Garden Soup

Creativity and imagination? Cool water on a warm day? Playing in nature? Fun for toddlers and preschoolers? This activity checks all the boxes!

Supplies

Big bowls or tubs

Kitchen utensils, such as (but not limited to; add whatever you’ve got!):

Spoons

Funnels

Measuring cups

Tongs

Scissors

Water

 Access to a garden or lawn

Fill the big bowls or tubs with water. That’s the base of the “soup.” All the other ingredients for the soup can be found in the garden or yard, such as: grass, flowers, leaves, pinecones, twigs, rocks, even mud! Whatever your child finds can be added, and let them use the kitchen utensils to “cook” their soup. You might find that they’ll spend hours mixing, pouring, cutting, chopping, scooping, and transferring their soup from one bowl to another.