
  5. melissa sloan says

    April 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    oh what a really neat idea! thanks for sharing and inspiring!

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    • Karen says

      April 19, 2012 at 8:31 pm

      Thanks Melissa!

      Reply
  6. Heidi Butkus says

    April 19, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    This really is a great use of the “Plastic Baggie Book!” Thanks!
    Heidi Butkus
    http://heidisongs.blogspot.com

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    • Karen says

      April 19, 2012 at 8:31 pm

      Thanks, Heidi!

      Reply
  7. Susan says

    April 19, 2012 at 10:25 pm

    Great idea! I’m definitely going to make one or more! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Karen says

      April 22, 2012 at 6:11 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  8. Linda says

    April 20, 2012 at 2:04 am

    I love this. Last year we did some studies on the Peter Pan seed dispersal theory. This would link in nicely with that. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Deborah says

    April 21, 2012 at 12:00 am

    Terrific idea!

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    • Karen says

      April 22, 2012 at 5:47 pm

      Thanks, Deborah!

      Reply
  10. Alice says

    April 21, 2012 at 10:16 am

    Great!especially the idea of placing the seeds in plastics,for safety reasons.you know how kids wld want to experiement with the seeds.

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  11. Julie L. says

    April 25, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    Thanks so much for this! So quick, easy and useful. I made this book for my class this week to go with our Growing Things unit, and they’re loving seeing all the seeds.

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    • Karen says

      April 25, 2012 at 10:46 pm

      Thanks for visiting, Julie! Glad your kids enjoyed the seed book!

      Reply
  12. Melody says

    March 4, 2013 at 9:34 am

    Great idea!!

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  13. Nathalie says

    March 23, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    This is so creative! I am making one of these books this week!!! My preschoolers are going to love it. Thanks for sharing

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  14. Mary says

    April 19, 2014 at 2:35 pm

    I love this idea. I have seen multisensory books like this that include the soil and the water but you use blue hair gel inside the baggies to show that the seeds go into soil then need water then sun, which can just be a cut out of the sun or drawing. I think I will take your idea and add the sensory component. I will post a picture when it is finished. Thanks for sharing.

    Mary

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  15. happy says

    July 23, 2014 at 10:45 pm

    This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing.
    For my special class, I would make this book interactive by making laminated velcroed cards with one or two seeds to match to the pages or to veg pictures.

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  16. sheema hamza says

    April 11, 2015 at 11:29 pm

    A really great idea

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  17. Angela States says

    May 5, 2015 at 1:46 pm

    This is a great idea! I am adjusting the cover page and putting the zippers on the right side. They are making their moms a little “garden in a bag” along with garden gloves to for mothers day. That way mom can open it, take out what she needs and seal the rest for another time. Thanks for sharing.

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    • Karen Cox says

      May 5, 2015 at 11:13 pm

      Love that idea, Angela!

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  18. Helen says

    August 16, 2015 at 12:23 am

    Will be starting our Theme on Plants so this will fit nicely into it… I will also use some of the seeds for the kids to plant and watch them grow. Thanks Karen..great ideas!!

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  19. Insiyyah says

    March 25, 2016 at 4:57 am

    Loved your idea .will do it with my children .

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  20. Catherine Smith-Gayle says

    April 28, 2016 at 12:41 am

    Hooray ! Karen this activity is just what I needed for my 4 – H club

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  21. Brianna Sunkett says

    December 18, 2020 at 10:09 am

    This is awesome!! I wish we were not virtual this year so I could do this with my kiddos. I am saving this idea to use when we see better times. Thanks for sharing!!

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    • Karen Cox says

      December 22, 2020 at 12:59 am

      Thanks, Brianna! Hoping for a better future!

      Reply
  22. Yvette Wilson says

    October 3, 2021 at 2:04 pm

    Thankyou. I will use this for nature study.

    Reply

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