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Garden Signs

By Stacy 18 Comments

I have a big garden and I love it. But I am a bit of a control freak and I have a hard time letting my kids “help” in the garden. If you remember my post about the rainbow garden you know that this year I decided to give them their own section.  We planted things that grow a color that is not traditional, like blue potatoes. We also planted rainbow mix carrots, rainbow lettuce, purple and yellow string beans, and yellow and purple tomatoes. I was going to plant black radishes but when the seeds came that I ordered they were red. But that is okay :)

I have fun garden markers in my garden (which I will show you later…) and the kids wanted to make signs for their garden. I cut some pieces of wood with my miter saw. Then the kids sanded them smooth.

We sat outside in the shade and they painted them. I had drawn on the basic shape for my 4 year old and he did pretty good at filling it in.

Here they are drying :)

I used my Silhouette to cut some vinyl lettering out but you could always write on them with marker.

Then I cut a dowel to size. I made them each 12 inches. I got a drill bit that was about the same size as the dowel and drilled a hole in the bottom of the sign.

I squirted some wood glue in there and then pushed the dowel in the hole. After it had dried I sealed it.

And here they are in our little rainbow garden! The kids are so proud of how they turned out.

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  1. Jessica says

    July 6, 2011 at 6:50 am

    Those are adorable–I love projects that kids can do that also look just right :) Almost makes me want to plant a garden in my non-existent-topsoil, ant-ridden Texas soil :) (Though we do have container garden tomatoes :) Nice job.

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  2. Kelli says

    July 6, 2011 at 7:44 am

    Those are adorable! I will have to remember this for next year…this would be helpful if we managed to plant more than tomatoes and strawberries:)

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  3. Grace says

    July 6, 2011 at 8:01 am

    So cute! I might have the kids at my daycare make these for our daycare garden.

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  4. karina says

    July 6, 2011 at 8:05 am

    Such a cute idea!! I can’t to have a garden of my own :)…

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  5. S. Greiner says

    July 6, 2011 at 10:40 am

    Awesome! Love the paint job on all of them…they did a great job. I’m going to have to remember this with our garden next year!

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  6. Jennifer says

    July 6, 2011 at 11:02 am

    LOVE this! Can’t wait to use this great idea for our garden…probably next year! I’m your newest follower! LOVE your blog! Come visit me at mine!

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  7. Janet Lawson says

    July 6, 2011 at 4:53 pm

    Love them..They are too cute..
    Janet

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  8. Kat Griffin says

    July 6, 2011 at 6:24 pm

    wonderful little garden signs… treasures actually
    KAT

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  9. The Farm Girl says

    July 6, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    What a great idea. I feel the same way about my garden and am slowly learning to let them “help”! :)

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  10. Laura@Laura's Crafty Life says

    July 6, 2011 at 8:09 pm

    These garden markers are super cute! We might have to do that next year.

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  11. Erin says

    July 6, 2011 at 9:18 pm

    LOVE these! They are perfect. Very talented kiddos! I also love the idea of a rainbow garden. I think that this is definitely going on the to-do list for next year. You are awesome!

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  12. amelia says

    July 6, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    darling! what a fun activity for kids! i bet your boys loved it :)

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  13. Jackie says

    July 7, 2011 at 7:01 am

    How cute. I had planned to plant a rainbow garden but I’m such an avid gardner that . . I forgot HA! We did plant a few things . .. hopefully next year, I can plan ahead better and we can plant some fun things AND make fun signs!

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  14. Karen says

    July 8, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    Such a cute idea!!

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  15. Lori L. - @Miss_Elles says

    April 25, 2013 at 6:19 pm

    How FABULOUS are those!? My kids would LOVE to do this project! Thanks for sharing!

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  16. Sophie's World says

    May 15, 2013 at 10:25 am

    So glad you decided to let the kids join in on the fun – what a wonderful addition to your garden and to their summer memories.

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