Garden Theme

MAKE (Art Center)

• Crafts Shaped Like the Letter G/g
• Garden Crafts Shaped Like the Letter G/g - moms town-hamilton.blogspot.com
• Letter G/g Filled in with Garden flowers
• Letter G/g Filled in with Garden Stickers - The Measured Mom
• Fingerprint Crafts
• Handprint Garden - blog.thinkingiq.com
• Handprint Garden - Creativities
• Footprint Garden - Tippytoe Crafts
• Fingerprint Garden - saved by Erin Barrett Joslyn
• Handprint and Footprint Garden - Learning As We Grow
• Recyclable Crafts
• Paper Plate Greenhouse - JDaniel4's Mom
• Paper Plate Garden - Happy Hooligans
• Paper Plate Spring Garden - All Free Kids Crafts!
• Upcycled Planters for Kids Using Old Bottles - ehow
• Radish Top Egg Heads - Mama Papa Bubba
• Turn an Old Truck Into a Mobile Garden - House of Hawthornes
• Grow a Garden Using an Egg Carton - (Cool) Progeny
• Newspaper Pots - Cottage Hill
• Play Dough Containers Into Planters - Ever Never Again
• Recycled Cans to Make a Tin Can Herb Garden - Life is a Party
• Colorful Tin Can Garden - The Endearing Home
• Turn Two Liter Bottles Into Self Watering Planters - Seattle Sundries
• Toys Into Planters - Young Broke and Marvelous
• Watering Can from a Milk Jug - One Creative Mommy
• Juice Box Planters - Parenting Chaos
• Seedling Pots from Newspaper - Red Ted Art
• Yogurt Cup Planters & Spoon Markers - Arts & Crackers
• Other Crafts
• Garden Markers Craft - Sunny Day Family
• Paint & Decorate a Garden Box - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• DIY Fairy Garden - Listotic
• Paint and Make Garden Markers Using Rocks - Lu Bird Baby
• Hungry Caterpillar from Rocks - ogtea.com
• Beaded Garden Markers - Meaningful Mama
• Handprint Garden Stones - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• 3D Nature Suncatcher - Artful Parent
• Rainbow Garden Markers - Living Well
• Paint Some Beautiful Pour Pots - KC Adventures
• Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones - amazon.com
• Stone Garden Markers - Adventure in a Box
• Free Art
• Have art materials accessible to children such as a garden coloring page, a garden stencil, an easel, markers, stamps, colored pencils, crayons, play-dough, and tissue paper/construction paper/fabric squares for children to work with if they'd like as well.

EXPLORE (Sensory Centers)

• Practice Tracing the Letter G/g in Dirt or Writing the Letter G/g with Seeds or Plants
• Garden Sensory Bottles
• Garden Sensory Bin - Mess for Less
• Fruits and Vegetables Sensory Bin - Life Over C's
• Sticky Garden Sensory Art - Fantastic Fun and Learning
• Fairy Garden Play Dough - Fantastic Fun and Learning
• Play Garden Ideas For Kids - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Bean in a Jar - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Simple Greenhouse - The Handmade Home
• Ice Cream Cones as Planters - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Grow a Grass House - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• DIY Grass Heads - Red Ted Art
• DIY Animal Grass Heads - Mother Natured
• Water Movement Experiment - flickr
• Flower Experiment - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Magical Fairy Gardens - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Sensory Garden - Little Wonders' Days
• Dissect a Bean Sead - Buggy and Buddy
• Exploring Beans - Finding the Teachable Moments
• Garden in a Glove - The Full Circle Gardener
• Indoor Root Vegetable Garden - What Do We Do All Day?
• Learn About Stems - Piwi Kids
• Observing Plant Growth Using Bulbs - Buggy and Buddy
• Start Seeds On Your Window Sill - Kitchen Counter Chronicle
• Planting Peas - Preschool Powol Packets
• How Water Travels Through a Plant - Buggy and Buddy
• Sensory Garden Ideas for Children - The Jenny Evolution

PLAY (Inside and Outside Games/Activities)

• Puzzles/Board Games
• Garden Bingo - Teachers Pay Teachers
• Mega Blok Puzzles - From ABCs to ACTs
• Block Center/Building Ideas
• Lego Planters - Hello, Wonderful
• Building a Pretend Garden with Blocks
• Dramatic Play
• Garden Center Dramatic Play
• Farmer's Market Dramatic Play
• Pretend Gardeners 
• Quiet Activities
• Garden Felt Busy Box - Teach Me Mommy
• Felt Garden - Bubbles and Bobbins
• Felt Vegetable Garden - Adventures in Making
• Felt Veggie Garden - Thriftyfun
• Felt Gardening Quiet Book Page - It's the Small Things
• File Folder Activities/Worksheets
• How Tall Your Plant Will Grow Math Printable - KC Edventures
• Plant Observation Journal Page - Buggy and Buddy
• Learn About the Life Cycle of a Plant - 123 Homeschool 4 Me
• Printable Seed Journal & Learning Booklet - Spell Out Loud
• Name Recognition Flower Garden - Totschooling
• Parts of a Plant Printable - mpmideas.com
• Active Games/Outside Play Activities
• Hopscotch Stepping Stones - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Garden Tic-Tac-Toe - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Outdoor Musical Garden - Growing a Jeweled Rose
• Garden Relay Races
• Garden Obstacle Courses

READ (Circle Time/Books for the Book Center)

• In the Garden - Elizabeth Spurr
• Mrs. Spitzer's Garden - Edith Pattou
• My Garden - Kevin Henkes
• The Curious Garden - Peter Brown
• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt - Kate Messner
• The Tiny Seed - Eric Carle
• How a Seed Grows - Helene J. Jordan
• Planting a Rainbow - Lois Ehlert
• A Green, Green Garden - Mercer Mayer
• Carrots Grow Underground - Mari Schuh
• Oh Say Can You Seed? - Bonnie Worth
• Are You a Snail? - Judy Allen
• Yucky Worms - Vivian French
• In the Garden: Who's Been Here? - Lindsay Barrett George
• Lola Plants a Garden - Anna McQuinn
• From the Garden - Michael Dahl
• Gardening for Beginners - Usborne
• Peppa Pig and the Vegetable Garden - Candlewick Press
• From Seed To Plant - Gail Gibbons
• Bunny's Garden - Golden Books
• A Garden for Pig - Kathryn K. Thurman
• The Little Gardener - Jan Gerardi
• Busy Bug Book - Fiona Watt
• Jack's Garden - Henry Cole
• The Carrot Seed - Ruth Krauss
• The Gardener - Sarah Stewart
• The Good Garden - Katie Smith Milway

SING (Circle Time Songs/Poems)

• This is My Garden - Teacher's Notebook
• Parts of a Plant - teacherexpress.scholastic.com
• Caterpillar Garden - just4teachers.blogspot.com
• What Do Plants Need? - sonshinetotschool.blogspot.com
• Five Garden Snails - Early Learning HQ
• Wiggly Woo - SparkleBox

EAT (Snack Center)

• PEEPS Easter Garden Cake - Betty Crocker
• Carrots and Ranch - Delaney Family Blog
• Vegetable Garden Platter - Kami Buchanan
• Flower Pot Dirt Dessert - Stuff Amy Made
• Vegetable Flower Nibbles - Eats Amazing
• Baby Carrots and Hummus - blog.hwtm.com
• Flower Garden Snack - Education.com

VISIT  (Visitor/Field Trip Ideas)

•  Field Trip - Garden