20 Kids’ Gardening Tools and Toys for Your Little Sprout
Gardening is a wonderful hobby to share with your child; it can sow important values, like an appreciation for nature, all while nurturing their development (hello, motor skills). Need help growing your little one’s green thumb? We’ve got ideas in spades. Below, find all the best kids’ gardening tools, toys, kits and gear.
Ready to teach your child how to care for plants? Invest in some kid-friendly gardening supplies so you can get outside and start cultivating together. We’ve found the best children’s gardening tools, garden clothes and complete sets on the market.
Kid Made Modern Butterfly Gardening Gloves
Protect your child’s green thumb (and other digits!) with a good set of kids’ gardening gloves. We love this cute pair, which boasts a floral butterfly design. Bonus: You can buy a gardening hat and boots to match.
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $5, Target.com
G & F Products JustForKids All Purpose Gloves
Here’s another excellent pair of kids’ gardening gloves. They’re flexible, breathable and grippy, making them both functional and comfortable. Plus, we like the sunny shade of yellow.
Age: 4 to 9 years old Buy it: $6, HomeDepot.com
HearthSong Grow-with-Me Garden Tool Set
Looking for kids’ gardening tools instead? We recommend this four-piece landscaping set. Each item’s shaft is adjustable, meaning you can lengthen the shovel, hoe and rakes’ handles as your child gets taller.
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $35, Amazon.com
Stanley Jr. Kids’ Wheelbarrow
Kids obsess over push toys, and a wheelbarrow is no exception. This functional outdoor toy hauls over 50 pounds, making it perfect for a little helper eager to assist with cleaning the yard. It’s also ergonomically designed specifically for children’s use.
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $35, Target.com
Curious Gardener 3 Piece Garden Tool Set
On the hunt for children’s gardening tools crafted with tiny hands in mind? Look no further than this three-piece kids’ gardening set, which includes a mini shovel, trowel and rake. Each one has a soft shaft that’s easy to grasp.
Age: 4 years old+
Buy it: $11, Amazon.com
ROCA Home Kids Curated Garden Box
Take things to the next level with a full-blown kids’ gardening set. This creative activity box comes with kids’ gardening tools, kids’ gardening gloves and educational materials, including a STEM learning guide. Prepare for hours of fun.
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $32, Amazon.com
Liberty Imports Kids Garden Wagon & Tools Toy Set
This kids’ gardening set contains 16 durable garden toys, from flower pots to a pull-along wagon. It familiarizes children with all the essentials they’ll use once they’re older, but in a safe, playtime-ready way.
Age: 3 to 6 years old
Buy it: $25, Amazon.com
Green Toys Watering Can Toy Set
This kids’ gardening tool set has a kid-sized watering can for your child to fill with H2O. It also comes with a small rake and shovel, and everything’s made from recycled plastic. Talk about eco-friendly!
Age: 18 months to 10 years old
Buy it: $9, Amazon.com
Clever Kid Toys Kids Gardening Set
Here’s another sweet watering can option. This one is sold alongside kids’ gardening tools, a tote to carry them in, kids’ gardening gloves and an instructional children’s gardening book to boot. No wonder the set has rave reviews.
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $26, Amazon.com
Big Little Kids Complete Garden Set Toy
Last but not least on our list of kids’ gardening sets, this package has a toy rake, shovel and spade; a little watering can; a kids’ gardening tool bag; plus a hat, apron and kids’ gardening gloves. What more could you need?
Age: 4 to 8 years old
Buy it: $18, Amazon.com
Of course, not all of us live in the land of backyards. If you’re in need of a garden for your child to tend to, we’ve found some awesome kits for outdoor or indoor horticulture. Now your kid’s passion for nature can blossom no matter where your home base is.
Garden Outside the Box Children’s Garden Kit + Tabletop Greenhouse
This kids’ gardening kit gives you fruit and veggie seeds as well as an environment to grow them in. It also comes with some tricks of the trade—aka everything parents and children need to harvest snacks together at home.
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $35, Etsy.com
Toysmith Beetle & Bee Deluxe Root Viewer
Turn gardening into a science lesson with the help of this super-cool kit. Fill the clear tubes with the included soil and radish, carrot and green onion seeds. Then, follow the growing instructions and watch each plant’s roots take form.
Age: 8 years old+
Buy it: $15, WorldMarket.com
Backyard Safari Company Sunny-Side Up Gardens Little Pizza Garden
One genius way to get your munchkin excited about gardening and cooking? Let them grow the ingredients to make their favorite food! This amazing kids’ gardening kit produces pizza toppings—what a yummy reward. And because the planter is made from a recycled egg carton, it teaches children to reuse too.
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $12, Amazon.com
PlayMonster My Fairy Garden Lily Pond
This kids’ gardening kit makes growing even more magical. Once your child cultivates the little landscape, it becomes a natural playset (a doll and other accessories are included). We love that it’s also a water toy—check out the trickling stream.
Age: 4 years old+
Buy it: $16, Amazon.com
Potting Shed Creations Kids Viola Garden in a Bag
Want to grow flowers but have limited space? Try this smart “garden in a bag.” With a little TLC, viola blooms will sprout straight from the paper vessel.
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $10, Etsy.com
Shopping for a kiddo who isn’t quite ready to sow real seeds? Start them off with garden toys that mimic actual gardening. It’ll prompt an interest in the hobby, which they can further explore later on.
Learning Resources New Sprouts Grow It!
This toy toddler gardening set features pots filled with “soil” plus removable flowers and veggies your kid can “water” and “plant” sans the mess. There’s a mini toy shovel as well.
Age: 2 years old+
Buy it: $17, Amazon.com
Little Tikes Garden Table
This activity table includes even more toy garden tools for toddlers. Fill it with sand for an extra-fun sensory experience (a sifter is included). The watering can is also fully functional—just pour it over the basin, which can be drained post-playtime.
Age: 18 months+
Buy it: $35, Target.com
TOMY John Deere Electronic Kids’ Lawn Mower
Now your tot can mimic Mom or Dad cutting the grass! This electronic garden toy makes realistic sounds, instructs children to check the oil and gas (a great life lesson) and looks like a true mower.
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $31, Amazon.com
My Fruit Toy Garden Vegetables Play Set
This felt garden toy is an adorable work of art. There are 12 plush vegetables and two “burrowing” stuffed worms to play with. It gives children a sense of gardening basics (like that living things grow in the ground).
Age: 3 years old+
Buy it: $195, Etsy.com
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Grown n’ Learn Garden Caddy
This toy toddler gardening set is educational in more ways than one. It lights up, makes sounds and, of course, resembles a garden. Did we mention the movable pieces are excellent hand-eye coordination boosters?
Age: 9 to 36 months
Buy it: $25, Amazon.com Published March 2019
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