Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Making a Mud Kitchen 9
Your Mud Kitchen 9
Setup 9
Water Source 10
What Else to Get 10
Collecting Natural Ingredients 13
Before You Begin 14
A Taste-Safe Alternative 14
Allergies 15
Keeping Safe 15
Mud Kitchen Cooking 17
Mud Pizza 18
Potion Making 21
Perfume Shop 22
Mud Pies 25
Mud Dough 26
Mud Cookies 29
Mud Soup 30
Leaf Kebabs 33
Feed the Birds 34
Mud Slime 37
Afternoon Tea 38
Tea and Coffee Station 41
Ice Cream Parlor 42
Herb Garden 45
Juice Bar 46
Hot Chocolate Station 49
Sandwich Bar 50
Mud Café 53
Small World Play 55
Diggerland 56
Fantasy Farmyard 59
Fairy Garden 60
Glittery Fairy Mud 63
Jurassic Swamp 64
Dino Dig 67
Carrot Dig 68
Seed Planting 71
Mud Art 73
Rainbow Mud 74
Chalk Mud Paint 77
Mud Mandalas 78
Mud Creatures 81
Colorful Puddle Splashing 82
Natural Mud Art 85
Tire Track Art 86
Imagination Stones 89
Forest Faces 90
Nature Stones 93
Clay Faces 94
Messy Games 97
Shape Play 98
Hidden Letters 101
Hidden Numbers 102
Muddy River 105
Mud Ball Fight 106
Mud Bath 109
Skin-Safe Mud Mask 110
Farm Animal Wash 113
Clay Play 114
Making Marks 117
Handprints and Footprints 118
Animal Tracks 121
Time to Clean Up! 122
Muddy STEM Play 125
Mud Investigation 126
DIY Mud Bricks 129
Mud Castles 130
Mud Houses 133
Rivers, Streams and Dams 134
Mini Beast Hunt 137
DIY Worm Farm 138
Fizzing Wizards' Brew 141
Mud Volcano 142
DIY Mud Fossils 145
Acknowledgments 146
About the Author 147
Index 148