Dried Fescue Seed Uses

By the Bag

• Dried fescue seeds are ideal for making cute little beanbags. Start by selecting a fabric with an eye-catching print. You could even cut up and use a favorite item of clothing too small or old to be worn anymore. Cut two 5-inch squares from the fabric. Lay them on top of each other with the outsides of the fabric facing in and sew three sides closed, half an inch in from the edges. Use small, tight stitches so the seeds can't escape. Turn the bag right side out, pour in fescue seeds and sew the fourth side closed.

In a Bottle

• Use the seeds to make decorative knickknacks, paperweights and curios. You can use any clear glass container for this, such as beer, syrup, juice, milk, or oil bottles, or empty jam, jelly, pickle, honey, spice, salsa and spaghetti sauce jars. Wash jars or bottles and their lids and allow to thoroughly air dry. Then fill the jars. You can use the seeds only, or add to the visual appeal of the knickknack by alternating layers of seeds with sawdust, beads, dried leaves or pebbles. Seal closed by replacing the lid or hammering the cap back on.

Shake It Up

• A fescue seed project ideal for kids is making a maraca. This musical instrument used in Latin American music is traditionally made by filling a shell with seeds or dried beans. To make this version of the instrument, use small Pringles potato chip containers with lids, seeds, glue and items for decorating: paint and brushes, glitter stickers, markers and stencils. Let kids paint and decorate their cans and lids however they like. When the paint is dry, instruct them to fill the cans about one quarter full with seeds. Finally, glue the lids onto the cans, let dry, and let the kids shake their maracas in time to their favorite songs.

Paint a Picture

• Use fescue seeds to create a mosaic. Spray paint the seeds every color of the rainbow, then glue them onto pottery, vases, backs of chairs, drawer faces, even a wall to create a conversation piece. You can also glue the colored seeds onto paper, cardboard, posterboard or canvas, and then frame in a shadow box to create an eye-catching bit of artwork.

  Kids will also get a kick out of swapping Crayons or colored pencils for seeds. Pass out sheets of paper with flowers or stars or other such pictures on them, and instead of coloring the pictures in, the kids glue on colored seeds.