Garden Cookies

Make & Grow Garden Cookies

Our youngest son loves to play in the mud.  There is just something about this activity that captures his imagination and provides hours of enjoyment.  Boys also love to garden, it appeases the natural farmer in them.  This kit combines those two inclinations and is sure to be a delight for boys of all ages!

 The kit comes with everything they need to decorate the Earth with beautiful flowers for hummingbirds and butterflies.  Click here to find out more about these garden cookies: Make & Grow Garden Cookies


Just follow these simple instructions for this gift 
that keeps on giving:


How to Make & Grow Garden Cookies

1. Empty contents of clay, soil, and flower seeds into a mixing bowl or recycled plastic container.
2. Add three tablespoons of water (additional water may be necessary)
3. Mix until the clay forms a smooth ball
4. Place the ball on the rolling mat and, using the rolling pin, roll the clay to 1/4 in. thickness
5. Cut out flower shapes with the cookie cutters
6. Leave flower shapes on the mat to dry over night
7. Garden Cookies are now ready to plant in the garden!

How to Plant Garden Cookies:
 
1. Choose a sunny place to plant
(Tip: You can plant them in flower pots or right in the ground.)
2. Prepare the soil by turning it over until the ground is soft.
3. Place one Garden Cookie in the soil, every 4". Cover with 1/2" of soil
4. If planting in a pot, place a cookie in a 6" pot, or 3 cookies in a 14" pot

Garden Fort

Boys LOVE to build forts.  Take the fort out of the living room and bring it into the garden with this garden fort kit!  This fort is a terrific way to connect boys with nature and the natural world, while satisfying his inherent desire to explore and discover.  The garden fort kit includes the framework which will support the fast growing vines that will eventually create the living walls and ceiling of the fort and four different types of seeds: Black-Eyed Susan Vine, Cypress Vine, Asparagus Beans, Moon Flower.  Just place a cozy blanket on the ground and your boy will have the perfect nook for reading, exploring and pretending! Click this link to get one for the boy in your life: Garden Fort

Medieval Garden Kit

Gardening speaks to the souls of boys because it brings them closer to natural world, thus satisfying their naturalistic tendencies.  This kit combines this alignment with nature with enchantment and wonderment; the perfect combination to spark creativity, ignite the imagination and encourage pretend play.  Boys of all ages will enjoy creating their very own magical, medieval garden complete with a castle wall dish, castle tower, dragon, dragon eggs, soil, wheatgrass & basil seeds, paint and a paintbrush.  This garden can be grown indoors or outdoors and can be used with many different types of seeds. 
Click here to buy the Medieval Garden kit for your little guy!

Yard Tools

Let the boy in your life help rake up fall leaves then jump in them, plant spring flowers and/or turn the compost with this child - sized set of garden tools. They are the perfect gift to keep boys connected to nature and to teach them to care for the Earth. Just click the link below the picture to buy one for your little helper!

Kids Garden Tool Set