Most kids just love mucking around in the dirt and if they have something to show for it, all the better. Gardening can give kids a sense of pride and accomplishment and if they’re growing food, it can help encourage them to eat what they grow. So, we’ve rounded up some really fun kids garden ideas we think they’ll love.
Don’t worry if you’re not an expert gardener yourself. We definitely aren’t! But many of these ways will help you get started or allow you to dip a toe into the gardening world. You and your kids will have lots of fun at the same time. This is a hobby that just might stick with them for life!
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Kids Garden Ideas They’ll Love
There are SO many fun ideas below for gardening with kids.
Learn how to make seed bombs via Gagen Girls
Let your dinosaur fans create a dinosaur garden via Glue Sticks Blog.
Where to get started with kids and gardening via Mommy Evolution
Create some pretty garden flags via Rainy Day Mum
Try sandwich bag composting via Maze Products. It takes 8 weeks with a large composter so this is a great, quick way to show kids how it works.
Teaching kids how to compost via An Off Grid Life
Make a beaded garden ornament via Rainy Day Mum
Grow a sunflower house via Lets Lasso the Moon.
How to grow container vegetables via Gagen Girls
Make a plastic bottle greenhouse via Two Kids and a Coupon
Plant radish top egg heads via MamaPapaBubba.
Paint rocks to use as garden markers via Saving Talents
Plant a sensory garden via Little Sprouts Learning
Create a fanciful fairy garden via In Our Spare Time
Learn how to make toilet paper roll seedling pots via The Forked Spoon
Create an herb garden from recycled containers via Two Kids and a Coupon
Make a magical mermaid planter via Creative Green Living
Make garden stepping stones via Crafts by Amanda
Create some adorable gnome garden markers via Ruffles and Rain Boots
Make this variation on seed bombs – seed pops! A great gift idea. via Ruffles and Rain Boots
Turn a toy truck into a moveable planter via House of Hawthornes
Create a hanging seedling planter from paper cups via Inspiring Savings
Make clay pot garden mushrooms via Creative Ramblings (if you make these large enough, the kids can even sit on them!)
Make a fairy garden campground via Glamper Life
Turn an old sandbox into a kids’ garden by Made Every Day
Plant some of these easy vegetables to grow via An Off Grid Life
Put together a tire garden via Lemon Bean and Things
Put together a terrarium via In the Play Room
Make a sweet pea shelter via Saving Dollars and Sense.
Create some beautiful painted flower pots via In Our Spare Time
Paint some beautiful daisy rocks via Sustain My Craft Habit
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