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in Animal Husbandry· Farmstead Kitchen· Gardening· Home Education· Homestead Skills· Reader Questions· Reviews

Make Your Child Want to Help on the Homestead with These Gift Ideas

Make Your Child Want to Help on the Homestead with These Gift Ideas

Doing some shopping for your homestead kid? Stumped on what to get them and need some gift ideas? How about getting them some presents that actually make your child want to help out on the homestead?

In my experience with children (and I’ve had 8 my own), it seems like after a certain age their desire to play grow-up begins to wane and it occurs to them that chores aren’t play. Whatever the reason for that shift, I believe we can encourage them to embrace the farm life again by making it fun and not just something mom and dad are into.

I believe it also helps when we go beyond farm toys (all kids love those, even in the middle of the largest city) and give them the tools that make helping out on the homestead easier and more manageable. Boots that don’t leak or leave cold feet, cute headlamps so they can see in the dark, their own basket they made themselves for gathering eggs. Discovering the “garden cart” was HUGE for my kids. Wheelbarrows are awkward to maneuver and easy for uncoordinated kids to manage.

I consulted my children for ideas and approval and got an enthusiastic thumbs up on these ideas! Hopefully, your kids will be just as excited to play a more active part of your homestead and start building their own skills!

Check out, EVEN MORE, gift ideas for the homesteading & gardening kid in our Homesteader’s Shop!

Make Your Child Want to Help on the Homestead with These Presents

Make Your Child Want to Help on the Homestead with These Gift Ideas

Farm Chores

Beginners Tool Kit
Egg Gathering Basket Kit
Dolly (for moving square bales, etc.)
Leather Work Gloves

Yard Tools
Garden Carts (so much easier than wheelbarrows)
Wheelbarrow
Headlamp

Chore Boots (Lots of colors)
Kid’s Coveralls
Pocket Knife
Justin Rhode’s-Style Work Apron for Kids

Gardening

Indoor Microgreen Kit
Learn About Roots
Indoor Herb Kit
Mushroom Farm

Steel Watering Can
Garden Tools
Gardening Gloves
Learn About Compost

Games

Permaculture Playing Cards
Farm-Opoly
Gathering a Garden
Barnyard Cards

Count Your Chickens Board Game
Harvest Time Board Game
Wildcraft Herbal Adventure Game
Garden-poly

Handicrafts

Rolled Beeswax Candle Making Kit
Candle Making Kit
Learn to Crochet Kit
Beginners Sewing Kit

Build a Birdfeeder Woodworking Kit
Beginners Weaving Loom
Bamboo Knitting Needle Kit
Learn to Knit Kit

Cocoa Butter Glycerin Soap Making Kit
Cheesemaking Kit
Whittler’s Knife Kit
Beginner’s Pottery Wheel

Kitchen

The Cookbook for Kids
Plant, Cook, Eat
Cooking Class
Kid Chef

Color Coded Measuring Cups & Spoons
Safety Knives
Chicken Timer
Non-Stick Rolling Pin

Books

Farm Anatomy
Compost Stew
An Earthworm’s Life
Roots, Shoots, Buckets, and Boots

Square Foot Gardening with Kids
A Kid’s Herb Book
My First Sewing Book
Farm Life Coloring Book

Farmer Boy
Barnyard Kids
A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens
Complete Photo Guide to Knitting

Complete Photo Guide to Sewing
Easy Carpentry Projects
Whittling Projects
Sweet Needle Felts

Check out, even more, gift ideas for the homesteading & gardening kid in our Homesteader’s Shop!

Filed Under: Animal Husbandry, Farmstead Kitchen, Gardening, Home Education, Homestead Skills, Reader Questions, Reviews

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Comments

  1. Krystal says

    10 December, 2017 at

    I am definitely excited for our son to grow older and help! He’s only 7 months old, so we haven’t made it very far just yet.

    Reply
    • Quinn says

      16 December, 2017 at

      Lol! It will be here before you know it!

      Reply
  2. Danielle says

    12 December, 2017 at

    Oh my goodness! Love these ideas! We’ve been giving practical gifts for a while, but I am always looking for more ideas.

    Reply
    • Quinn says

      16 December, 2017 at

      Us too and I’ll be honest, I was asked to do this post last year and had a few ideas of what I was going to share this year, but when I started digging I was excited by a lot of these things I found! The canvas apron was a last minute addition and I think I squealed when I found it!

      Reply

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