What you will need:

• 1 pair of old nylon pantyhose
• scissors
• drinking glass with a wide mouth
• 10 inches of plastic fishing line
• rubber band

• measuring spoon
• 2 Tbs. grass seed (Rye works the best)
• 1 1/2 cups untreated softwood sawdust
  (from a lumberyard)
• non-toxic fabric paint or puff paint

Directions:

1. Cut off one leg of the pantyhose about 10 inches from the toe.
2. Place the toe of the panty hose into the drinking glass, until it just touches the bottom of the glass.  Stretch the cut end around the top of the glass, and secure with the rubber band.  
3. Pour the grass seeds into the toe of the stocking.
4. Gently pour the sawdust on top of the grass seeds, trying not to mix the two.
5. Slide the rubber band down the glass until it releases the stocking.  Then, remove the stocking from the glass.
6. Squeeze the nylon together just above the sawdust, tightening the seeds and sawdust into a ball in the end of the stocking, making sure that there are no gaps between the nylon and the sawdust and seeds.
7. While you are holding the stocking tight, have someone help you by wrapping  the fishing line just under where you are squeezing and tie a tight knot.  
8. Cut the extra nylon off.
9. Decorate your Grow Buddy with eyes, a nose and a mouth.
10. Place your Grow Buddy in a bowl of water, and hold it there until it sinks to the bottom on its own.  Once saturated, remove your Grow Buddy and place in a low dish with the top of its head (where the grass seeds are) facing up.  Place the dish in a warm sunny place.  Keep a little water in the bottom of the dish, so that it remains moist.