Are you a DIY-er? If you are, there’s no reason not to get your kid in on the act as well with these 11 DIY Projects that Kids Can Dig their Little Hands Into! And even if you have TWO LEFT THUMBS (LIKE ME) you don’t need to be a Martha Stewartesque type to get down and dirty as a DIYer all you need is patience!
#1 Painting projects are lots of fun with kids. It’s not dangerous, you have all kinds of drop cloths and other safeguards down, and they feel they are doing real adult work, being wholly trusted. It’s creative and relaxing slapping new color on. Some few caveats for handling it better, but on the whole, a fun experience ending in home improvement.
#2 Cleaning out too-small clothes and too-juvenile toys for yard sale and donation to charity. Can’t fit in new stuff without unloading the old!
#3 Starting a compost heap. This is so great for recycling efforts. Kids learn what can be productively decomposed in a reasonable manner, and can watch how it works.
#4 Planting together. It’s just digging in the dirt! Some seeds will come up, some won’t. Kids can watch and water and weed all summer, after deciding what they want to grow — flowers, tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, whatever! Sprout some smiles with This symbolic birthday flower kit which grows and changes every day, just like the lucky person who plants it. Born to Bloom Birth month flowers, like stars and gemstones, have symbolic and sentimental meanings. Collaborate with Mother Nature to give this birthday gift that grows and changes every day. Seeds, a glass bottle to grow them in, soil-less growing medium, instructions, and info about what your flower symbolizes are all included. Once the garden has finished blooming, wash the grow bottle and use as a vase. Cork lid doubles as a coaster for the bottle.
And Lowe’s has some easy projects that will keep their hands off the remote control and onto something more productive. Instead of spending sunny days lounging inside, try some of these 11 DIY Projects that Kids Can Dig their Little Hands Into!
11 DIY Projects that Kids Can Dig their Little Hands Into!
#5 Construct a Teepee Hideaway
Ignite your children’s imaginations by creating this one-of-a-kind hideout using six, 8- to 12-foot poles. Pull them together at the top, fasten with twine and spread poles out in an eight-foot-diameter circle, leaving extra space between two poles for the entrance. String clothesline around the teepee to support the grid structure and plant your vine of choice. If all else fails you can snag this Pottery Barn Kids Tee Pee Cover and Frame.
#6 Personalize a Flower Pot
Personalize a flower pot with paint samples. Once dry, plant a flower and watch it grow!
#7 Tic-Tac-Toe Create a game made for the outdoors that is easy to make and store. All you need is a drop-cloth, paint sample can in your favorite color, painters tape and PVC accessories. Use the painters tape to mark off squares on the drop cloth, paint your blocks and the PVC in another color to use for your X’s and O’s. Allow each to dry and enjoy a friendly game.
#8 Limbo Build the ultimate backyard limbo game for children and adults alike. See how low you can go with PVC pipe and an assortment of colorful electrical tape. Visit Lowe’s Creative Ideas for detailed instructions.
#9 Build a Playground For days you just can’t make it to the park together, have no fear. Transform a corner of your yard with these backyard ideas into a playtime paradise for kids with quick-and-easy projects that include a toy car road, a sandbox, and more.
Build a cool tunnel for your kids’ toy cars out of PVC pipe. Lowes easy how-to instructions will walk you through it
# 10 Create a Bird Haven Join the 25 percent of Americans who consider themselves bird watchers by adding feeders and houses to your yard, porch or deck. Fill them with seed or nectar and enjoy learning about your local species as they visit your backyard. Add a dash of puppy love to your garden with this long-eared dog statue bird feeder. Holding a trough you can fill with food or water, it’s a charming way to welcome visiting birds.
#11 Plant a Vegetable Garden Make sure your children eat their veggies this year by planting and growing them together. Lowe’s has everything you need to create the perfect outdoor vegetable garden, from tomato plants and gardening hoes to planting soil and fertilizer. Growing your own vegetables is good for the environment, your health and is fun for you and your children.
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These are all such great ways to keep the kids busy this summer. Anything that gets the kids out of the house, breathing fresh air and away from screens is my kind of activity!
How fun! My daughter loves to make things, so she’d be all about these. She’s been wanting to see if she can grow some stuff. I have a black thumb, but she thinks she can do better.
Thanks for the list! With a high energy child, I’m always looking for new ideas and activities to keep him busy.
My boys had a teepee when they were little. Of course I got it at Ikea, but I love the idea of making it themselves.
My grandkids love to help out in the garden so I love the seed ball kit. All of these projects are great for getting the kids involved.
These are all fun ideas! My kids would have loved any of them when they were younger! When they were small,they enjoyed helping in the garden, watching the birds that came to the feeder, and planting flowers.
My kid is always looking for new activities to do. Thanks for these interesting ideas!
These are all great ideas. I love the birthday kit, and would love to do this!
What fun projects for them to enjoy! My kids would
This is definitely something that it would be fun to do with the kids. He gets them away from the screen it in into all sorts of creative things.
I love these projects. I am getting ready to get their summer itinerary together and I need to find things they can do with their hands for art stuff and these are great ideas
These are all fantastic ideas for the family. What a great way to get the kids involved and create many happy memories!
my kids would get a kick out of pitching a tent together- alwyas something fun for them to do and its a blast for us to try and do together! cnat wait to use a few more of these ideas during colder months too!
We always has our kids out helping and learning when we are doing projects or just anything. Helps all the family being together.
These diy activities are so great! I really like projects that are outdoorsy and fun like the seed balls and compost ideas.