Why Not Stage A Food Fight?
Please let me start by saying, I was never the dress wearing prim and proper type child. I was more of the tromping through the creek and making mud pies kind of girl. So when I came across the abo...
Posts tagged “gardening”
Camping Play Quilt
If you happen to run into Kerri's family at one of the music festivals they love to attend, feel free to warm up by their fire or dip your toes into their lake. And, who knows, her son might be nic...
Chicago Botanic Garden Kids' Site
Yesterday over on the Chicago site, we talked about quick escapes to your local botanic gardens. At a recent stop at the Chicago Botanic Garden we noticed how kid-centric this place could be! Along wi...
Look! Using a Shoe Organizer for Container Gardening
We previously mentioned that without a proper yard, we've taken to container gardening. If you don't even have the space for a few pots and containers, don't despair. ...
Woolly Pocket Gardening Company
As our 1-year-olds (literally) ate dirt in the playground the other day a friend and I were talking about babyproofing and plants - keeping plants safe from grabby little hands and keeping young kid...
Miniature Garden Resources and Inspiration
A few months ago we were excited about this amazing miniature garden and we've been on the lookout for other mini-landscapes ever since. Whether you're enamored with miniatures or have limited or n...
How To: Miniature Zen Garden
Take home a little bag of sand from your vacation and let the kids add it to any small box with a few rocks and a fork and you'll have an instant Zen Garden....
Pots, Planters, and Window BoxesReal Simple
Containers are important inside of the home, and we spend a lot of time searching for the right storage solutions. But they are just as important outside of the home, and the right container will ma...
Alessi Kiwi Watering Pot
"The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses." - Hanna Rion. Nothing's as relaxing some time spent in the garden. Help children help you care for your greens with the lovely...
Magnetic Activity Garden
For the days when they can't dig in the real dirt outside, this little window box from Kushies toys is a great find. It even doubles as a carrying case with a handle and zipper so your toddler can ...
Elfin Doors
Weave magical stories of elves and their secret worlds into your garden with these adorable elfin doors. Great for open-ended, imaginative play, these hinged tiny doors can attach to the base of any ...
Look! Garden Wish Flags
If we were to make wish flags for a garden they would probably read "don't die! don't die! don't die!" Maya and her family's are a little more specific. We love the idea of making wishes for your ...
Kids' Gardening Primer
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Whether you garden in your backyard or on your windowsill, chances are that you want to pass along your love of gardening to your kids. There are lots of tutorials out there on what to grow and how to...
How To: Small Space Salad Box
Sunset Magazine
Now here's an all-you-can-eat salad bar worth going to! We've really enjoyed popping out to the backyard to snip herbs from our pots these past few weeks, but, wow, it would be pretty amazing to gr...
Green Idea: Repurposed Container Gardening
Here's an idea that's green in more ways than one. Ohdeedoh reader Amida wrote in to show us how her family re-uses an amazing variety of containers to house seedlings for their kitchen garden. If you...
Imagine Childhood
Playing outdoors doesn't require toys or products, but sometimes they can enhance the experience. This is the case with the carefully selected goods you'll find at Imagine Childhood. "At imaginech...
Roundup: Gardening with Children
Children and nature seem to go hand in hand. They just love getting their hands into dirt, digging and planting -- it's almost as though it is some form of relaxation therapy for them. Why not get y...
My Great Outdoors: A Nice Yard Without a Green Thumb
Name: Alex, Chris and Vincent Location: Berwyn, Illinois Type of Space: Backyard How Did You Do It?: When you inherit a bad yard and were born without a green thumb, trying to put together your...
Mini Blinds Turned Garden Stakes
We spotted this fabulous kid friendly idea over at My Paper Crane, where mom Heidi Kenney had her kids help label this year's garden... with discarded mini blinds! It's super kid friendly and a terr...
How To: Make Cupcake Planters
Teaching them how to plant something and spending some time outdoors will be so much more fun when the end result looks like a cupcake no? ...
Planting Project: Labeling Your Garden
Spring is here and planting of herbs, flowers and veggies has started (in most places anyway). Making gardening fun and creative is a great way to instill not only healthy eating habits, but lessons...
Grow Your Own Shamrocks
As it turns out, this Irish symbol that you'll see a lot of on Tuesday, also makes a great houseplant according to Ms. Stewart. ...
Look! Miniature Garden
We're beginning to think about gardening this summer and bemoaning the fact that our backyard is actually a "concrete jungle" best suited for container gardening which we've never felt very inspired...
Look! Thimble Gardens
Okay, so these aren't exactly kid-centric, but what child doesn't love miniatures? These gorgeous little thimble pots we spied at the blog Resurrection Fern would fascinate any nature-loving young one...
Birdhouse Kits by Skip to My Lou
We have fond memories of eating breakfast with our father while keeping a close watch on the birdfeeder in the backyard. Our most frequent visitors were cardinals, robins and sparrows and it was ve...
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