Guide to Kids Gardening Tools

This guide to gardening tools for kids includes a list of garden tools, garden toys, and gardening kits for kids.

Gardening For Kids

Gardening with kids can have many more benefits than just producing healthy veggies or a pollinator-friendly habitat. According to a PBS article, when kids garden it benefits their mind, body, and soul. The get smarter, stronger, and more connected to their world. Plus, delicious tomatoes! That’s a lot of benefit for one activity.

To help kids along the path of becoming serious (or not serious) gardeners, it can help to have a special children’s gardening set. It might seem silly to invest in kids gardening gloves or a tool set for kids, but real tools make a real difference.

A children’s garden tool set will fit your child’s hands and be much more effective than adult-sized tools. Plastic toy garden tools won’t work in the garden, but they can be fun to play with in a sandbox or loose dirt, and just might inspire a wee one to want to do some “real” gardening.

Gardening tools for kids can be used for their own veggie garden, for an indoor garden, to help mom or dad in the yard, to fill a fairy garden with plants, or any other gardening activity.

Kids Gardening Tools Comparison

Our comparison chart looks at some of the best children’s gardening tools and kids garden toys. For the best children’s wheelbarrows, see the guide to best wheelbarrows.

Item	Image	Included
Prextex Metal, Sturdy Garden Tools, Kids Garden Tool Set		rake, shovel , trowel and 8.2” fork, tote
Gardening Tools for Kids with STEM Early Learning Guide		rake, shovel, trowel, watering can, tote, STEM learning guide
JustForKids Kids Garden Tools Set		rake, spade, hoe, leaf rake
Children Toys Garden Tool Set for Vegetable, Flowers, Lawn or Indoors		rake, spade, trowel, fork, cultivator, weeder
Children's Gardening Tools Set		rake, shovel, trowel, watering can, tote
Children's Gardening Tool Set - Pink		rake, shovel, trowel, watering can, tote, gloves
Little Pals Kids Junior Garden Kit		trowel, fork, gloves, plant markers, and bucket
Gardening Tool Box Set for Kids		2 rakes, clipper, spade, shovel, wrench,2 flower pots, plant tag, watering can, water spray bottle, tool box
JustForKids Kids Genuine Leather Garden Gloves		gloves
JustForKids Soft Jersey Kids Garden Gloves, Kids Work Gloves, 3 Pairs Green/Red/Blue per Pack		3 pairs gloves
JustForKids Premium MicroFoam Texture Coated Kids Garden Gloves, Kids Work Gloves		gloves