These DIY garden crafts for kids are a great way to enjoy the fresh outdoor air with your children and explore their creativity as well.
As soon as the warmer weather arrives, it’s a great time to get the kids outside and spruce up your garden. These adorable garden crafts are super simple to make, budget-friendly, and they will add a fun handmade touch to your outdoor space.
These 23 DIY ideas also include tutorials so you can easily recreate them with your children. Perfect for Earth Day, Mother’s Day gifts, or just for a pop of color to your garden.
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23 DIY Garden Crafts For Kids
Combine fresh air and crafting with these DIY garden crafts for kids. Your children will enjoy exploring nature to collect the supplies used in these crafts, and enjoying the finished project.
This simple flower pot craft is a great way to use up an ever-growing stick collection!
Handprint Garden Stepping Stones You Can Make Yourself {Fun Crafts With Mom}
Have the kids make Handprint Garden Stepping Stones to place along your walk way, or garden area. You can make one for each year and fill a beautiful garden path with this sentimental craft idea.
Make wildflower seed bombs using flour, seed compost and native wildflower seeds. Perfect for brightening up an unloved corner of your neighborhood.
The birds were thrilled to have the DIY Bird Feeders to have a little munch on. Try making some on your own, they are fun, easy and the kids will love them as much as the birds do.
Create a simple self-watering planter for kids with just a mason jar, soil, and a straw!
There is something magical about fairy gardens! You can make a pretty one for your garden with your children. Collect a few sticks and rocks to decorate your little garden, and add a succulent and ceramic fairy.
Kids can make this bird nest and food station using an egg carton and items they find outside. A great activity for the whole family!
Easily recycle empty soup cans to use to grow herbs in a fun chalkboard design. The supplies you need are minimal and the kids can decorate the can however they like using a chalk marker to personalize it. This would be a cute garden gift idea for Mother's Day too!
Make your own bird seed feeders with your children. It's a great way to get the kids outside using their imagination to create a fun craft that can be for the outdoors.
This DIY seed paper is super fun in tie-dye colors. Simple and using only a few materials, it's a great garden craft for all ages.
These simple garden markers are made with butterflies but caterpillars, ladybugs, and grasshoppers would also work well. The kids can make some of each and enjoy planting them in the garden.
Pick up an inexpensive flower pot that your kids can decorate and give to their grandparents, or parents. Fill them with fresh herbs that they can use for cooking, or their favorite flowers.
Use pressed flowers to make some Springtime sun catchers to liven up your windows. A microwave flower press makes it much more accessible for children to use in crafting.
These kid made garden flags are so fun to make, and a great gift for mom. These DIY garden flags are great for patios, gardens, or any outdoor space.
This is one quick and easy kids garden craft that can definitely be made in 15 minutes or less. Make a few of these cute gnome rocks for your outdoor decor this summer.
Learn how to make a mini Mary garden with your kids. Not only is this a super fun craft, but it opens the door to discussing evaporation, plants and roots.
These darling clay bug garden stakes are a great way for your kids to decorate spring or summer plants whether indoors on pots or outdoors in the garden.
Learn how to make sun prints with your children. It's a perfect outdoor art activity for summer. Your kids will find the process fascinating, and there’s lots to learn while experimenting,
Download the free nature printable to teach your little ones how to make their own nature paint with natural elements. This tutorial will show them how to make paint from nature and bring the outdoors indoors!
You won't believe how simple it is to make this nature suncatcher craft. You only need a few household items, and a free afternoon to spend outside with your little ones exploring nature and doing some crafting.
These lady bug golf balls are easy to make and so cute. It's a fun garden decoration that you can make with the kids.
Add some color to your garden and have some fun crafting with the kids by making these DIY rainbow flower stepping stones.
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