{"id":7633,"date":"2018-11-02T05:20:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T05:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightstarkids.com.au\/blog\/?p=7633"},"modified":"2022-07-26T04:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T04:40:44","slug":"kids-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/kids-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Activities For Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Outdoor Gardening For Kids<\/h2>\n<h4>Kids&#8217; Garden Projects<\/h4>\n<h2><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7671 size-full csco-lazyload\"  title=\"Kids' Garden\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Kids' Garden\"  width=\"800\"  height=\"534\"  data-csco-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"  data-csco-src=\"https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/beautiful-botanical-child-1352752.jpg\"  data-csco-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/beautiful-botanical-child-1352752.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/beautiful-botanical-child-1352752-720x481.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/beautiful-botanical-child-1352752-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/beautiful-botanical-child-1352752-640x427.jpg 640w\" ><\/h2>\n<p>Outdoor gardening is a great activity to do with the kids when the weather starts getting warm again. Teaching them how to tend a garden from start to finish allows them to learn important life lessons for kids of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from promoting healthy habits, gardening with your little ones is an awesome way for them to spend time outdoors and enhance their green thumbs.<\/p>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7694 size-medium csco-lazyload\"  title=\"Kids' Garden\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Kids' Garden\"  width=\"720\"  height=\"481\"  data-csco-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"  data-csco-src=\"https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Depositphotos_29288117_m-2015-720x481.jpg\"  data-csco-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/Depositphotos_29288117_m-2015-720x481.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/Depositphotos_29288117_m-2015-640x428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/Depositphotos_29288117_m-2015.jpg 750w\" ><\/p>\n<h4>Project Herb Garden &#8211; Outdoor Gardening For Kids<\/h4>\n<p>Making an herb and veggie garden is one of those fun gardening activities for kids that will get them outside &amp; learning about nature. Gather your kids&#8217; gardening tools and work on easy-to-maintain plants, like cherry tomatoes, mint, and basil seedlings. You can also buy them miniature plants if you\u2019d like to speed up the process. This is a great way for them to start growing their own food and enjoying eating vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve got lots of yummy herbs or veggies growing, you should check out this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungryaustralian.com\/2013\/12\/cherry-tomato-mozzarella-and-fresh-basil-pizza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cherry Tomato, Basil, and Mozzarella pizza recipe<\/a>. It&#8217;s so easy to make and it&#8217;s super delicious. If you are looking for more veggie recipes especially for fussy toddlers, you can check out our blog post about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/creating\/healthy-snacks-for-toddlers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Gardening With Your Kids<\/h4>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7693 size-medium csco-lazyload\"  title=\"Kids' Garden\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Kids' Garden\"  width=\"720\"  height=\"481\"  data-csco-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"  data-csco-src=\"https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Depositphotos_97335910_m-2015-720x481.jpg\"  data-csco-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/Depositphotos_97335910_m-2015-720x481.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/Depositphotos_97335910_m-2015-640x428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/Depositphotos_97335910_m-2015.jpg 750w\" ><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">If you are looking for more garden activities for kids, here are some of our suggestions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try getting dill, caraway, marigold, and other seedlings that attract insects like butterflies, bees, and beetles.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Pick out plants that are easy to grow and take care of &#8211; we suggest you try out succulents.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that your plant beds are easily accessible by little hands.<\/li>\n<li>Set up a worm farm &#8211; it\u2019s easy and fun to do and is a great step towards composting.<\/li>\n<li>Install a water bath to attract birds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Build a garden scarecrow&#8230; but don&#8217;t make it too scary or the kids might not want to go outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Love these gardening ideas?<\/h4>\n<p>We hope that these tips will help you have fun gardening with your little green thumbs. Tell us about your list of garden projects for kids and we might just feature it on one of our blogs. Don&#8217;t forget to tag us on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/brightstarkidsUSA\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/brightstarkidsUSA\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking into having some of your garden jars labeled? We have waterproof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightstarlabels.com\/chalkboard-labels-pack.html\">Chalk Labels<\/a> that we would love for you to check out. They&#8217;re dishwasher friendly too!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outdoor Gardening For Kids Kids&#8217; Garden Projects Outdoor gardening is a great activity to do with the kids when the weather starts getting warm again. Teaching them how to tend a garden from start to finish allows them to learn important life lessons for kids of all ages. 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