So for everyone who is (somewhat) following along with my new gardening endeavors: I’ve got a new product for y’all to check out 
Apparently the rep for Miracle Gro Kids Reads my blog – and realized that my little boys would be the perfect help to my big gardening plans!
When I saw what they had to offer, I was instantly smitten with the Mickey Mouse gardening set for my little man who adores the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
When he saw that I was ordering that – he started singing the song. “It’s the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Come inside, it’s fun inside..”
And again when the kit showed up in the mail…
And again while we were planting… haha!
Whoa – I just jumped way ahead of myself! Let’s talk about the kits for kids:
| Miracle-Gro® Kids gardening sets offer parents and kids a fun and rewarding way to introduce the basic concepts of gardening to their children. Complete with a specially formulated Miracle-Gro® Gro-Mix that is safe and non-toxic, parents will watch as their children cultivate their green thumb and see their seeds sprout to plants in just weeks! Available in fruit and vegetables assortments, the garden sets also allow for children to grow their own fruits and vegetables to eat right at home. |
The Miracle Gro Kids’ sets all contain the special Gro-Mix: which turns light brown when the soil is dry and needs water – and then Dark Brown when it’s got plenty of water.
We opened up the package, and had to find a time when my little Ethan wasn’t awake in order to plant the seeds. Andrew ‘helped’.
(Please excuse the mess of our torn up flooring that was on our kitchen table on the deck.. haha!)
The Gro-Mix needs to be mixed with water in order to expand and be placed into the Gro-Pod Containers:
Then you plant the seeds – and place them all into the Mickey base:
Put the lid on – place it in the sun – and watch them grow!
I guess we were getting a little over obsessive about watering it on a daily basis (Bad mommy for telling him that we had to water it each morning…) and it started growing a little mold on the soil. We simply scraped some of that soil off, and let it continue to grow.
Just as the seedlings were popping through and Andrew was starting to get really excited about his new plants – we had a really blustery windy day – and … down went Mickey.
So – we’re going to replant them.. they came with plenty of seeds for us to re-plant. And – this time we’ll put sand in the bottom so that it doesn’t fly so easily (although the wind was like 40+mph that day..)
Over all – it’s been really fun, and very educational for Andrew – he’s so interested in watching the plants grow and cried so hard when they fell.. 
Check Miracle-Gro kids website out for fun and educational games with vegetables and fruits! Also check out their Facebook page for exciting news!
Would your kids love to try planting their own garden, too?
Win It!!!!
One lucky reader from Grinning Cheek to Cheek will win a Disney Mickey Mouse Greenhouse from Miracle-Gro! (ERV: $12.99)
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This giveaway ends at 11:59 PM EST on May 10th, 2012.
my kids would love this
This is too cute and such a great way to get kids to garden!
my daughter is in love with mmch
my son would love this! thank you!
I love this, my son loves growing things, this would make it so much easier for him and make it cleaner
I love it, I know my kids would love to plant and watch them grow. Something to do together.
We did not have good luck with our miracle gro greenhouse. They molded almost overnight. They did sprout and I have transplanted the seedkings to their own pot (I don’t want to infect my existing planters with the mold). Oirs was individual seeds and was only $1, but still…not a good thing and the kids were disappointed.
I have tomato plants and peas that I started in the miracle grow expand n gro mix and they have white mold on them 🙁 Did your plants make it ok? Should I just throw them out?
Wonderful way to get kids interested in gardening
I have two young boys would love MMCH! they would love this!
Would love this for my 4 year old. He loves to garden!
My son would LOVE this he just got done planting his own Tomato plants outside!
My daughter would love this
I would love to win this. It is so cute.
This little green house is so cute! Perfect for the little to get involved with the gardening too 🙂
The miracle grow mickey mouse would be a great gift for my niece, thank you!
My grandson would LOVE this Mickey Mouse planter
The kids love to plant things
This would be a great way to introduce children to gardening!
I would love to do this with my sister!
I finally get to do a garden this year and i would love to get the kids i tend this summer involved. This just may interest them
It’s always fun to grow things with kids.
Thanks for the contest.
My daughter is now closing on her new house and plans to place a garden out back, this would be wonderful for my grandsons to participate.
My children would enjoy watching plants grow, it would be a good learning experience for them.
We had our kids plant some watermelons and sunflowers but something dug them up and ate them. I think they’d really enjoy using the mickey mouse greenhouse and it might keep the critters away!
Alsatia23 at hotmail dot com
My little girl would love this
My kids would love to plant and watch their seeds grow in this adorable container. Thank you for the giveaway!
my grandkids would love to grow some flowers
I can’t really garden but I would enjoy this.
my boys would love this
i love disney
This is so cute! I’d like to win this for my daughter
THIS WILL BE INTERESTING FOR THE LITTLE ONES TO WATCH
I think my daughter would love this!
This is so cute!
This is so cute. My niece would love this. Thank you for the great giveaway!
My kids would love this!!
My grandkids would absolutely love this.
omg this is so cute!! i would love to get this for my nephew, who adores mickey mouse!! he is a little too young this summer, but boy they sure grow up fast, so next spring he will be the perfect age!
wow how cute my girl would love this
this would be perfect for my son.. who loves to play in dirt!!
Being a Disney fanatic family- we would LOVE this.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
i love this!so cute!
What a cute way to get the kids interested in gardening! I’d like them to grow some veggies. Hopefully they would be more willing to try them, if they have grown them!
I collect toys and art supplies for the kids at Ronald McDonald House, and I’m sure they’d have fun with this!
Great gift for my grand daughter.
Hope I win this for my Grand daughter Julia!
my grandchildren would love this
thank you for contest/giveaway.my daughter would love this.i entered the tea giveaway/contest
our 3 year old grandson would love this…he loves to be in his parents garden so now he will have his own!
pkeintz@gmail.com
This would be great for my daughter to watch how a plant grows.
My grandchildren luv their mom’s tiny garden and Mickey Mouse – they would be ecstatic!
Gladys P
sps1113 at yahoo dot com
Loved your review, interesting about the mold. I am happy you are trying again.
Kims2312@verizon.net
this is adorable and a great way to get kids interested in gardening
My daughter would LOVE LOVE this!
This is sooo cute! My daughter LOVES to plant! Last year she had her own little stair case flower bed and planted all her own flowers on her own! This will be great for her!
Awesome! This is the first time I see it! Cool 🙂 I would love to win it for my nieces 🙂
Thank You So Much for the review and giveaway!
I like this. It would be great for summer plants.
We just planted a butterfly garden and my daughter loved it. She would love this greenhouse too!
I love teaching my kids about gardening, it’s one thing that I feel isn’t getting passed down to our next generation like it should !!
I think my son would love watching things grow!
We could definitely use this in science in homeschool.
mY DAUGHTER LOVES mICKEY. I think she would love this.
great little one green item
thanks for the giveaway! this would be great for any curious kindergartener!
Awesome giveaway!My girls would love this!
That looks so fun! My 3-year-old is totally into Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (I started singing the song in my head as I wrote that, which is a little unfortunate.)
My grandkids would really enjoy planting the garden and watching it grow.
hope to win for my newphew 🙂 so cute!
My daughter would totally flip over this! She is a huge Mickey Mouse Clubhouse fan, and loves nature, so this is perfect for her!
My kids are going through a Mickey Mouse phase right now, and they would love this!
My daughter tried a kit similar to this one last year, but it did not have a dome and dried out super fast. I like the design of this kit much better. Plus it’s cute!
We LOVE Mickey Mouse and greenhouses!
we just planted some flowers today!!
This a great way to get kids interested. Right now mine only like to water the garden and get everyone who is nearby wet also! They do the job great!
My niece loves Mickey and this would be perfect to get her excited about gardening.
this looks like a fun easy way for my kids to grow something.
That is really cute! Great way to teach kids about gardening. Sorry about your mishap with the wind.
This is perfect. I was wanting to teach my kids how to grow plants.
every kid loves mickey mouse and my hubby has a garden- the kids would love to have one of their own
tcogbill at live dot com
This would be great for learning to garden.
This is so cute, would love to win this for my daughter.
cweller75@gmail.com
So cute! My son would love this! He has a strawberry plant he takes care of =)
my daughters would love this. we do these all the time.
This would be great for my boy, he loves Mickey and gardening.
This is really cute! I’ve never seen anything like it! My daughter loves Mickey and we are trying to teach the kids about plants and gardening, so this would be great!
Marysa {at} marysa {dot} com
These are such great ideas because it teaches children so many things, among them…patience, how plants grow sometimes producing edible things. A lot more educational than some other entertainment for kids. Thank you for this giveaway.
love to garden with my son
nannypanpan@gmail.com
This would be cool for my son!
I love planting flowers and I would love the opportunity to get my son involved into a project like this in hopes that he will appreciate gardening as much as I do.
Now that the weather is nicer, my son really enjoys watering our plants outside. He walks around showing me every plant he watered with my husband while I was at work, so I know he would love this!
My grandson would love this little greenhouse. He is helping me start my garden seeds in plastic cups!
My 2 neices ages 4 and 8 would absolutely love this. I know my sister and I would have fun watching them plant this. They both love Mickey Mouse. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
Dd would have so much fun with this. I on the otherhand will keep my hands off it since I can’t seem to keep plants alive, let alone grow them! LOL Dh will have to help her with it!
Oh this is just too cute to teach kids about growing! Love it!
Oh my goodness is this cute! What child doesn’t like Mich\key Mouse. Thanks for this cute giveaway
I think this would be a lot of fun for my son. He really enjoys helping me in the garden. As well as tending to our houseplants.
What a cute post! We had a blustery day too that knocked our potted tomato plants over and we had to start over. I would love to win this for my 6yo so he can grow some new plants with one of his favorite characters; good idea about using sand!
my daughter would go crazy for this thanks for the great giveaway we are into gardening and this would be great for her
This looks so fun. Today we went to a party and planted a flower.
The kids at my house would so love this. I’ve got lima beans they started to put in the ground.
My grandson would love this! Thank you!
ptavernie at yahoo dot com
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My kids would have a total blast with this! Super cute!!
My son loves to grow things!
My daughter loves helping her daddy plant and work on his garden, so this would be perfect. Thanks!
This would be so perfect for my son! He would love it
My daughter will love this. Mickey and gardening together would be so much fun for her
My nephew would love to grow his own plants
Omg my son loves mickey mouse. This would be awesome.
Love this! We are big disney fans too!!
so cute
thanks for this great review and a chance to win. my 4 year old loves to help and the garden and he would LOVE this!
My kids would really like this
My daughter loves growing things and has been wanting one of these.
I think your son and my son are probably a lot alike. He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and I am sure that he’d be equally excited about having his own little greenhouse. In fact, if I don’t win, I’m probably going to buy one for his birthday anyway (3 weeks away… hint hint). 🙂
sorry abou the wind, ,y son lost a pepper plant he loved recently to the same fate
This would be fun for the kids
My little girl would love this!
what a wonderful way to learn about plants and so cute
My grandson would love this. He loves Mickey Mouse and growing things.
my grandaughter would love this greenhouse
my grandson and i would have a good time with this
super cute! MY kids would love this too!
This is so cool, I would love to win this!
jessica.goodwill@yahoo.com
what a cute planter, my daughter would love this.
how fun, it’s time to start thinking about a garden
Think the grandkids would love to grow this
vmkids3 at msn dot com
so rad man
we are planning on doing some planting and this would be awesome!
I love the thought of getting kids interesting in planting. Growing little farmers!!! 🙂
my 2 year old would really like this
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)Com
My four year old nephew is obsessed with growing things. He just planted some apple seeds to grow an apple tree. thanks!!
my son would looooove this. we are a family that is constantly doing gardening and yard work together and he loves mickey Mouse!
This would be right up my son’s alley too, he really enjoys these types of activities.
My granddaughter is also helping in the garden and this would be perfect for her to learn to grow her own.
kat_emerick@yahoo.com
I would love to win this for my daughter, thanks!
My kids would really love this. They are big Mickey fans and love to garden
My daughter would love this!! Thank you so much for a great giveaway!
jessicaahays at hotmail dot com
jonnyand jessica hays
What a great idea for kids to learn about the growing of plants
mightynaynay(at)cs.com
Thank You for the giveaway! Great way to get kids to garden and maybe eat their veggies too! : )
This is so cute. My kids would love this. We tried growing some things last year but the heat killed them
Nature is a wonderful thing for children to learn to love and appreciate. Good on disney for this one!
This would be great to teach my daughter about gardening. She would be able enjoy seeing her plants grow.
My daughter would love this!
I have a green thumb and I hope my great grandson inherits it. He follows me all over the garden AND HE WOULD LOVE MICKEY MOUSE GREENHOUSE.
My cousin would love this!
This looks like it’s so much fun. I might like it for myself lol.
My niece would love this!
I now my daughter would love this. Just the other day she said, Mommy, if you talk to the plants they grow and they grow!.
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Oh this is so cute . I have never seen this Mickey Mouse greenhouse before. My grandson loves to garden with me. He is learn more about the things how plant and how they grow . Of course he loves digging in the dirt too. This would be a good thing to get for him so he can plant his own garden. thanks for the info
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