DIY Garden Toad House Ideas

Like birds, toads are beneficial insect controllers. The presence of the cute little guys is more than welcome because they make gardening easier by eating thousands of insects over the course of the growing season to protect your vegetable garden. To encourage toads to live in your garden, it’s time to add a toad house to the garden. Here are 17 DIY Garden Toad House Ideas that you and your kids will love trying. Even, wild toads also will thank you for free living areas.

These DIY toad house projects are a fun way to liven up your yard without breaking up your budget. Most of them are easy projects even for beginners just with a little effort and time. You can easily invite toads to take up residence in the garden with a simple toad house from a broken clay flowerpot or even old bricks. Once they have settled on a living space, they will return year after year to patrol the yard, gobbling up garden pests such as slugs, grubs, and other insects.

#1 Clay Pot Garden Toad House

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#2 A Tiny Toad Pond

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#3 Stoneware Leaf Toad House

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#4 Simple Toad House

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#5 PVC Pipe Frog Hotel

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#6 Terra Cotta Toad Motel and Cafe

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#7 Mosaic Toad House

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#8 Brocken Terra Cotta Toad House

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#9 Old Wood Toad House

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#10 Gardening Frog House

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#11 Frogilo Toad House

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#12 DIY Cement Toad House

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#13 Branch Toad House

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#14 Stone Toad House

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#15 Brick Toad House

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#16 Wood Toad House

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#17 Metal Bucket Toad House

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