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Kids Gardening Projects - Helping Kids Have Fun in the Garden

Kids enjoy the dirty, wriggly, messy side of gardening. Let them have fun in the garden and maybe learn a little something along the way. Here are some great gardening projects you can enjoy along with them.

Garden in a Bucket - A Portable, Private Garden for Your Child

To make gardening fun and accessible to kids, you need to make it personal. This is a gardening project from my local 4H organization that you can easily do with your own little clover buds. Garden in a Bucket lets kids create a personal, private garden that they can take with them, take care of, show off and enjoy. It takes only a few minutes of effort, but the junior gardener can enjoy his or her garden all summer.

Gardening with Kids - Growing Names on Fruit

Gardening with kids should be quick, fun and leave them with a sense of wonder. A fun gardening project for kids is growing their names on the face of fruits. It's quick, easy and a fun garden project for the kids and you.

Top 8 Garden Crafts for Kids

Let them have fun pressing flowers, making mosaic garden stones and creating garden signs. Makes you curious to see the next 8 top crafts.

Create a

Some cut flowers, a little food coloring, an eager child... Is it a science experiment or just plain fun?

KinderGarden

Tons of fun garden projects for kids. Many quick, short attention span activities.

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