DIY Vegetable Garden Craft with Cute Veggie Puppets (Free Printable)

Free DIY vegetable garden printable

Looking for a fun and educational spring craft for kids? Want to teach your child about healthy eating while sparking their creativity? This DIY vegetable garden craft with adorable veggie puppets is the perfect hands-on activity!

Whether you’re homeschooling, planning a rainy-day project, or just looking for a screen-free afternoon, this interactive garden craft is a hit with kids. Plus, we’ve made it super easy with a FREE printable template you can download! You can use the template as a coloring page for your puppets or trace the veggies on cardboard or felt fabric. 

Why Kids Love This DIY Vegetable Garden Craft

• Encourages learning about healthy vegetables

• Great for fine motor skills and imaginative play

• It’s colorful, creative, and easy to make

• A fun way to start conversations about where food comes from

You can use our printable to color in your veggies, trace them onto felt or paper, or draw your own! Use your child’s favorite vegetables for a personal touch, carrots, broccoli, radishes, and more!

As you craft together, talk about how vegetables grow, which part of the plant we eat, and why they’re so good for us. This is more than a craft, it’s a playful, teachable moment your kids will remember.

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DIY vegetable garden craft supplies

Craft Supplies To Make These Adorable Vegetable Puppets

Materials You’ll Need:

• Cardboard box or shoebox lid

• Green paint + brush (we used acrylic paint for good coverage)

• Green construction paper (for grass)

• Scissors and glue (we used a glue stick and hot glue) 

• Googly eyes, to give your puppets a bit of character 

• Felt sheets or colored paper

• Popsicle sticks (JUMBO size recommended)

• Free vegetable craft printable (optional)

Step-by-step vegetable garden craft instructions

Step-by-step vegetable garden craft instructions

Let’s Get Crafty: Step-by-Step DIY Vegetable Garden

Step 1: Gather all your craft supplies.

Step 2: Choose a shallow cardboard box (a shoebox lid works great). See picture 1 above. 

Step 3: Download and print the free veggie puppet template (optional but fun!).

Step 4: Paint the top of your box green, it may need two coats, see picture 2 for reference.  

Step 5: Cut out strips of green paper to create grass. Measure the height of the box and add 1 inch so the grass sticks up. Glue it around all four sides. See pictures 3 and 4 above. 

Step 6: Decide where your veggie puppets will go, and carefully make small slits in the top of the box for your popsicle sticks. See picture 4 for reference. 

Step-by-step DIY vegetable garden craft instructions

Step 7: Choose your veggies! Use the printable as a coloring page or trace onto felt fabric for a more textured look. (Tip: Sketch your veggies first on cardstock for easier tracing.) See pictures above. 

Step 8: Assemble your veggie puppets: glue together the felt pieces and add googly eyes for a fun touch! Play with the size of your googly eyes to give them more personality. I recommend using hot glue to make sure the different materials stick well. 

Step 9: Attach each veggie to a popsicle stick, we recommend the JUMBO size for extra sturdiness.

Step 10: That’s it,  your DIY vegetable garden is complete. Great job! Let us know in the comments what veggies your kids picked for their garden. Happy crafting! 

 

Keep the Creativity Growing

Want to keep crafting? Try apple stamping for a fruity art activity, or explore our easy cotton pad animal puppets, both perfect for little hands and big imaginations!

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