Kids Boots for Tromping Around the Garden

Involving the kids in a garden project first requires the appropriate outfitting. Here are four kid-sized wellingtons to withstand the dirt and the bugs and the mud.

Above: Aurélie Lécuyer’s children in colored Aigle rain boots after building a chicken coop in their backyard in Nantes. See our post on House Call: Aurélie Lécuyer in France; photograph via Le Dans La.

Above: The Kids’ Barbour Wellington Gardening Boots are available in three different colors for $79 from J.Crew Crewcuts.

Above: The lace-up Thurloe Kids Rain Boot are styled like a combat boot with a full rubber sole; currently on sale for $49 from Hunter.

Above: Aigle’s Lolly Pop Boot is lined in a removable jersey cotton fabric and available in five different colors; $68 from Aigle.

Above: Hunter’s classic Kids Rubber Boots come in eleven color options; $75 from Hunter.

Above: Recommended to us by a reader, Danish company Bisgaard’s Gumboots are available in six different colors; $54.95 from Billy Lou.

For more on gardening boots, see these garden boots inspired by Japanese workmen, and join the conversation about “The Ultimate Garden Boots.”