Agriculture can be fun and, for the TickleMe Plant Company, agriculture can be a great theme for holiday gifts. Who wouldn´t want a gift that moves when you tickle it? We all know the TickleMe Elmo went over well. Maybe the TickleMe Plant will be this Christmas´hot thousand-dollar item on EBay.
“Daddy come quick, my plant just moved when I tickled it,” daughter Rebecca screamed to her father, Larry Chipkin. Thus began the success of the TickleMe Plant Company and the seeds and growing kits that Chipkin now sells.
Native to Brazil, TickleMe Plants can be found growing wild there and in other tropical areas. The scientific name for the TickleMe Plant is Mimosa pudica.
“We simply planted the seeds in a flower pot with soil, watered it, and the plants sprouted in days,” he says. “Two weeks later, we tickled this sensitive plant and watched in amazement as the plant closed its leaves and lowered its branches. Then, within 15 minutes, it lifted its fernlike branches and opened its leaves… We want every child (and those young at heart) to have a positive experience growing plants. Growing the TickleMe Plant from seeds will be an adventure children (5 to 105) will never forget,” Larry says.
The ag gift that moves is also a reasonably economical choice for this holiday season. A packet of seeds goes for about $5. Visit the TickleMe Plant Company website for educational plant products and activities.