Mud kitchen ingredients

Spruce up your mud kitchen with our 'shopping list' of ingredients and activity ideas.

Introduction

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A few enhancement ideas, but at the end of the day soil and water are just great on their own!

What you'll need

Scroll down for a list of mud kitchen ingredients to get you started.

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Environmental Considerations

Consider the environmental impact of preparing, carrying out & completing this activity. Could this impact be reduced? Specific considerations for this activity could include:

forage & collect natural materials responsibly

Health & Safety Considerations

Follow your usual operating procedures and carry out appropriate risk benefit assessments.
Some considerations particular to this activity include:

using natural materials

We've grouped our mud kitchen ingredients into three categories:

natural materials
bits from the kitchen
seasonal ingredients

natural materials

water (a MUST or you can go dry!)
mud
sand
bark
sticks
conkers
leaves
cones
flowers/petals from fading flowers
shells
pebble & rocks (you could paint them to look like veg)
wooden discs (we tried painting some with acrylic pens - great if you are going dry for a bit)

top tip:

ask supermarkets to donate out of date flowers to use for perfumes & potions.

Bits from the kitchen

lemon & ginger
recycled tea bags
dried herbs
fresh herbs
vegetable peelings (try sieving through tea strainers)
beetroot - make some pink water
vinegar & bicarbonate of soda to add a bit of fizz!!

Seasonal ingredients

Spring

Dandelions & daisies

Summer

Fresh herbs like chives, lemon balm, lavender and mint - herbal tea anyone?! Elderflowers, wind blown plums/fruit

Autumn

Berries, autumn leaves, conkers

Winter

Snow and ice

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Ingredients

Lots of lovely ingredients for your mud kitchen. When the children have made one too many mud pies and the flower bed you allocated for the mud kitchen has run dry, this section should offer some great alternatives.

Disclaimer: Muddy Faces cannot take any responsibility for accidents or damage that occurs as a result of following this activity.You are responsible for making sure the activity is conducted safely.