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Gardening With Kids From Toddlers To Teens

in Gardening on 04/07/24

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Gardening activities for kids can be a fun and educational experience all rolled up in one!  I love making everyday things fun and educational!

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We have a small garden and intend to expand it each season.  I check on it twice everyday and I can’t make it out of the house before hearing tiny feet chasing me “Nana, outside?”.

She LOVES to come out to the garden with me.  She loves to watch the bees and look at the weeds flowers or as she calls them “flowies”, and dig in the dirt.

One of our younger grandsons also loves to see the garden, too.  He wants to grow sunflowers at his house, but he always asks what is what in the garden and takes a real interest.

Gardening with kids applies to tiny ones all the way through high school. 

I have an older grandson who actually helped me dig out the newest section of the garden this time and he asked many questions and seemed to enjoy himself.

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This all led me to learn more about working a garden alongside younger and older children, and especially gardening with toddlers since that’s the one that lives here.  

Gardening Ideas For Kids

Gardening, whether it’s a flower garden, vegetable garden, or garden beds, where they learn how to grow their fresh produce is always a great opportunity and wonderful way to get the little kids and even the older kids out into the fresh air.

But there are also plenty of indoor gardening for kids to do on rainy days or days when they can’t get outside.

Not only do gardening activities get the little helper and entire family outside it’s also a great way for them to learn new skills.

Easy gardening with kids means even the whole family can have a learning experience from any simple garden projects.

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You don’t even need a ton of outdoor space or garden space to have a fun project or to pique child’s interest. Kids of all ages will have so much fun.

All you need is some garden inspiration. You could even have an indoor garden. It would still be an educational activity and give the whole family the chance to see the beauty of nature.

I looked around and gathered info on working in the garden beside toddlers and preschoolers to be able to help them learn and have fun at the same time!  Also, don’t forget the kid’s garden tools, you can find all sorts of things here <—

Gardening Projects For Kids

Check out what fun Gardening activities for kids ideas I found:

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Sensory Gardening for Children

Supplies You May Need, ie: Gardening Tools For Kids

  • Bird feeders
  • An egg carton
  • Mason jars
  • Terracotta pots
  • Magnifying glass
  • New or old sandbox
  • A leaf rake with wooden handles or hardwood handles
  • A spray bottle
  • Tin planter
  • A tote bag
  • Kids gardening kit that work for little hands
  • Kids plastic tools
  • Flower pots
  • Real tools gardening set
  • A tool bag
  • Miniature tools for perfect size for small hands
  • A soil rake with a rubber grip
  • Paint brushes
  • A garden shovel
  • Adjustable hat
  • Gardening gloves
  • Gardening hat
  • Bow rakes
  • Hand rake
  • Hand tools with metal heads
  • Kids garden rake
  • Garden markers
  • Hand fork
  • Seed packets such as cherry tomatoes
  • Egg shells
  • Kids garden kits
  • Carrying bag

Also don’t forget about your gardening tool maintenance. Check out this post about everything from cleaning to sharpening.

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Are you gardening with toddlers, or gardening with children?  Learn how gardening for toddlers & gardening with preschoolers can be fun & educational!

You can also find gardening products I use in my videos here <---

I now have an Amazon Influencer’s storefront. I put the products I use, in my posts and Youtube Gardening videos, there. Shopping there is free and the site gets a percentage of sales. Thanks!

You can go to my storefront using this secure link <----

If you need seeds, this is the company I use <--- and if you use code: farmer1 at checkout, you'll get 10% off your order!

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