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Garden Games & Activities!

Learn about plants while having tons of fun! 🌈

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🧠 Garden Knowledge Quiz!

Question 1 of 5Score: 0
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Which part of the plant takes in water from the soil?

🎯 Fun Garden Games!

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Plant Part Scavenger Hunt

Easy👥 1+⏱️ 30 minutes

Find different parts of plants in your garden or neighborhood!

What You Need:

  • Paper
  • Pencil
  • Basket or bag

How to Play:

  1. Make a checklist: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds
  2. Go on a hunt to find each plant part
  3. Draw or collect examples of each (ask permission first!)
  4. Take photos of what you find
  5. Share your discoveries with friends!
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Seed Sorting Challenge

Easy👥 1-4⏱️ 15 minutes

Sort different types of seeds by size, shape, and color!

What You Need:

  • Variety of seeds
  • Small bowls
  • Magnifying glass (optional)

How to Play:

  1. Collect different kinds of seeds (beans, sunflower, corn, etc.)
  2. Mix them all together in one bowl
  3. Set a timer for 5 minutes
  4. Sort seeds into groups as fast as you can
  5. Count how many types you found!
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Garden Memory Game

Medium👥 2-4⏱️ 20 minutes

Match pairs of plant pictures in this memory challenge!

What You Need:

  • Index cards
  • Markers or plant pictures
  • Scissors
  • Glue

How to Play:

  1. Draw or glue pictures of 8 different plants on cards (make 2 of each)
  2. Mix up all 16 cards and lay them face down
  3. Players take turns flipping 2 cards
  4. If cards match, keep the pair!
  5. Player with most pairs wins!
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Photosynthesis Tag

Medium👥 5+⏱️ 20 minutes

Active outdoor game teaching how plants make food!

What You Need:

  • Open space
  • Yellow balls or beanbags (sunshine)
  • Blue ribbons (water)

How to Play:

  1. Choose 2 "plants" who stand in the middle
  2. Other players are "sunshine" (with yellow balls) and "water" (with blue ribbons)
  3. Sunshine and water run around trying to tag plants
  4. When a plant gets both sunshine AND water, they grow (arms up)!
  5. Grown plants become new sunshine or water players
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Worm Relay Race

Easy👥 6+⏱️ 15 minutes

Wiggle like a worm in this silly relay race!

What You Need:

  • Open space
  • Cones or markers

How to Play:

  1. Divide into teams of 3-4 players
  2. Teams line up at start line
  3. Players must wiggle on their bellies like worms to the cone and back
  4. Tag next player when you return
  5. First team to finish wins!
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Plant Growth Charades

Easy👥 4+⏱️ 20 minutes

Act out different stages of plant growth!

What You Need:

  • Paper slips with plant actions
  • Bowl or hat

How to Play:

  1. Write plant actions on paper: seed germinating, roots growing, stem sprouting, leaves unfolding, flower blooming, fruit growing
  2. Players take turns picking a slip
  3. Act out the plant stage without talking
  4. Others guess what stage you're showing
  5. Award points for correct guesses!

🖨️ Printable Activities!

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Garden Coloring Pages

Beautiful garden scenes to color

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Plant Life Cycle Worksheet

Learn and label plant growth stages

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Garden Word Search

Find hidden gardening words

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Connect the Dots Garden

Connect dots to reveal plants

🌳 More Outdoor Fun!

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Flower Pressing

Press flowers in heavy books to make art!

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Bug Hotel Building

Create a home for helpful garden insects!

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Nature Art

Make art using leaves, flowers, and sticks!

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Keep Playing & Learning!

Try all these games with your friends and family. Learning about plants is always more fun together!