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April 27, 2016 By Brandy 7 Comments

Home » Home & Garden Projects » Gardening

Make Your Own Garden Markers using Popsicle Sticks

Filed Under: Craft Tutorials, Gardening, Kids Crafts Tagged With: Kids Gardening, Kids Painting Crafts

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?
My girls love gardening as much as I do. It’s one of the many things that we really enjoy doing together. They even have their own garden! Well, it’s for the whole family, but I let them pick out what they’d like to grow in it every year. Last year we grew mainly flowers and herbs. This year they wanted to have a vegetable garden!

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?
They had fun choosing which veggies we should include and deciding where to plant each one. They each have their own gardening tools which make them feel even more independent.

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?
Normally we buy garden starts instead of seeds because it eliminates the guesswork. We don’t have to worry about if they will sprout or not. This year we decided to use Gro-ables seed pods because it states right on the package that they are “Guaranteed to Grow!”. There is something to learn from even the smallest plants. It is so fulfilling to start something from seed and watch the entire cycle. So we took a chance with these and have high hopes!

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?
The girls easily planted each seed pod on their own. They removed the lid, pushed them down gently in the potting mix, packed the dirt around the sides and added a garden marker. Here is another way to plant seed starters using eggshells! Yes, eggshells! And you can plant eggshell seed starters directly into the garden since eggshells are biodegradable.

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?
Then Ruby gave everything a good watering. As the seeds begin to grow, the outer biodegradable layer of the Gro-ables will break down. Each seed pod includes non-GMO seeds, plant food, and growing materials, ensuring a healthy plant. Now it’s time to make your own garden markers so to help the kids keep track of their plants!

Make Your Own Garden Markers using Popsicle Sticks

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?
We wanted a way to distinguish each of our seed pods so we made these garden markers out of popsicle sticks. I love finding projects that use supplies that we already have on hand!

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?
You will need 5 popsicle sticks for each garden marker. Simply use a bit of hot glue to glue your little signs together. Brush with 2 coats of acrylic craft paint and let dry.

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?
Let the kids paint little pictures of the vegetables and herbs. Spray with a clear coat of spray paint to seal. Add lettering with a permanent marker. Make sure to do this AFTER you seal them with spray paint and not before to prevent bleeding.

Make your own garden markers using popsicle sticks! A fun and easy gardening project for kids. What are you planting this year?
Have you planted your spring/summer garden yet?

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro Gro-ables.

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  1. Stephanie Dolph says

    March 23, 2017 at 6:41 pm

    These are absolutely adorbs! It’s too bad I am not a gardener, but it would make a great and easy gift to make for some gardening friends. I also love how it has the picture and the word. Great for toddlers and young kids!

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  2. Gentle Joy Homemaker says

    March 26, 2017 at 4:43 pm

    What a cute idea… and helpful too. 🙂

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  3. JESS44903 says

    March 27, 2017 at 8:10 am

    Such a neat post!! 🙂

    I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

    Reply
  4. Ginger M Cochran says

    March 27, 2017 at 2:31 pm

    This lovely! I’d be so pleased if you’d visit my new linky party on Mondays 🙂 Feel free to check it out here: http://superstinkyboys.blogspot.com/2017/03/support-your-fellow-crafter-linky-party_27.html

    Reply
  5. Marie| says

    April 5, 2017 at 8:13 am

    Oh my gosh, these are absolutely adorable! Pinning to share 🙂

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  6. Designing Us says

    April 5, 2017 at 3:44 pm

    These are adorable! I try to garden constantly, but I’m always killing everything. Maybe these pods are my solution!

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  7. Christine Kiehl says

    March 22, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    So darling are these garden markers! I want to make a whole collection of them in all different colors! And what a neat idea about starting your seedlings in egg shells! I am going to have to give that one a try this year! Thank you for sharing!

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