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As our technology advanced so rapidly in the past decade, our children can easily obtain in-depth knowledge on different subjects through the internet. However, the lessons that could be learned through hands-on experience is still irreplaceable.
I especially love gardening and planting in the backyard with my kids. This is a fun activity in bonding our relation. It’s also an excellent way of teaching them how to respect and protect our natural environment.
For the kids to enjoy the experience, we should always provide them with proper tools. Below are “The Best 15 Gardening and Planting tools” I would suggest.
I would try to look for products that have:
- More than 30 customer feedback
- At least 80% of positive feedback
- The average star rating is more than 4 out of 5
- There had not been any safety concern that I can locate
However, there are times I cannot find one that completely fit into criteria, so I’ll just write about the best one I could find in that specific category.
Just like my other reviews, I will include some of my findings and thought about the products. Hope this would be helpful to you 🙂
Interesting Things in this Post
- Garden Tool Set for Young Children
- Garden Tools Set for Older Kids
- Light Duty Gardening Gloves
- Garden Gloves with Heavy-duty Safety Cuff
- Kid’s Sun Hat
- Gardening Aprons with Over Sleeves
- Wheelbarrow for Children
- Pretty Petals Flower Sprinkler Toy with Hose Attachment
- Easy Vegetables Growing Kit
- Easy Fruit Growing Kit
- Plant a Pizza Starter Kit
- Educational See-Through Compost Container
- Garden Kneeler and Seat that Saves Parents’ Knees and Back
- Raised Garden Bed
- A Thermos Water Bottle that Over 6000 People Like
Garden Tool Set for Young Children
The Roca Home garden tool set has a fork, shovel, rake, watering can and carry tote bag. However, this one this not include a pair of gloves. Instead, this gardening tool set comes with a fun learning guide. It teaches the children about animal, nature and encourage them to outdoor playtime.
According to the ROCA Home, the top part of the tools are made of metal, while the handles are plastic. They recommended this for kids aged from 36 months to 12 years.
Out of the 176 Customer reviews, this toolset received an excellent compliments from its buyers. Over 90% of customer reviews are positive.
Some compliment this product is outstanding quality and a perfect size for little hands. It is a great starter kit for young children. The educational guide is a fabulous add-on to read with kids. It teaches what are the “good bugs” in your backyard.
Out of the few critics I read, a common one is that the size of the toolset is a bit small for older children. Although the manufacturer recommended age is up to 12 years old, most of the positive comments I read are for kids age from 3 to 6. >>To read more customer reviews (affiliate link)
Garden Tools Set for Older Kids
The G&F has a 4-pieces garden tools set which include a rake, a hoe, a spade and a leaf rake. Since it is designed for older children to work with parents in the yard, the metal head is relatively stronger and thicker than other similar kids’ gardening tools. Handles are made of solid wood. The height of each piece is up to 27.5 inches. All four pieces have a protective cap for easy hanging.
As always, adult supervision is necessary when using these garden tools. The manufacturer suggests these are for children age 7 and up.
Instead of looking dull and boring, I like how colorful this garden tool set is.
This product received 534 customer reviews, (485 positive, 49 critics). This toolset received a very high rating from buyers. Over 90% of customer reviews are positive.
Light Duty Gardening Gloves
I recently bought three pairs of these Vgo Kids Gardening Gloves for my four years old daughters.
I like the natural foam latex coating which gives a layer of protection from wood splinters or thorns. The back of the gloves is made of breathable polyester. In fact, I also have a similar one. But of course, it’s a lot bigger and without the cartoon character.
The Vgo gloves come in three colors blue, green and purple. It has different size options to suit your child. Out of the 83 customer reviews, it has a marvelous rating with over 97% happy users.
Garden Gloves with Heavy-duty Safety Cuff
Gardening and planting provide a hands-on experience for your kids. However, sharp objects such as flower’s thorn and rocks could potentially injure a child’s hands. Providing them with a proper pair of gardening gloves is essential.
The Wells Lamont Kids Work and Garden gloves provide great flexibility and protection for children’ hands as they do chores and participate in gardening work. When I watch the above video, I’m amazed by how much work a kid can handle with these gloves.
The Wells Lamont gloves have a heavy-duty safety cuff in bring protection to the wrists, and elasticized wrists keep out debris and dirt. It is easy to slip the gloves on and off. The gloves have Gunn cut pattern, and it’s made with high-quality split cowhide leather palm, first finger, thumb, fingertips, and knuckle strap.
Manufacturer recommended these gloves for children from age 5 to 8.
There are 92 customer reviews on Amazon, with an outstanding rating from over 90% of its customers. Many people commented that the material has excellent quality, just like a pair of gloves for “grown up.” They also expressed this size of the glove is right for at least eight years old and up.
Kid’s Sun Hat
I like its simple, but beautiful design. It comes with different choices of color; Khaki, aqua blue, blue, grey, and hot pink. It’s made of breathing polyester material, which brings extra comfort to a child during warm weather. It also includes adjustable velcro straps, sweatband, adjustable drawcord and toggle at the back. The 6.5cm Wide Brim Protective hat can be used during spring, summer, autumn.
According to the product details, the Connectyle Kids Bucket Sun Hat (affiliate link) should fit most children ages 3-8.
Out of the 33 customer reviews on Amazone, I could only find 3 critics. Most actual users are very pleased with the adjustable feature and that the hat does fit children at different ages. According to the seller’s, the hat can be adjusted to fit for the head girth 52-54cm, good for the 3-10 years old kids.
Gardening Aprons with Over Sleeves
If you want your child to be less messy gardening, then a smart move is always to prepare ahead. Getting them a VinnCom Kids Apron would be a good choice.
They are made with water-resistant materials which could protect the clothing underneath from dirt and stains. I particularly like about their over sleeves. This is very thoughtful as this gives a layer of protection to the child from thorns or wood splinters. So far, I couldn’t find this design in any other kids’ gardening aprons.
It is beautifully designed with four different cheerful colors, red, yellow, green, blue. It also comes in three different sizes small, medium, large.
Even though most of the customers are delighted about this apron, I could not locate many reviews. I believe the company might start selling this product not too long ago on Amazon. Anyhow, if you were thinking about ways to keep a child less messy while gardening, then I’m confident this apron would be the way to go. So let’s check this out!
Wheelbarrow for Children
A wheelbarrow brings a great convenience when carrying a child’s gardening tools and their belongings to the yard. When I research on the different kinds of wheelbarrows in the market, I found that some are either too shallow, or they have assembling issues. Whereas, the Seymour Wheelbarrow could be an excellent choice to consider.
According to the product description, the Seymour Children’s wheelbarrow has a high-density poly try which is corrosion proof. It is lightweight, with hardwood handles and a ball bearings wheel.
Most customers are delighted with the wheelbarrow. It has 37 Customer reviews on Amazon, with 34 positive, 3 critics.
Some actual buyers give compliments that the wheelbarrow is very easy to assemble and durable.
Regarding the size, a customer estimated it could fill a little less than 2 five gallon buckets worth of material. It should be the right size for children older than 3, but younger than 8 years old. >> To Read More About This Wheelbarrow
Pretty Petals Flower Sprinkler Toy with Hose Attachment
The Melissa & Doug’s flower sprinkler (affiliate link) has such a cheerful design. With 12 pretty petals flowers, each would squirt water. It is recommended for children aged from 36 months to 6 years old.
It has 110 customer reviews on Amazon, with over 84% happy customers. Some buyers expressed that the water does not spray high enough. Another explained this should be due to the difference of hose you’re using or the water pressure. For the same user, with one of their hoses, it sprayed about 4 – 5 feet off the ground. With another one, it was only 2 or 3 feet.
One improvement I wish for this product is that the water could have spray moving in different direction. Currently, the water direction has just the same, so you’ll need to reposition it manually.
Although I don’t think that can replace an actual high-quality sprinkler, this is a good toy for young children.
Easy Vegetables Growing Kit
I like that the seeds are 100% certified organic and 100% non-GMO.
Also, the 5 planters are biodegradable. The box is nicely packaged and designed, which makes it an awesome gift choice for kids.
It has 34 customer reviews on Amazon, with 32 positive, 2 critics. Numerous users agree that this growing kit is a perfect choice for beginner gardener, and it does come with very detailed step by step instruction. It is straightforward to plant and grow. Many parents and kids have fun with it.
The only downside a user revealed is that the fonts on the instruction manual are a bit small. He suggested the company to make the fonts larger, so it’s easier to read. One way to solve this minor problem is to take a photo of the instruction with your smartphone, then maximize the screen while reading. >> Check out this cool growing kit
Easy Fruit Growing Kit
We just talked about a growing vegetable kit. It would be nice to plant fruits as well, as my two daughters are crazy in love with them.
This growing kit is also one of the products from Nature’s Blossom.It has a selection of 4 types of berries from seed; Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries and Goji Berry. It also includes similar items in the Vegetables Growing Kit.
As of the day I review this product, it received a flawless rating, which is 5 out of 5 stars, with ALL positive feedback out of 31 customer reviews. A tremendous number of people gave excellent compliments that the growing process was straightforward, it brought them such a fun experience with their kids, and it was an excellent gift choice.
Plant a Pizza Starter Kit
If you are looking for creative ideas to get a child interested in planting, then this pizza starter kit from “Creativity for Kids” is definitely worth considering.
The kit has a pizza-shape design, with four separate garden trays. It allows a child to grow ingredients for a homemade pizza, which includes basil, tomatoes, oregano, and peppers. It also comes with the recipe, stickers to decorate the tray and the planting seeds.
Once they grow strong, you could transfer them into your garden.To be honest, although this might not be the best growing kit, I can foresee kids would really love planting with it.
Educational See-Through Compost Container
As much as I want to introduce the concept of composting to my daughters, it is difficult to get them interested when it is done with an ordinary garden bin. After all, compost could take months to complete. Without seeing the process, a child could quickly lose their interest. Besides most of them are not tall enough to see what is going on inside the bin.
After hours of research, I believe the Educational Insights Compost Container (affiliate link) could solve this issue.
It is a transparent compost bin with three separate compartments. Your child could put in different food scraps to see which one would decompose the quickest.
It also comes with thermometers so that a kid could witness the temperature change during the process.
Most purchasers are satisfied with this compost container. At the time I’m writing this post, it has over 84% of happy customers. However, the product could be relatively newer on Amazon, so there are only 23 reviews.
According to the product page, the purchase should include a guide that can be used to teach kids about composting facts and science project ideas. This compost container is for kids age four to nine.
Educational Insights, which is the same company, has another compost kit designed for bigger kids from age eight to twelve. This version comes with a twenty-two pages activity journal where a child could track the results. It includes experiments, and fun facts.
Of course, this would not be a replacement of a compost bin for the entire family, but definitely an excellent educational tool to teach a child about composting.
Garden Kneeler and Seat that Saves Parents’ Knees and Back
We as parents always put our children first, it is not uncommon that we neglect to care for ourselves. When we do backyard planting and gardening with our kids, we should also have the proper tools.
One of the issues I have is every time I work in the garden, my knees and back muscles would feel very sore and painful. It is especially severe after I kneel on the ground for a long time to remove the weed. The Ohuhu Garden Kneeler and Seat could be a possible solution for many people like myself.
As you could see in the photos, this product can be used as a kneeler so that it can keep your knees away from grass and muddy ground, and more importantly, it reduces the stress from prolonged kneeling. When you flip it over, it can turn into a garden chair for you to work on plants that are in higher elevation.
The order comes with 2 bonus gardening tool pouches, which could be attached to the garden chair.
It received 747 customer reviews on Amazon, with a fantastic rating of over 95% happy customers. I particularly like that this product is already come assembled. You could open and close it with just a quick snap, which it makes it for easy storage.
This is very affordable too. You can check out its latest price here. (affiliate link)
Raised Garden Bed
Rather than leaving all your harvests on the ground, you could consider growing them in a more organized manner within a raised garden bed.
According to an article from EarthEasy [1]http://eartheasy.com/grow_raised_beds.htm, raised garden beds are suitable for growing small plots of flowers and veggies. It helps to prevent weeds from your garden soil, and create a barrier to pests such as snails and slugs. It allows for better drainage and keeps the valuable garden soil from being washed away during heavy rains.
This elevated planter box also has the above characteristics. It is a fantastic choice for growing flowers, herbs, vegetables, strawberries, succulents, and more.
Some actual users commented that it is lightweight, easy to assemble, and no tools are required. It is constructed of durable metal.
It comes with the color beige which is a delightful matching color to many backyards. This planter box has a length: 46 Inches; width: 35 Inches; height 12 inches, can hold 11 cubic feet of soil or 313 liters.
At the time I wrote this post, this garden bed received a nearly flawless rating, which is over 93% of positive feedback from customers. Here are more feedback from actual buyers
A Thermos Water Bottle that Over 6000 People Like
During a hot summer day, not only your garden needs water, it is crucial that you and your kids also keep hydrated all the time. If you have kids or have spent some time with small children, I’m sure this thermo water bottle would not be unfamiliar to you.
This water bottle received extensive 7330 customer reviews, with 6084 positive, 1246 critics. A lot of children is widely using it.
Kids would love this thermo water bottle, as there is a vast selection of cartoon characters designs available.
According to a number of different users, in addition to storing water in it, you can also put milk and juice. The most helpful feature is they can remain cold for hours.
It is effortless to clean, and it stated to be dishwasher safe in the video. However, to avoid scratching the stainless steels, I only put the lid and the mouthpieces in the dishwasher, then I would hand wash the actual bottle with detergent and water.
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Jacob is a father of two daughters. He loves spending quality time with them in the backyard. Playing sports, blowing bubbles, and planting are some the favorite activities Jacob and his daughters like to do together. He believes it is essential to spend quality time with them while they are still young.
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