Garden activities for kids: fun-filled ways to keep children entertained outdoors

If you're after garden activities for kids, look no further. Now that the weather's warmer, it's a great chance to get little ones away from their screens and out in the fresh air.

No matter your budget or the size of your plot, there are tons of ways to tempt them outdoors. Whether it's foraging for flowers, twigs and leaves to create a nature-inspired piece of art, designing an outdoor den for garden adventures, building a bug hotel to encourage wildlife, or clambering over a fabulous climbing frame, you can bet that our garden activities for kids will get them raring to go.

We've got something for everyone – from energetic activities for blowing off steam, to ideas for more peaceful play. So, for hours of fun for the kids – and a bit more quiet time for you – just keep scrolling.

By Sarah Wilson