gifting: a DIY gardening kit for kids

We celebrated our niece's 3rd birthday over the weekend.

Knowing just how much my own children love digging in the dirt and watching plants grow, I put together a little gardening set for the birthday girl.

Everything I included can easily be found in stores this time of year.

I labeled the potting soil bag by running a brown lunch bag through my printer.
Directions for how I did that can be found here.
The template for the potting soil bag can be downloaded here.

I separated the flower seeds from the veggie seeds and tied them up with twine.

And then I started loading up the box with gardening goodies, starting with a layer of tissue and grassy paper shreds.

It was snug, but everything fit!

sources:
rake and shovel:  JoAnn's
garden gnome:  Walmart
plant markers {tongue depressors because I forgot to order actual plant markers!} and pencil:  JoAnn's
seed packets:  Walmart
potting soil:  Walmart
seed starting pots:  Walmart
garden gloves:  Target
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle: Amazon
crinkle paper "grass": Party City {left from this project!}

Happy birthday Violet! Happy gardening!
xoxo

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