Here are some gorgeous garden crafts for kids to learn about plants and how to take care of them. Let’s build a greener earth – the earlier the better!

Once upon a time, a King married a princess from a distant land and brought her to his palace. The princess’s maternal home was full of lush green forests, whereas the King’s land was rather dry. The princess soon became homesick, and this worried the King. So he did what good husbands do; he decided to give her a gift – a brand new garden!

This is the story of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his wife, Persian princess Semiramis. The garden they built became legendary – known today as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon!

Gardens have always held an important place in human history, and besides being sources of food and flowers, gardens also provide us with an opportunity to bond with nature. What’s more, gardening is great for both physical and mental health!

It’s no wonder then, that we now have a special day dedicated to gardens – National Gardening Day on 14th April, that comes right on the heels of International Plant Appreciation Day on 13th April!

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6 Ways to Celebrate National Gardening Day

Start a small garden in your home, even if it’s just a window box
Learn about plants native to your region; these thrive without much effort
Visit your local nursery to see the many varieties of plants and flowers
If you know someone who loves gardening, give them a small gift or a card
Read books about gardens, like Baby Botanist for young kids and The Secret Garden for older ones
Make garden crafts for kids out of paper and other craft supplies

Speaking of crafts, we’ve harvested some of the best garden crafts for kids from all over the place, and you’re sure to find something that catches your interest here!

20 Gorgeous Garden Crafts for Kids

1. 3D Flower Garden Shadow Box Craft

This shadow box would make a great decor piece for spring, sitting on your desk or on a shelf. Feel free to add more butterflies or bees as you see fit!

2. Seashell Flower Garden Craft

Seashells are associated with summer and flower gardens with spring, but they all come together in this lovely craft that shows kids different ways to make things out of shells!

3. Flower Garden Paper Quilling Wall Art

If you’d like something a little more challenging, give paper quilling a try. Once you get a hold of the basic shapes, go ahead and make this gorgeous spring garden wall art!

4. DIY Burlap Button Flower Garden Wall Art

If you’ve got a bunch of colorful buttons and can’t think of how to use them, this button burlap wall art is a great idea! The burlap gives it a rustic look, but the buttons keep it lively and fun!

5. Miniature Peace Gardens Art Activity

Barley and Birch has this absolutely lovely idea of making little peace gardens out of cardboard, egg cartons, peg dolls and other craft supplies. There are a number of ideas to choose from, and we love all of them!

6. Egg Carton Flower Garden Craft

Our Kid Things shows us how to make garden crafts for kids that also double up as DIY toys to play with! here, you can plant the flowers, pluck them, plant them again and so on!

7. Mini Paper Flower Garden

It’s not true that you need a lot of space to make a garden – you can do it even in a tiny apartment! Krokotak inspires us to try that with this miniature garden craft.

8. Flower Garden Paper Collage

We love making paper collages, which is why we had to include this one from Paper and Glue in our list of garden crafts for kids! Give kids random shapes in different colors and let them create a garden from them!

9. Carrot Garden Paper Craft

Gardens aren’t just about growing flowers – you can grow food in them too! Easy Peasy and Fun has a cute little carrot garden craft that’s great for preschoolers to learn about where food comes from.

10. Paper Plate Garden Craft for Preschoolers

If you’re looking for garden crafts for kids who are under 4, this one from Happy Hooligans is perfect! It uses a paper plate as a base, and you can experiment with different craft materials to create your own flowers and plants.

11. Cupcake Liner Flower Garden Craft

Cupcake liner flowers are easy to make, and when you combine them with an egg carton base, you have a pretty little garden ready! Get the instructions to make this craft from I Heart Crafty Things.

12. Printable Butterfly Garden Craft

Gardens aren’t just pretty during the day; add a few lights and they look gorgeous at night too! The Craft Train tries to create this effect with a printable butterfly garden craft to which you can add your own lights.

13. Easy Paper Flower Garden Craft

If you want to keep things simple, or if all you have is colored craft paper to work with, this garden craft from Our Kid Things is perfect for you!

14. Shoebox Garden Diorama

Dioramas are so much fun to make – you can add as many details as you like! We particularly love this one from First Palette that features a little snail, a butterfly and a caterpillar too!

15. DIY No Sew Felt Vegetable Garden Craft

Felt is a wonderful material to craft with – it’s available in many colors, it’s easy to handle, and the pieces even stick to each other without glue! This makes felt the perfect choice for this vegetable garden craft from The Homespun Hydrangea.

16. Pop-Up Flower Garden Craft

Since it’s National Gardening Day, it’s a great opportunity to celebrate a friend or family member who loves gardening. They’re contributing a great deal to the environment, so they deserve this pop-up card from Red Ted Art!

17. Paper Plate Gardening Craft with Moving Bee and Butterfly

Paper plates are a good idea for making garden crafts for kids, as this project from Easy Crafts for Kids shows! The fun part is that you can move the bee and butterfly, giving kids hours of fun!

18. Fork-Painted Spring Garden Craft

Mother Goose Club brings us a project that is a craft and an art tutorial! Use forks to create tulips, and you have a lovely little tulip garden blooming this spring!

19. Garden Spinner Craft

If you’d like your garden crafts for kids to be a little more educational, check ou this spinner craft from Non Toy Gifts. It teaches us all about how plants grow in a garden, right from seed to fruit!

20. Serving Tray Felt Flower Play Garden

Yes, a real garden is great, but if you can’t manage it right now, a pretend garden will work! Walnut Hollow Crafts shows us how to create a pretty garden out of felt. It requires some effort but is completely worth it!

National Gardening Day is meant to encourage young gardeners as well as to provide an opportunity for experienced gardeners to share their knowledge and expertise. We hope these simple garden crafts for kids will inspire even young children and encourage them to learn more about gardening – let’s contribute to a greener planet!