How to Get Kids to Love Being in the Garden!
Encourage your kids to enjoy the outdoors by creating a fun environment. It's time to get them away from the TV and computer!
How many times have you sulkedbecause your kids are stuck being couch potatoes and watching TV or camped in front of a computer screen? Encourage them to be outdoors by creating an environment they would love.
Here are some great ideas to makeyour garden a kid friendly romping ground!
Interesting Bird houses for the garden
Tyre Swing
Tyre swings take you right down the memory lane. Wouldn't it be great if your kids couldenjoy the same childhood as you did? Give your swing a cutely colorful appearance tobring the kids out to the garden swing.
Tyrespainted in bright pink and yellow for a playful appeal
Edible Garden
Make your kids dosomething healthy and creative this summer by growing their own littlekitchen garden. They will be only too happy to eat the veggies they've grown sofondly! Give them a helping hand to keep it fun, interesting and to keep the plants alive!
Kidsgrowing spinach in their backyard
Water Fun
To keep the kids running out to the garden in the hot summer months just add a water fountain for them to take cool down with occasional dips and beat the heat. A few colorful pebbles and accessories will dress up your water fountain and create an eye-catching display!
Smallwater fountain in the garden
Attract Nature
Make your garden inviting to the birds and the bees! This is the good way to make kids connect to the naturalworld. Let kids set out bird feed and water each dayin a bird bath or feeder. This practice will make yourkids sensitive to animals and birds as they grow.
A littlebird bath for the garden
Challenging Activities
Kids love challenges in the garden –structures and trees to climb, nooks and crannies to explore, asense of mystery with things to fuel their imagination – sand, water and mudusually do the trick! Add a plastic slide with a sand pit or logs to jumpover.
Plasticslide on a treehouse
Play Areas
Kids generally aren't interested in floralarrangements or watering instead make a tree house, hiding spot or a cubbie to play. Thiswill give your kids the incentive to protect their little fort!
An area for kids to play
Add Learning opportunities
Cute vegetable markers for your kitchen garden
Learning happenswhile playing so if you involve kids in planning and improving yourgarden, it can pique their interest and create a connect to the natural world. Encourage your child to make interesting little sign posts for differentplants as a learning cum crafty summer DIY project.
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