The adorably innovative Message Bean ($14.95) would be a great and affordable housewarming or hostess gift. The recipient simply has to plant the bean, and a message appears on either side of the sprout. Varieties include "Thank You," "Love," "Good Luck," "Happy Birthday," "Get Well," and more.
All it takes is soil and about a half cup of water, and it grows in about a week. Has anyone tried this? If so, let me know how it turned out.
Tom Tailor
Shudoo
Saint Tropez
howdaydodat?
1yes, my friend had one and the message wasn't very clear but it was really cool! It's actually cute for dorm rooms, I think, since she had hers in college
2That's awesome. I have to try it!
3I have not tried this it kind of creeps me out, like my plants trying to communicate with me.
4I love the idea! It would be great to plant one's saying WELCOME or something near the front door.
5For real? That's crazy! I also think that would make a wonderful hostess gift.
6that seems really neat. I wonder how they do it?
7Santa gave my kids one of these for Christmas and once the bean sprouts, the message is on the outside of it's shell, which quickly fell off and dried up. The thing looked like a weed and died quickly after. It was kinda a dissapointment.
8I think it would be cute for the college and high school aged. I remember seeing them in a catalog before and thinking it was a interesting idea.
9That's really cute! A nice, simple gift idea.
10Those are cute, but I don't think I know anyone who would truly appreciate a cute plant.
11What an awesome idea! I'll have to remember this for the holidays and birthdays.
12I got the "love" one for my office. The message was printed on the bean, it lasted about a week before the bean fell off but then the plant continued to grow like crazy! It was more of a vine then a plant and it twisted around everything on my desk before I had enough and threw it out.
13For $15 I'd rather give someone a bunch of flowers and a card.
14How cool!
15Cute gift idea! I was about to toss it out though after reading radarkitty's comment but seems chiaramw had better luck.
16very cute
it teaches patience and nurture. love it!
17It's a cute idea but honestly it creeps me out. I'm not sure why.
18My coworker got one of these - only she didn't know what it was going to say. Man that thing took a life of its own - we had it crawling through almost five feet of blinds before it suddenly died.
19Cute...dying to see this work!
20adorable! I have been looking for some gifts to give one of my friends that help me out a lot recently and this perfect!
21Wow - this is definitely a tribute to packaging and marketing. Sorry to be kind of negative but beans are what, 50 cents a pound? A bean, a sharpie and 4"x2" tin (Oh, ok, they lasered the message). But heck, we're paying for creativity and novelty and they've got that going for them!
22is it weird to feel bad for the plant?
23i sent a friend 'good luck' when he started med school.
24my boyfriend bought me one that said "miss you" and although it was really cute, the bean eventually dried up and fell off. the plant itself started growing like crazy (jack & the bean stalk style) and i eventually had to just throw it away before it consumed my house
25i think its is a great idea!!!!
26i think its is a great idea!!!!
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