--- title: 8 Garden and Plant Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas) description: 8 garden and plant crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture and simple steps. 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Easy ideas for ages 3 to 5 using paper, paint, and glue. [Kindergarten Prep Team](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/author/kindergarten-prep-team) Oct 14, 2026 --- The back of a fork prints a tulip, a coffee filter bleeds into a flower, and a painted pot with a real seed in it beats both. Here are eight garden craft ideas for preschoolers, each with a picture, supplies, and steps, from fork-stamped tulips to an eggshell caterpillar that grows cress. These come out in spring, when the window sills fill with pots. A three-year-old stamps a row of tulips and colors coffee filters. A five-year-old paints a flower pot, plants seeds in it, and checks it before breakfast. ## Start here: three garden and plant crafts that always work [![Fork stamped tulips, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C270-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C270-4.webp)**Fork stamped tulips***A fork, paint, tulips in two minutes*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/garden-and-plant-crafts-for-preschoolers#c270)[![Coffee filter flowers, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C096-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C096-1.webp)**Coffee filter flowers***Color, wet, scrunch, a three does it alone*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/garden-and-plant-crafts-for-preschoolers#c096)[![Painted flower pot, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C099-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C099-4.webp)**Painted flower pot***Paint a pot, plant a seed, gift it*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/garden-and-plant-crafts-for-preschoolers#c099) All 8 Easy for 3 year olds No paint ## 8 garden crafts for preschoolers, with pictures [![Coffee filter flowers, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C096-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C096-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C096-1.webp) ### 1. Coffee filter flowers The child colours filters, wets them so the colours bleed, then scrunches them onto a pipe cleaner stem. **You need:** 3 round white coffee filters, washable markers, spray bottle of water, 3 green pipe cleaners, clear tape How to make it 1. Your child scribbles each filter with markers. 2. Spray with water so the colours bleed. Let them dry. 3. Pinch each filter in the middle and scrunch it into a ruffled flower. 4. Twist a green pipe cleaner around the pinched point as a stem, and hold it with a little clear tape. [![Egg carton flowers, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C097-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C097-4.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C097-4.webp) ### 2. Egg carton flowers The child paints cut-out egg carton cups in bright colours and attaches them to straw or pipe cleaner stems to make a bouquet. **You need:** egg carton cups, paint, flat buttons, green pipe cleaners, glue How to make it 1. You cut the cups apart. Your child paints them inside and out. Let them dry. 2. Glue 1 button flat in the bottom of each cup as the centre. 3. Make a hole in the bottom of each cup and push a green pipe cleaner through. Bend it over as a stem. [![Painted flower pot, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C099-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C099-4.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C099-4.webp) ### 3. Painted flower pot The child paints or fingerprints a small terracotta pot and plants a flower or seeds in it as a gift. **You need:** 1 small terracotta pot, paint in a few colours, potting soil How to make it 1. Your child paints the outside of the pot. Let it dry. 2. Press fingertip dots around the side in other colours. 3. When dry, fill the pot with soil up to below the rim. [![Eggshell caterpillar garden, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C106-3.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C106-3.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C106-3.webp) ### 4. Eggshell caterpillar garden The child fills a row of eggshell halves in a carton with soil and cress or grass seed, adds a face, and watches the caterpillar grow green hair. **You need:** a strip of egg carton cups, eggshell halves, potting soil, cress seed, 2 googly eyes, 1 green pipe cleaner How to make it 1. Set one eggshell half, open side up, in each cup. 2. Spoon soil into each shell to below its rim, sprinkle with cress seed and water lightly. 3. Stick 2 googly eyes on the front of the shell at one end. 4. Bend the pipe cleaner into a V and push it into the soil of that shell as antennae. 5. Wait for the sprouts. [![Fork stamped tulips, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C270-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C270-4.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C270-4.webp) ### 5. Fork stamped tulips The child dips the back of a fork in paint and presses it on paper to print tulip heads, then paints or draws stems and leaves. **You need:** red, pink and yellow poster paint, 1 small plastic fork, white cardstock, 1 green marker, paper plate for the paint How to make it 1. Dip the back of the fork in paint and press it on the upper half of the cardstock, leaving a small tulip head. 2. Wash the fork and press more tulips in other colors in the same row. 3. Your child draws a long green stem from each tulip down to the bottom of the page. 4. Add a leaf on each stem. [![Paper plate sunflower, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C260-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C260-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C260-1.webp) ### 6. Paper plate sunflower The child paints a plate yellow, snips or adds petals and glues real seeds or black paper in the centre. **You need:** 1 small white paper plate, yellow poster paint, sunflower seeds, green paper, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the plate yellow. Let it dry. 2. You snip short cuts all the way around the rim to make a fringe of petals. 3. Spread glue on the flat middle and press on the seeds until it is covered. 4. Cut a green strip and glue it under the bottom edge as the stem. 5. Cut a leaf and glue it on the stem. [Free · 30 questions · about 4 minutes **Is your child on track for kindergarten?** Answer 30 questions about what your child does today, and you get a report like this one: Every area at a glance: strong, on track, or worth a little time The one or two areas to focus on first Simple things to do at home for each area How many months you have until kindergarten starts Get my child's free report → ![Example kindergarten readiness report with a bar for each area: language, social-emotional, math, thinking, fine motor and literacy](https://kindy.kindergarten-prep.com/report-preview.png)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/kindergarten-readiness-assessment?utm_source=kp-blog&utm_medium=card&utm_campaign=crafts-garden-and-plant-crafts-for-preschoolers&utm_content=mid) [![Bow-tie pasta butterflies, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C032-3.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C032-3.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C032-3.webp) ### 7. Bow-tie pasta butterflies The child paints bow-tie pasta in bright colours and glues the 'butterflies' onto a paper garden with drawn antennae. **You need:** Mini bow-tie pasta, red, yellow, blue, purple and orange paint, light green cardstock, white glue, black marker How to make it 1. Your child paints the pasta. Let dry. 2. Glue the pieces, spaced well apart, onto the green cardstock. 3. Let the glue dry. 4. Draw 2 short antenna lines above the middle of each pasta piece. [![Coffee filter sunflower, an easy garden and plant craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C257-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C257-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C257-1.webp) ### 8. Coffee filter sunflower The child colours a coffee filter yellow and orange, wets it, then adds a dark centre and stem. **You need:** 1 coffee filter, yellow and orange washable markers, water in a spray bottle, brown paper, green paper, light blue paper, glue How to make it 1. Your child colors the coffee filter with yellow and orange marker. 2. Spray it with water so the colors run together. Let it dry. 3. Glue the filter flat near the top of the blue sheet. Cut a brown circle and glue it in the middle of the filter. 4. Cut a green strip and glue it below the filter as the stem. 5. Cut 2 leaves and glue one on each side of the stem. Nothing matches that filter. Clear it and try again. ## Garden and plant crafts for 3 year olds Two of these a young three can do almost alone: [Coffee filter flowers](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/garden-and-plant-crafts-for-preschoolers#c096), [Fork stamped tulips](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/garden-and-plant-crafts-for-preschoolers#c270). No exact cutting, no small pieces, and the glue stick does the rest. For the others, you cut and they glue. ## Garden crafts with a 3 year old: paint, water and real seeds Coffee filter flowers bleed on purpose, so put the wet filters on a tray or a baking sheet, not the table. They dry in about an hour. The fork stamped tulips are a start-here craft: pour a little paint on a plate, dip the back of the fork, press. A three year old does the heads and you add stems. The painted flower pot and the eggshell caterpillar garden make gifts. Let the pot dry overnight before planting, then your child can press the seeds in and water. Egg carton cups and pipe cleaner stems need a grown-up to poke the holes. Cut the cups apart yourself and hand them over for painting. [Free · 30 questions · about 4 minutes **Before you go: see where your child is for kindergarten** A report with every area at a glance, what to focus on first, and things to do at home. 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