Spring Gardening Activities For Kids In 2025

Now that it’s getting warmer many people will be looking to tend to their gardens, so why not get your kids involved too with some Spring Gardening Activities? Getting the kids active and excited about doing things in the garden can be challenging with the amount of things they could do on their tablet, but with these amazing gardening activities we look to help you ignite that spark!

Pizza Garden Design

One fun way to get your children into gardening is to create wedge-shaped garden beds that resemble a pizza. Each slice would grow different herbs or vegetables. This not only makes it exciting when trying to grow them in ‘pizza slices’, but it is also a great opportunity to teach your kids about how to grow vegetables and manage the plant’s environment.

Bug Hotel Construction

Another great idea is to create a bug hotel for the little critters inside the garden. This doesn’t just help your child learn about helping the environment but it can also serve as a great opportunity for them to learn and observe the creatures inside the garden.

Grow Some Vegetables

Teaching your kids about how to grow their own vegetables is a great opportunity to teach them about the process of plants and how different plants grow and need different environments. This is also a great way to teach kids about seasonal vegetables and when is a good time to plant them. It also presents a great opportunity for kids in the future to be able to taste the ‘fruits of their labour’ by getting to eat their vegetables that they’ve grown for dinner one day.

Sunflower Fort Building

Sunflowers are great plants for captivating a child’s imagination, and this is often because of their bright colours and how big they can grow. You can let your child plant them in a circle, effectively creating a natural fort for all sorts of backyard adventures!

Fairy Garden Magic

Another great way to add magic to the garden is by helping your little ones create a fairy garden. This way, not only will they have something to tend to, but they can also plant their favourite plant there, it’s also a great opportunity to give the child their own little area of the garden where their free to do what they want and experiment to their heart’s content.

Build Your Own Miniature Zen Garden

A great way to teach your children not only about gardening but also about mindfulness is by giving them their own miniature Zen garden. This way you can put it into their usual routine that they tend to their zen garden before they carry on with the rest of their day. This promotes self-awareness and self-care and allows the child to mentally prepare themselves for the day that is to come.

Plant a Butterfly Garden

If there is one flying insect that catches the attention of the little ones it’s most definitely the butterflies. So by saving an area of the garden to plant plants that attract butterflies, you can bring them to your garden and watch them. This also presents a great opportunity for kids to learn all about butterflies, from their symbolism all the way to their unique lifecycle, albeit a bit sad.

Garden Scavenger Hunt

Another great way for you to keep your children entertained as we enter the warmer months of the year is but doing a garden scavenger hunt. You can write on a notepad a wide range of things, from plant species, to bugs, to leaves or wood. Once given the list, give them a certain amount of time and watch them run around the garden as they try and tick everything off the list. You can go round with them to make sure they don’t harm the creatures by trying to take them to you as proof that they found one.

Now that you know all about these wonderful activities as well as some of the benefits that some would bring, spring is a great time to start getting them more involved with the outdoors. Find an activity that suits them with our kids’ activities directory!