Gardening Activities for Toddlers

Get outside and learn how to plant flowers with your kids and give them a love of the outdoors while you put those screens away.

Transform everyday household items into a vibrant, recycled container garden, sparking both creativity and sustainability in your little gardener’s heart.

Watch your toddler's excitement bloom as they craft and nurture their very own Cress Heads, a simple yet magical introduction to the world of gardening.

Planting seeds with toddlers turns tiny moments into big discoveries, providing a hands-on way to teach them about the cycle of life right from the start.

For a splash of creativity and color, guide your toddler in painting their pots with vibrant, non-toxic colors, making each planting activity a masterpiece in its own right.

Encourage your toddler to get their hands dirty with the 'Invitation to Play with Mud' activity, a wonderfully messy yet educational way to explore textures and the joy of creative outdoor play.

Discover the joy of homegrown flavors by teaching your toddler to plant garlic cloves in small pots, a simple yet rewarding way to grow their very own garlic for spicing up homemade bread.

Transform an old toy dinosaur or fairy into a magical resident of your own homemade 'Toyrarium', creating a miniature garden full of wonders for little hands and imaginations to explore.

Craft a symphony of sounds in the garden by creating this DIY Garden Xylophone, where your toddler can explore musical notes using different lengths of hollow tubes or plant pots.

Set your toddler's imagination free by creating a Play Garden, a designated space where they can dig, plant, and pretend, cultivating not just plants but their very own magical garden stories.

Building your own Tiny Greenhouse is a fantastic way to introduce your toddler to the wonders of plant life, creating a personal haven where their curiosity and green thumbs can flourish together.

Construct a Simple Bug Hotel with your toddler to harbor friendly garden insects, teaching them about the importance of biodiversity in a fun and hands-on way.

For an imaginative blend of gardening and math, use an empty paper towel tube as pretend soil, popsicle sticks as stems, and cup liners as flowers to plant a Number Line, teaching accountability and numeracy in an innovative, playful way.

Craft a Simple Egg Carton Spring Flower Garden by transforming cardboard egg cartons into blooming flowers through small holes for planting, green drinking straws as stems, laying a bed of artificial grass as the garden, and vivid paints to bring the egg carton flowers to vibrant life.