Sprout pencils offer users an eco-friendly reward once they have carved their pencil down to a stub. At the top of each Sprout pencil lies a seed that can grow into a full-fledged plant with a little love. Customers have the choice of herb, vegetable and flower seeds to be embedded in their pencil, and the seeds usually sprout in about a week after planting.
The seed capsule is water-activated, so don't chew on the end of this pencil or else you might end up gardening your mouth. The pencil stub can be thrown out or used as a labeled planting marker.
The Sprout pencil is getting off the ground with a Kickstarter campaign, so, if you like the idea, give the creators some support.
What's Driving This Trend
- Eco-friendly Products
- The eco-friendly pencil trend creates opportunities for businesses to develop other sustainable products that offer rewards to users.
- Plantable Products
- The plantable pencil trend opens up possibilities for industries to explore other products that can be planted and grow into something useful.
- Personalized Stationery
- The Sprout pencil's customizable seed options present a disruptive innovation opportunity for industries, such as stationery, to create personalized products that incorporate unique seeds.
Who This Affects Most
- Stationery
- The plantable pencil trend creates opportunities for the stationery industry to develop innovative, sustainable products that incorporate seeds for growing plants.
- Eco-friendly Products
- The eco-friendly pencil trend offers opportunities for businesses in various industries to develop and market sustainable products that provide an additional benefit or reward to the user.
- Gardening
- The plantable pencil trend can disrupt the gardening industry by encouraging the development of new products that make it easier for people to grow plants from everyday objects.
