Tiny tools for tiny hands

For summer gardening fun, sturdy tools are essential. If you bought one of those cheapo plastic sets of gardening tools when the weather turned warm, and now you’ve broken all the tools by stepping on them accidentally, consider purchasing metal tools for your favorite garden sidekick. Metal tools with wooden handles are WAY less likely to break than their plastic counterparts. I particularly like this brightly-colored kids’ garden tool set from Toysmith; the blue shovel makes me cheerful when I look at it.

Toysmith kids’ garden tools, $23 at Amazon