Christmas Tree Growing Kit in a Bear Ceramic Pot

The contents are deliberately short and clear. The ceramic pot is the part everyone notices first, because it carries a bear face and still looks good on the windowsill once the rest of the Christmas decorations have gone back into their box. The two coconut pellets provide the growing medium, the small bag holds the spruce seeds. The kit is put together in France.

• 1 ceramic pot with a bear face
• 2 coconut soil pellets
• 1 bag of spruce seeds
• Gift box shaped like a small house with a sloping roof
• Hanging ribbon on the box
• Assembled in France

Coconut pellets are made of pressed coconut fibre. Add water and they expand into a loose growing medium that the seeds go into. After that comes the part you cannot buy: patience.

For children it is wonderfully concrete, because they can put the bear pot on the windowsill themselves and keep checking whether anything is happening. We have no information on sowing time, germination time or later height, so we promise nothing on those points. What can be said is that the waiting is the real content of this gift.

The kit is meant as a small Christmas gift and covers several occasions at once: Advent, St Nicholas, secret Santa at the office or in class, and filling an Advent calendar. It suits people who want something personal rather than one more object for the shelf.

It also works as a small something to bring along, because the house-shaped box needs no extra wrapping paper. And because the kit is made up of several parts, it feels bigger in the hand than it looks on the shelf.

Hang the house on the tree by its ribbon instead of placing it underneath: the present then becomes part of the decoration. If the kit is for a child, plan the sowing together so the parcel turns into a shared date rather than a quick moment on Christmas morning.

In a secret Santa round it is worth showing the bear pot around before the box disappears, because the face is half the fun.

What is included in the growing kit? A ceramic pot with a bear face, two coconut soil pellets and a bag of spruce seeds.

How does the kit work? The coconut pellets turn into a loose growing medium once water is added, and the spruce seeds go into it. Patience does the rest.

How is the gift packaged? In a box shaped like a small house with a sloping roof and a hanging ribbon, so it can go straight onto the tree.

Who is the kit suitable for? For anyone looking for a small, personal Christmas gift, for families with children and for secret Santa rounds.

Where is the kit put together? The kit is assembled in France.