Here are some fun vegetable crafts for kids to try on Eat All Your Veggies Day, or any other day of the year – encourage them to eat more veggies!

Here’s a quick question – are you eating enough vegetables? Well, do you know how much you are supposed to be eating? Well, most of us don’t, and as a result, we’re not eating enough!

Well, you’re certainly not alone – several studies show that globally, people are eating far below the recommended amount of vegetables. That’s why we need to put the spotlight on special days like National Eat Your Vegetables Day on June 17th!

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What is Eat Your Veggies Day?

It’s a little hard to pinpoint the exact origin of Eat Your Vegetables Day, but we definitely think it’s a great idea! Adults are supposed to eat about 2.5 cups of vegetables a day, while kids should aim for 1 cup to 1.5 cups, based on their age.

An easy way to figure this out is to fill half your plate with vegetables at every meal, so that way you’ll know you’re not falling short. Another fun thing to do is to make these colorful vegetable crafts for kids, so they’ll learn to appreciate veggies more, and learn how good they are for health!

20 Vibrant Vegetable Crafts for Kids

1. DIY Vegetable Corner Bookmarks

Nothing like a vegetable corner bookmark to remind you to eat your 5 servings every time you open a book! Subtle reminders like this are best for kids, especially teens!

2. Easy Paper Pumpkin Craft for Kids

Pumpkins are popular around Thanksgiving, to carve and to turn into delicious dishes like pumpkin pie! This craft lets children try different folding techniques with paper in one shot.

3. Fingerprint Corn on the Cob Art

If you’re looking for vegetable crafts for kids under five, this fingerprint art project is perfect! Let them print on the corn cob and then add leaves to complete the craft.

4. Plastic Cup Pumpkin Craft

Turns out you can make pumpkin crafts out of pretty much everything, including plastic cups! This one is a great option if you’re creating a pretend play grocery store around Fall time!

5. Pretend Play Taco Paper Craft

We’re talking about vegetable crafts for kids, so what is a taco doing here? Well, if you look closely, you’ll find that our taco is stuffed with all kinds of healthy stuff – lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, olives and more!

6. Simple Origami Carrot Craft for Kids

Let’s try making some vegetable crafts for kids using Origami, shall we? Here’s an easy carrot craft to begin with, that even beginners can try.

7. Corn on the Cob Corner Bookmark

If you’d like something to encourage you to eat more seasonal vegetables, here’s a fun corn corner bookmark you can use for your autumn-time reading!

8. Paper Carrot Treat Bags

Vegetable crafts for kids can also double up as treat bags, as this craft shows! We love how cute this carrot bag looks, and it’s amazing that all you need for it is paper!

9. Fall Vegetables Paper Weaving Craft

Exercise those fine motor muscles with some paper weaving! Younger kids will love interlacing paper strips of different colors and see how they end up forming different vegetables!

10. Vegetable Garden Sensory Bin

Taming Little Monsters has the perfect introductory STEM project for young kids – a vegetable garden sensory bin where they can pretend to plant seeds, water them and finally harvest their vegetables.

11. DIY Vegetable Finger Puppets

What if vegetables could speak? What would be a brinjal’s personality, for instance? Well, let your imagination run wild with these fun vegetable finger puppets from Made to be a Momma!

12. Crepe Paper Mini Garden Veggies

We love that you can use these vegetable crafts for kids as props for your pretend play scenarios, like a farmers market or grocery store. Lia Griffith brings us some absolutely realistic paper vegetables that fit the bill perfectly!

13. Popsicle Stick Vegetable Puppets

Ocean Child Crafts shows us how to make vegetable puppets using Popsicle sticks, and you can later ‘plant’ them too! The googly eyes add a nice touch – we love how the pickle here looks!

14. Pool Noodle Vegetable Garden

You can make so many amazing things using pool noodles, including vegetable crafts for kids! Pre-K Pages shows us how to lay pool noodles side-by-side in a tight space and then cover it with felt to create a farm that’s ready to plant!

15. Vegetable Lacing Cards Fine Motor Activity

Besides paper weaving, another easy fine motor activity for young kids is lacing, and Taming Little Monsters gives us printable lacing cards that don’t just exercise those muscles, but also teach the names of vegetables!

16. Egg Carton Vegetable Patch

Farmers recycle kitchen waste and manure to use as fertilizer, and you can now recycle egg cartons to create your own kitchen garden! Check out the instructions to do this over at The Best Ideas for Kids.

17. Rock Painting Vegetables Craft

We love rock painting projects, which is why we love this vegetable-themed one from Red Ted Art! They also tell us the many different ways we can use the painted rocks, so check it out!

18. Vegetable Paper Craft Activity

If you want vegetable crafts for kids that are really simple, this one from Simple Living Creative Learning is perfect for you. Make a brinjal, potato, radish and more using only colored craft paper!

19. 3D Paper Vegetables Craft

Craftventure Time goes the route of 3D crafts by bringing us these cute three-dimensional paper vegetables! They look quite realistic and would be perfect in any pretend play scenario!

20. Peas in a Pod Paper Craft

Krokotak shows us how to make art out of something as basic as paper, and based on something truly mundane – peas! This is a lovely way to show kids where green peas come from, and may make them appreciate peas better!

As you make these vegetable crafts for kids, talk to them about how each vegetable is grown, what benefits they have, and the many dishes you can make with them. If your child dislikes a certain vegetable, you can discuss new ways to prepare it. Club crafting with a trip to the farmers market and look at all the vegetables; soon you’ll find that your little ones don’t resist them anymore!