Amusing the grandkids: bottle magic

Directions:

Plant some zucchini seeds.

When mature, select a baby zucchini small enough to be inserted in the neck of a bottle similar to the one above.

Pluck off flower and insert zucchini, still attached to the plant, into the bottle.

Lie bottle in shade of the leaves until zucchini grows to fill the bottle (check daily).

Cut the stem.

When grandchild next visits, hide bottle behind back.

Produce it with a triumphant “abracadabra”.

May 2018