VERY VEGGIE WORD SEARCH
Can you find the vegetables?
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beans
carrot
lettuce
potato
beet
corn
onion
radish
broccoli
cucumber
pepper
tomato
How many other garden words can you find?
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Who Lives in Jack’s Garden?
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Garden Mad Libs
Group Activity Directions
Write the words from the Word Tips table on the dry erase board. Have your group help you choose words from
the Word Tips table. Older participants may want to suggest their own words to fill in the MadLibs. Fill in the chosen words and read aloud with enthusiasm!
Adjective
Noun
Adjective
Noun
Number
Noun
Adjective
Noun
Silly word
Adjective
Adjective
Noun
Silly word
Adjective
Noun
Silly word
Verb
Adjective
Adjective
Noun
Verb
Silly word
Adjective
Noun
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Garden Mad Libs
Individual Activity Directions
Choose a word for each part of speech below. See the Word Tips sheet for some
word ideas you can use. Read the story on page 2 out loud, filling your words in the blanks. Laugh and
laugh some more.
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Noun
Adjective
Noun
Number
Noun
Adjective
Noun
Silly word
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Noun
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Noun
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Ziggy in the Garden
This spring, Ziggy the _______________ ___________________ planted a garden. His best friend, Artie
(adjective)
(noun)
the _______________ ____________________ helped him to till the soil. They planted ____________
(noun)
(adjective)
(number)
__________________S , ________________ _____________ and ___________________________.
(noun)
(adjective)
(noun)
(silly word)
They watered and waited patiently for the first _______________________ seeds to sprout. Nothing
(adjective)
happened. So they decided to __________________________ the ___________________________
(verb)
(noun)
and see what would happen. One Saturday, they went to the garden. Wow! They saw that a
______________________ and _________________ ________________ were sprouting. They
(silly word)
(noun)
(adjective)
shouted “ ____________________________!” and __________________________-ed away. The
(silly word)
(verb)
next day they invited all their friends to come see the ______________________, _______________
(adjective)
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______________ that had __________________-ed in the garden. Their friends all agreed that the
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_______________________was the most __________________________ ___________________
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anyone around had ever grown.
The garden was a _________________ success!
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Word Tips
Word Tips
Noun
cat
zebra
tomato
watermelon
cabbage
potato
worm
cucumber
snake
corn
squirrel
motorcycle
pickle
rat
hat
pie
Verb
slink
dig
drive
hit
eat
jump
shout
read
roll
play
smell
fly
love
sleep
scoop
crawl
Adjective
slimy
green
bright
silly
purple
smelly
sneaky
old
freaky
red
fresh
bumpy
scary
yellow
scruffy
droopy
Silly Words (noun)
toe jam
robot head
pants
rabbit’s foot
space alien
plumber
underwear
stroller
detective
sock
tractor
dust bunny
kerfluffle
copy cat
acrobat
bug bite
Verb
Adjective
Silly Words (noun)
Add Your Own Words
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Garden
Funnies 2
Knock Knock!
What does Santa do in his garden?
Hoe, hoe, hoe!
What green and bumpy and wears sunglasses?
Arthur!
A cucumber on vacation!
What do you call a worm with no teeth?
Who’s there?
A gummy worm!
How do you know where a worms head is?
Tickle it in the middle and see which end
laughs!
Arthur who?
Arthur any beets in your garden?
What do you call it when worms take over the
world?
Global Worming
What’s black and white, black and white, black and
white, and green?
What did the lettuce say to the celery?
Quit stalking me.
What dance makes worms wiggle with fright?
What´s green and sings?
Elvis Parsley
What does the letter “A” have in common with a
flower?
They both have bees coming after them.
Three zebras fighting over a cucumber!
The chicken dance!
What does a bee use to style its hair?
What is a clock’s favorite herb?
Thyme!
A honeycomb!
Why did the tomato blush?
Because he saw the salad dressing!
What’s the fastest vegetable?
A runner bean!
What is green and bumpy, but also black and white?
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
A cucumber in a tuxedo!
What’s black and white and red all over?
A beet reading the newspaper!
Lettuce.
Lettuce who?
Lettuce in, it’s cold out here.
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Garden
Funnies 1
Knock knock!
What flower grows between your nose and your
mouth?
Tulips.
Who’s there?
Honeydew!
What vegetable can you use to fly a kite?
String beans!
Honeydew who?
How do you change a pumpkin into a different
vegetable?
You throw it up in the air and it comes
down squash
Honeydew you wanna hear some garden jokes?
What is green and goes to summer camp?
A brussels scout!
What vegetable do you need a plumber for?
A leek!
Why did the cabbage win the race?
Because it was ahead!
What does corn say when it feels embarrassed?
“Aw, shucks!”
Why do potatoes always argue?
Because they can never see eye to eye.
What’s green and a sharp shooter?
Annie Okra!
What the cucumber say to the dill?
This is a fine pickle you got us into.
Why shouldn’t you tell secrets in a cornfield?
There are too many ears!
How do you catch a rabbit?
Hide behind a tree and make a sound like a carrot.
How do you make a cucumber laugh?
Tell him an elephant joke!
Why did the worm cross the ruler?
Knock knock!
Knock, Knock!
Who’s there?
Who’s there?
Figs.
Figs who?
Leaf.
To become an inch worm!
What kind of beans can’t grow in a garden?
Jelly Beans.
What did one rose say to the other?
“Hi Bud.”
Leaf Who?
Leaf me alone.
Figs the doorbell, it’s
broken!
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What’s Your Favorite
Veggie?
Color and label your favorite fruits and vegetables.
If your favorite isn’t pictured here, draw it on the
back of this page.
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