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 Gift Ideas
Farm Chores
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- Beginners Tool Kit
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- Egg Gathering Basket Kit
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- Dolly (for moving square bales, etc.)
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- Leather Work Gloves
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- Yard Tools
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- Garden Carts (so much easier than wheelbarrows)
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- Wheelbarrow
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- Headlamp
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- Chore Boots (Lots of colors)
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- Kid’s Coveralls
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- Pocket Knife
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- Justin Rhode’s-Style Work Apron for Kids
Gardening
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- Indoor Microgreen Kit
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- Learn About Roots
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- Indoor Herb Kit
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- Mushroom Farm
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- Steel Watering Can
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- Garden Tools
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- Gardening Gloves
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- Learn About Compost
Games
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- Permaculture Playing Cards
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- Farm-Opoly
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- Gathering a Garden
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- Barnyard Cards
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- Count Your Chickens Board Game
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- Harvest Time Board Game
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- Wildcraft Herbal Adventure Game
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- Garden-poly
Handicrafts
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- Rolled Beeswax Candle Making Kit
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- Candle Making Kit
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- Learn to Crochet Kit
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- Beginners Sewing Kit
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- Build a Birdfeeder Woodworking Kit
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- Beginners Weaving Loom
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- Bamboo Knitting Needle Kit
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- Learn to Knit Kit
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- Cocoa Butter Glycerin Soap Making Kit
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- Cheesemaking Kit
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- Whittler’s Knife Kit
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- Beginner’s Pottery Wheel
Kitchen
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- The Cookbook for Kids
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- Plant, Cook, Eat
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- Cooking Class
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- Kid Chef
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- Color Coded Measuring Cups & Spoons
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- Safety Knives
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- Chicken Timer
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- Non-Stick Rolling Pin
Books
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- Farm Anatomy
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- Compost Stew
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- An Earthworm’s Life
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- Roots, Shoots, Buckets, and Boots
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- Square Foot Gardening with Kids
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- A Kid’s Herb Book
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- My First Sewing Book
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- Farm Life Coloring Book
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- Farmer Boy
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- Barnyard Kids
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- A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens
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- Complete Photo Guide to Knitting
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- Complete Photo Guide to Sewing
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- Easy Carpentry Projects
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- Whittling Projects
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- Sweet Needle Felts
Check out, even more, gift ideas for the homesteading & gardening kid in our Homesteader’s Shop!
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.
Lol! It will be here before you know it!
Oh my goodness! Love these ideas! We’ve been giving practical gifts for a while, but I am always looking for more ideas.
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!