Grow Your Own Challenge
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Grow Your Own Challenge Sew on Patch
🌱 Get ready to dig in, get muddy, and watch something amazing grow! The Grow Your Own Challenge Badge is all about nurturing curiosity, patience, and confidence as children and young people plant, care for, and harvest their very own plants.
Whether you’re working with windowsill herbs, garden veg, recycled planters, or full raised beds, this challenge is packed with hands-on activities that combine science, sustainability, creativity, and real-life skills. Perfect for groups, schools, home educators, and families, it turns growing food and flowers into a rewarding, achievable adventure.
🌱 Why you’ll love it:
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Features a high-quality woven challenge badge to reward effort and achievement
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Comes with a FREE downloadable challenge pack full of practical, engaging activities
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Ideal for Beavers, Cubs, Brownies, Rainbows, Guides, Scouts, schools, and home learning
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Encourages responsibility, patience, problem-solving, and environmental awareness
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A flexible, low-cost theme that works in gardens, classrooms, or small indoor spaces
🌿 Challenges include:
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Plant seeds or bulbs and track their growth over time
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Create recycled plant pots or design a mini growing space
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Learn what plants need to grow and run simple soil or water experiments
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Grow herbs, vegetables, or flowers and use them in cooking or crafts
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Keep a plant diary with drawings, photos, or measurements
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Explore where food comes from and how growing choices affect the planet
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Design labels, signs, or packaging for your home-grown produce
No gardening expertise required — just enthusiasm and a willingness to try! Earn your badge by completing a selection of challenges suited to your space, time, and age group. All activities are scalable, making this challenge ideal for younger children, mixed-age groups, or more in-depth learning projects.
🌱 Perfect for:
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Nature studies, sustainability topics, and outdoor learning
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STEM activities exploring life cycles and ecosystems
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Schools, clubs, camps, and long-term group projects
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Home educators looking for practical, real-world learning
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Calm, confidence-building challenges with lasting results
Collect it, wear it, love it! The Grow Your Own Challenge Badge is part of the Pawprint Family — encouraging hands-on learning, thoughtful care, and pride in watching something grow from seed to success 🌻🌍
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- Product Specification
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Size 8 × 9 cm Weight 7.00g Category Patches Sub Category Challenge Badges Patch Type 100% Embroidered Brand Pawprint Badges Collection Food Backing Type Sew On Edge Finish Laser Cut Backing Fabric 100% Polyester Thread 100% Rayon (Viscose) Code PB0605 - Perks
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If you’re a member of Children’s University you can get a stamp for completing this badge. Stamp code available after purchase on your order confirmation email. If you’re not already a member Children’s University is now open to all children and young people, whether you’re home-educated or if you attend a school that’s not part of their network. You can find out more and sign up at www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/subscribe
1% of every sale is donated to the Pawprint Trust, who's aim and goal is to help young people have amazing experiences. Thank you for your support.
