Garden Crafts for Kids: 50 Great Reasons to Get Your Hands Dirty

by Diane Rhoades

Book Overview

Get ready for plenty of gardening fun as kids become adventurers, explorers, scientists, chefs, inventors, and friends of the earth -- all in one! They can plant their own family tree, camp out ill a bean teepee, start a garden in a boot, or grow potatoes in old tires. Whether they live in a house or an apartment, in the country or the city, kids can grow vegetables to eat, flowers to smell (and even eat!), and other plants to enjoy. They'll learn...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806909986
• ISBN13: 9780806909981
• Release Date: December 1899
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Borrowed it...then bought it!

I borrowed this book from our local library and loved it so much that I wanted a copy of my own! This book is very easy to read and the projects are simple (supplies needed are mostly found in your kitchen). I highly recommend this book.

Great For All Beginning Gardeners

This book is great for adult gardeners too- Not just kids! There are no kids in my household, but I have used this book as a reference ever since I started gardening (about 5 years ago). It has lots of useful and easy to read information about improving soil, planting, and caring for your garden plus tuns of inspiring and creative projects, most of which are just as fun for creative adults as children. Examples include making a seed caddy, hanging gift basket, cold frame, scarecrow, and vermicomposting bin, growing potatoes in tires, photographing your garden and much more. I recommend this book to all beginning gardeners.

Garden Crafts for Kids

Not only is this a great resource for kids, but also for beginning gardeners like myself. I was getting buried by the information in other gardening books...complex soil testing, amending, feeding, etc. This book takes similar information and makes it understandable and makes the results seem achievable. The info given on easy-to-grow vegetables, easy-to-grow flowers, and, especially, the chart for diagnosing and solving growing problems are VERY helpful. I found this at the public library and MUST have it at home!

Fatnastic resource for parents of young gardeners!

I was incredibly blessed to have stumbled across this book in our public library. It has become one of those rare additions to our home collection. For beginner gardeners, or even the seasoned, there is an abundance of helpful information within the covers. The pictures are beautiful and captivating for children. The craft ideas are inexpensive, fun, and very practical. Highly recommendo!!

This is a super resourse for both parents and teachers!

As a new first grade teacher, I found this book to be very helpful in planning my gardening unit that I did with my class. It includes all information that you would need as well as a lot of helpful hints for newcomers to the gardening world. This book also includes lots of ideas to try at home, from recycling to composting to eating what you grow-- super for science fair type projects!