25 Cute Garden Crafts to Make With Kids

Garden crafts are the perfect way to include your kids in backyard garden projects. These ideas are fun, artsy, and perfect for summer.

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Summertime means more time outdoors and one of the best outdoor activities with kids is gardening. Even toddlers can help with pulling weeds, planting seeds, and other small tasks. And for even more fun, try a few of these garden crafts to make with kids.

We’ve collected the cutest ideas from bloggers that include ideas for attracting your kids’ favorite critters, playing outside, and growing and caring for plants. No matter how big or small your garden is, there are some fun ideas you can do together.

Seed bombs

Seed bombs are an easy way to plant wildflowers in your yard. Learn how to make them at Simple Living Mama.

Cookie cutter bird feeder

Hang a few of these cookie-cutter bird feeders in a tree near a window and your family can enjoy watching birds come to visit all summer long. Tutorial at Eighteen 25.

Grass heads

You can use chia, wheatgrass, or any quick-growing seeds to make these grass heads at Growing a Jeweled Rose.

Beaded ornaments

Dig into your craft stash to use beads, buttons, and other small items strung together to make beaded garden ornaments, via Rainy Day Mum.

Repurposed wind chime

This cute wind repurposed wind chime at Ideas for the Home by Kenarry is made with old keys and items from your recycling bin.

Bead suncatchers

These melted bead suncatchers at Artful Parent are a fun mix of art and nature. Let your kids create their own patterns, then hang them in your windows or in the garden.

Butterfly feeder

Encourage your child’s curiosity by making a simple butterfly feeder to attract them to your backyard. Learn how at There’s Just One Mommy.

Nature fairy wands

Where Imagination Grows has a simple fun idea for making nature fairy wands from items your kids can collect in your backyard. They’re perfect for imaginative play!

Milk carton flower garden

Gardens can be planted in big spaces and small ones. Visit Hands On as We Grow to learn how to make a milk carton flower garden with your kids.

Strawberry pots

Strawberries are a great plant to grow with kids because they grow quickly and can start in a smaller container. You could even grow them in these cute strawberry pots from Crafts by Amanda.

Garden gnomes

This simple craft stick project at Skip to My Lou makes the cutest little garden gnomes that your kids can put in indoor or outdoor planters.

Pinwheels

Makes and Takes shares how to make garden pinwheels using recycled kids’ artwork. Make a bunch with your kids to play in the backyard on a breezy day.

Gardening caddy

Start the summer by making a kids’ gardening caddy via The Farm Girl Gabs, then use it all summer to tote your tools around the backyard.

Painted cinder blocks

Painted cinder blocks make the cutest little planters in a big backyard or on a little patio. Visit The Educators’ Spin On It to learn how to make them.

Bug hotel

Invite beneficial bugs to your backyard garden to help your plants and give your kids a place to watch them at work. Fireflies and Mud Pies shares how to make a bug hotel to give them a place to hide.

Dinosaur garden

If your kids aren’t interested in a fairy garden (or just want something more), try building a dinosaur garden. This cute idea is from Gluesticks Blog.

Radish top egg heads

Save your eggshells to make a whole family of radish top egg heads. Make this garden craft from Mama Papa Bubba, then plant the sprouts in the garden.

Garden sculpture

This garden sculpture on Nurture Store is made using resist art, so it’s perfect for a parent and toddler art project to do together.

Wooden spoons

Kids Activities Blog has the cutest idea for turning wooden spoons into friendly little characters to add to your garden planters.

Fairy garden

Fairy gardens can be as simple or detailed as you like. This one from Mod Podge Rocks is perfect to make with kids and play with in the backyard garden.

Garden markers

Set up a painting station and help your kids make these colorful garden markers to label all the plants that you’re growing this season. Tutorial via I Heart Arts n Crafts.

Safari animals

At Mom Trends, check out this creative way to use inexpensive plastic safari animals for a kids’ craft to put in your garden.

Sensory bottles

Bring a bit of the garden indoors when you make these garden sensory bottles for toddlers with Happy Toddler Play Time.

Decoupage watering can

Turn a simple watering can into a pretty gardening accessory that your kids will love filling and carrying to water plants every day.

Golf ball critters

If your kids like to turn over rocks to watch bugs and spy on all the critters in your garden, make a few golf ball critters from Empress of Dirt. She made a ladybug, frog, bee, and bird.

Add a few of these garden crafts to a whole themed day or week. They would go perfectly with other nature activities, arts and crafts projects, or even alone as a backyard play idea.

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