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Set up and play
Where to put it, what to put in it, mud recipes, and a growing pile of play ideas for every season.
Mud recipes: five mixes, from sloppy soup to firm pies
Five mud mixes from garden soil, sand and clay, with rough ratios and tips.
Set upMud kitchen utensils and loose parts: what to put in it
The op-shop checklist, plus natural loose parts from the garden.
Set upWhere to put your mud kitchen: shade, drainage, water and small yards
Shade, drainage, water and what to put underneath. Small yards and balconies too.
Play ideas
Something to cook up today
Mud pie bakery
Tins, moulds and flower sprinkles. Open for business.
Ages 18 months–6Mud soup café
Ladles, bowls and garden vegetables. Today's special: gloop.
Ages 3–8Potion station
Jars, droppers and petal colours. Mix a spell, name it, bottle it.
Ages 18 months–8Mud painting
Brushes, sticks and a fence. Big arm movements, easy hose clean-up.
Ages 2–7Leaf and flower stew
Collect, sort and cook what the garden drops. Great for autumn.
Ages 2–7Dinosaur swamp
Toy dinosaurs, a muddy tray and a bath afterwards.
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The play-ideas pack
Printable mud play cards for home or the centre. Pop in your email and we will send it straight over.