15 Minutes : Make It : Kitchen Garden

image via Martha Stewart Kids magazine summer 2005

Little did you know that sitting in your pantry are all sorts of things that sprout and grow. Try this easy experiment. It will have your kids saying "It's a jungle in there".

place a dried pinto bean in a jar with a damp cotton ball. In about a day it will open, revealing the first signs of life. In five to ten days you'll have a plant with leaves and roots.