We can not wait to get outside & do as many activities as possible! If that is also your goal then this list of gardening activities for kids will surely prove to be a great resource. There are so many fun ideas here deciding where to start might be the only challenge.
GARDENING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
- Up-cycle plastic bottles into adorable planters.
- Use eggshells to make a mini garden.
- Make eggheads.
- Turn a toy truck into a mobile garden.
- Grow a magic beanstalk.
- Grow a garden using an egg carton.
- Make Lego planters.
- Turn rain boots into a garden.
- Make an egg carton greenhouse.
- Grow grass animals.
- Make newspaper pots.
- Make garden art from recycled cans.
- Convert an old sandbox into a kids garden.
- Turn play dough containers into planters.
- Create a hideout while exploring how things grow with this DIY bean teepee.
- Use recycled cans to make an herb garden.
- Use ice-cream cones as planters.
- Grow grass houses using sponges.
- Make garden markers.
- Grow grass heads.
- Grow a colorful tin can garden.
- Make & plant seed bombs.
- Make a butterfly garden.
- Make a hungry caterpillar from rocks.
- Make beaded garden markers.
- Make Minion planters.
- Make a mini greenhouse.
- Turn old jeans into adorable planters.
- Turn two-liter bottles into self watering planters.
- Up-cycle favorite toys into planters.
- Make hand-print garden stones.
- Learn about how plants thrive with this water movement experiment.
- Give your little one a place of their own with this adorable kids garden space.
- Grow a seeded caterpillar.
- Explore the science of plants with this seed sprouting activity.
- Make seed mosaics.
- Make a nature suncatcher box.
- Label your garden with kid-made garden markers.
- Make a grass growing pet.
- Let kids make their own watering can.
- Make bird feeders and then hang them in your garden. You can find over 20 kid-made bird feeders here.
- Try the flower experiment for kids.
- Win coolest parent award & grow a sunflower fort.
- Make a magical fairy garden.