Super Fun Gardening Activities with Kids

Growing potatoes is a fascinating and delicious activity for kids! They will learn so much about what goes into growing food, the lifecycle of a potato, how to make something out of "spoiled" produce, and then get to enjoy delicious truly homemade french fires! This takes up so little space and is a blast for the kids! Start a kids vegetable garden by planting potatoes and they'll be hooked!

Sunflowers are so much fun to grow! Not only are they beautiful, but they are actually pretty easy to care for, too. Start your little one off with a gardening win and plant and grow your very own sunflowers at home.

Everyone loves to paint! And we all know those garden markers are important, right? How else will you be able to keep track of what you’ve plated and where things are? Or like the picture shows, you can play a really cool version of tic tac toe, too!

These simple garden painted rocks are a lot of fun and mean that every age can join. What you’ll find is that once you give the kids a bit of creativity, they’ll love creating unique and fun rocks for the garden area.

Strawberry beds are the best. If you’re wanting to plant a snack that the kids can run right outside and eat, teaching them how to grow their own strawberries is awesome.

And the best part? Strawberry beds will continue to grow back each and every year. What an awesome bonus!

The best part about gardening is that you don’t even need to have a huge space to make it happen. This STEM activity shows you that if you have paper plates and a few other supplies, you can easily create a DIY greenhouse that can actually grow food or other plants!

Talk about the perfect science lesson to do at home!

As I mentioned earlier, small spaces for gardening are not a problem at all. What you’ll notice is that even in a small space, you can still produce a big crop or plant.

Upcycling your egg carton trays and using them as seed starters is a great way to teach your kid this lesson. It’s also a fun way to get started gardening indoors even when the weather isn’t quite ready outside yet.

Fairies are awesome in their own right but when you pair them up with your child’s imagination, they’re out of this world amazing. This means that your child can easily create their very own fairy garden or village with easy.

It’s a great way to get them into the outdoor space by letting them create a small corner of the earth that is all about them.

What I love most about garden stepping stones is that they’re made with creativity and are also a keepsake that can stay in your garden space forever. As your child gets older, they’ll be able to look back and see their creation over and over again.

Let them use as many fun decorations as they want to create a bright and colorful stepping stone for your garden. It just adds so much fun and depth!

When it comes to having potted plants around the house and garden, why not let the kids create them? These mini plant pots are so much fun to make and they’re just the cutest, too!

You can have these outside on the porch area or inside in and around the windows. They make for a really great focal point and can add in a ton of fun and bright colors.

Holy moly, these grass heads are fun. Think of them like your own little Chia pets that you’re able to plant and grow with the kids. Draw cute faces on the outside of the pots and watch as the “hair” grows in.

And if the kids want to trim and give a haircut, let them learn about how to properly take care and trim their plants!

Adding painted cinder blocks to your garden space is a great idea. Not only does that mean that you can teach your little ones how to grow a raised garden area but you can then let them decorate the surrounding area that’s going to hold the seeds and plants, too.

Just give them the paints that they need and let them go wild and have fun!

If you're going to go to all that trouble to plant a garden, make certain that you make it that way, too! This will make it easy to identify what was planted.

Show the kids that you can easily create an herb garden using items that you have at home! Plant herbs to enjoy during dinner.

Having a mud party bakery in the garden area is a great way to have them using their imagination and playing outside, too.

Now is the time to start teaching your kids the importance of composting! These easy tips will help you get started.

Painting the rocks in the garden is a fun way to add uniqueness and brightness!

Stepping stones are a great addition to a garden area. Plus the kids can make different fun colors and designs!

The bugs will love this! And the kids can create a really fun place for them all to rest their heads!

Save those lids and create this fun and funky windchime. A bright focal point in the garden is a great idea that is fun and easy to do.

Save the worms! If your child loves digging in the dirt and catching worms, why not have them start their very own worm farm? So much messy play fun!

What a fun way to start a garden. Using mason jars is an easy idea that the kids are going to love. This gives them the chance to make individual garden spots.

These are fun to make and are plantable, too! Make them up and then plant them to see what grows! The kids will love watching it.

Show the kids that they don't have to wait until a certain point in time to plant their garden. All they need is an egg carton to get started right now!

These clay markers are fun and unique and will withstand mother nature. Find out what it takes to get started!

Start a butterfly garden with the kids! Do what you can to make your garden area an oasis that the butterflies will come to.