5 reasons to make a cubby house garden with your children!

Gardening with kids is an underused activity! Making a cubby house garden is not only fun and will add to the beauty of your cubby and backyard, but it’s good for the kids in so many ways.

1. Its active– Digging, planting, weeding and watering are all physical activities, that don’t feel like exercise at all!
2. It’s outdoors– Any activity that gets kids outdoors in the fresh air and sunshine is fantastic for their physical and mental development.
3. It’s educational– Your children will learn how to plant flowers and seeds, it’s a life skill! They can read and learn about how flowers and plants grow.
4. It teaches responsibility– Your children will need to take care of their plants and maintain them. This teaches them responsibility. As they watch their flowers bloom or veggies grow, they learn that when you put work and effort into something, it will grow.
5. It’s great for all ages- Even younger children can help water plants and planting seeds and flowers. Older children are able to do even more and have a lot more responsibility in maintain their garden. They can dig, plant, weed, mulch and eventually pick the flowers!

Spend time together as a family tending to and admiring your little garden. Placing it right by your children’s cubby will really make it feel like it is their own special garden and motivate them to care for it and help it grow.

by Gail Carroll
Categories: Cubby Houses, My Cubby, Outdoor Fun