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Garden Pretend Play and Fine Motor Activity with {free} Printable Vegetables

Garden Pretend Play and Fine Motor Activity with {free} Printable Vegetables

March 13, 2017 By Katie Chiavarone 3 Comments

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This fine motor garden pretend play activity is perfect for preschoolers! They are learning so much from this project, from vegetable identification, how plants grow and even fine motor exercise perfect for those pre-handwriting skills! Gardening with kids is so valuable.  We did this activity for the Virtual Book Club for Kids and the book, The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle.  There are so many ways to learn about and play with gardens! We can’t wait to start our seeds indoors soon!

This fine motor garden pretend play activity is perfect for preschoolers! They are learning so much from this project, from vegetable identification, how plants grow and even fine motor exercise.

Garden Pretend Play Busy Box

This garden pretend play box is so simple to make and kids will find so many ways to use their imagination with it!

What you need:

recycled cardboard box

brown paint

green felt

craft/popsicle sticks

tape

printable vegetables

laminator (optional – but totally worth it 😉 get my favorite one here)

 

What to do:

Paint the box brown.

 

This fine motor garden pretend play activity is perfect for preschoolers! They are learning so much from this project, from vegetable identification, how plants grow and even fine motor exercise.

 

Cut ‘grass’ out of green felt and tape to edges of the box.

garden pretend play 2

 

Print and laminate the vegetables.

 

This fine motor garden pretend play activity is perfect for preschoolers! They are learning so much from this project, from vegetable identification, how plants grow and even fine motor exercise

>>Download the printable Vegetables here<<

Cut out and attach to craft sticks and cut slits in the cardboard with a sharp knife or exacto knife.

This fine motor garden pretend play activity is perfect for preschoolers! They are learning so much from this project, from vegetable identification, how plants grow and even fine motor exercise

Plant your vegetables in the garden!

This fine motor garden pretend play activity is perfect for preschoolers! They are learning so much from this project, from vegetable identification, how plants grow and even fine motor exercise

My kids had so much fun making the garden as well as playing with it. Don’t forget to involve them in the creation! You can use this opportunity to talk about the plant life cycle, or what gardens need to grow.

This fine motor garden pretend play activity is perfect for preschoolers! They are learning so much from this project, from vegetable identification, how plants grow and even fine motor exercise

My 3 year old enjoyed picking her vegetables and making a tasty salad – her favorite food! We also talked about which vegetables she didn’t like to much, and different meals we can make from the produce!

This fine motor garden pretend play activity is perfect for preschoolers! They are learning so much from this project, from vegetable identification, how plants grow and even fine motor exercise

Too fun! Enjoy!

This fine motor garden pretend play activity is perfect for preschoolers! They are learning so much from this project, from vegetable identification, how plants grow and even fine motor exercise

We store just about everything in zippered pencil pouches! 

Don’t forget to grab everything you need for this garden pretend play activity!


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The Seeds We Eat- Teach Beside Me

A Fun Way for Kids to Plan a Garden – Sunny Day Family

Seed & Plant Matching Game & {FREE} Cards – Preschool Powol Packets

Plant Biology for Kids  – Mama Smiles

Rainbow Spin Art Flower Craft – Messy Little Monster

Build a Flower Creative Invitation from My Storytime Corner


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