Pot Maker

What a cool and simple way to reduce plastic in the seedling garden process. I'm using this mostly at home but will probably bring it in to the classroom as well. Easy to use and a lot of fun!

I like use this pot maker to make newspaper pots with my son for our gardening. recycling is a lot of fun .

We use this plant pot maker in a Montessori primary room. It is easy and fun to use, simple in design, attractive and appealing. I think it will have a very long life - it looks hard to damage (certainly not in a way that would effect its overall functionality), and the children seem to really like using it - we've introduced pot making and seed planting (as one material) to our 4.5 - 6 year olds, and they do very well with it and return to it often. Packing paper or easel paper work well - we transitioned away from newspaper, because it starts to decompose before our starts are ready to go into the ground. Paper bag paper is too thick for children to use, but also works if you want something very sturdy. I would highly, highly recommend this product for children and gardeners alike.

We took the pot makers to our community Earth Day Festival. People just loved them! We heard multiple times "Why did I just buy those peat pots at Home Depot?" Great little product. Just need to prepare the strips in advance.

As an Elementary Science Teacher, I start a great number of seedlings with my students. Some years, I've purchased small seed-starting peat pots. Expensive. More recently, I had the kids save their milk cartons. They sure do stink if you don't wash them right away. This newspaper pot maker worked great. The kids cut their own paper to size, and were very quick and capable at rolling and pressing their pot. Their seeds started just fine, and within days the roots were poking right out through the paper, so planting was a breeze. This item was well worth the initial cost, and I've used it at home for veggies, as well.

The small advertising newspapers that come in the mail are the perfect size when cut lengthwise in half for making the pots. I quickly made 2 dozen pots for corn seeds. All my seeds germinated, they were easy to transplant and they are still going strong. I did use a couple of pieces of tape to hold the paper in place temporarily when constructing the pots.

Good use of old newspaper