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Garden Trowel Dot to Dot — Free 39-Dot Printable for Ages 5–7
Connect 39 dots to reveal a handy garden trowel. This easy printable puzzle helps children practise number sequencing, pencil control, and concentration.
Difficulty
Easy
Fun fact: A trowel is a small hand tool used for planting seedlings, digging little holes, and moving soil.
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Connect the numbered dots from 1 to the end to reveal the picture.
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Ages 5–7 — Easy
How to Solve the Garden Trowel Dot-to-Dot Puzzle
A trowel is one of the simplest tools in the garden shed, and this 39-dot puzzle keeps things just as simple — three short sections and a shape kids will recognise right away. Start with the scooped blade, then the neck that connects it to the handle, then the handle itself. Find dot 1 at the tip of the blade and let's start digging.
1–13 — The Blade
Start at dot 1 and connect through to dot 13 to draw the scooped, pointed blade of the trowel. The curve along one edge is the trickiest part here, so encourage a slow hand rather than a fast, straight line.
Fun fact!
A trowel blade is curved rather than flat so it can scoop soil out of a hole in one motion, instead of needing several separate digging and lifting movements like a flat tool would.
A trowel blade is curved rather than flat so it can scoop soil out of a hole in one motion, instead of needing several separate digging and lifting movements like a flat tool would.
14–26 — The Neck
Continue from dot 14 to dot 26 to draw the narrow neck where the blade meets the handle. This is the thinnest part of the whole tool, so keep the lines close together and controlled.
Fun fact!
The neck of a trowel takes a lot of the pushing and levering force from digging, so good trowels make it thick or reinforce it.
The neck of a trowel takes a lot of the pushing and levering force from digging, so good trowels make it thick or reinforce it.
27–39 — The Handle
Finish by connecting dots 27 through 39 to draw the rounded handle a gardener grips while digging. Just thirteen dots left — a firm, confident finish here completes the tool.
Fun fact!
Trowel handles are often shaped a little wider at the end so the tool doesn't slip out of a gardener's hand, especially when their palms get damp from working in wet soil.
Trowel handles are often shaped a little wider at the end so the tool doesn't slip out of a gardener's hand, especially when their palms get damp from working in wet soil.
Nicely done — your trowel is ready to dig! Colour the blade a shiny metal grey and give the handle a bright colour of your choice. Explore more garden dot to dot printables to keep the fun going.
Coloring Guide
Garden Trowel: Classic Real-Life Colors
Inexpensive trowels come powder-coated and plastic-handled in bright colours, mostly so the tool turns up again after being set down among the plants.
| Dot Range | Part | Color | Why this color | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numeric | Alphabet | |||
| 1–13 | A–M | The Blade | Crayola Scarlet | Budget trowels usually come with the blade powder-coated in a bright colour like red straight from the factory. |
| 14–26 | N–Z | The Neck | Crayola Sky Blue | The narrow neck takes the hardest strain, so some makers mark that section in a contrasting colour. |
| 27–39 | AA–AM | The Handle | Crayola Goldenrod | Trowel handles are commonly moulded in bright yellow plastic so the tool is easy to find lying in the grass. |
Garden Trowel: Soft Natural Colors
Strip the paint away and this is a real used trowel: bright bare steel, a hint of rust at the neck, and a handle gone silvery in the weather.
| Dot Range | Part | Color | Why this color | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numeric | Alphabet | |||
| 1–13 | A–M | The Blade | Crayola Silver | Once the coating wears off, a steel blade is plain shiny grey, polished bright by scraping through soil. |
| 14–26 | N–Z | The Neck | Crayola Tan | Bare metal at the neck picks up a light rusty-tan tint where damp soil sits against it. |
| 27–39 | AA–AM | The Handle | Crayola Sea Green | A wooden handle weathers to a soft pale green-grey once it has been left out in the rain a few times. |
Garden Trowel: Bold Real-Life Colors
This palette borrows from rugged trade trowels, with signature-green steel, a dark oiled neck, and a moulded rubber grip.
| Dot Range | Part | Color | Why this color | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numeric | Alphabet | |||
| 1–13 | A–M | The Blade | Crayola Forest Green | Some garden brands paint their whole tool range in one signature deep green, blade included. |
| 14–26 | N–Z | The Neck | Crayola Brown | A forged trowel neck can be left in a dark oiled-brown finish that helps it shrug off rust. |
| 27–39 | AA–AM | The Handle | Crayola Orange | Comfort-grip trowels often have a chunky orange rubber handle for a firm hold in damp hands. |
Why Is the Garden Trowel Dot to Dot Printable Rated Easy?
The Garden Trowel is rated easy. Of its 39 dots, 27 run in straight lines, with 7 curved, 3 zigzag and 2 sharp-turn dots. The stretches to slow down for are neck at dots 19–20 and handle at dots 37–38. Follow the numbered order even when another dot looks nearer, and check the next number before each curve.
Straight
27 dots · 69%
Easiest — join two dots with one straight pencil stroke.
Curved
7 dots · 18%
19 20
Zigzag
3 dots · 8%
Quick in-and-out changes of direction. Good counting practice.
Sharp turns
2 dots · 5%
The hardest bits — tight corners where the line doubles back.
We traced all 39 dots on this exact worksheet by hand to write this — not a generic guess.
Key Sections to Know
Every notable stretch of the path, dot by dot.
| Dot Range | Pattern | Why It Matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numeric | Alphabet | ||
| 19 20 | S T | Curved | Follow neck as it curls from dot 19 to dot 20, easing the line rather than snapping it. |
| 37 38 | AK AL | Curved | Around handle, the line eases through a smooth bend at dots 37–38; keep the pencil moving slowly. |
Bottom line: The Garden Trowel dot to dot is easy rated — 87% smooth lines with no tricky spots to watch for.
