It's one of our favourite days of the year, and we'll tell you why!
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For us, mud has always been more than something children get messy in. It is a doorway to creativity, connection and joy.
Since 2012, we have encouraged settings to embrace International Mud Day on 29 June, celebrating the simple pleasure of getting stuck in.
This Mud Day, step outside, slow things down and let children lead the way.
Liz
Muddy Faces founder
Reflections on the value of mud play for children’s learning, development and wellbeing, and celebrating 15 years of our Mud Campaign!
Celebrating 15 Years of mud magic
Ahead of Mud Day on 29 June, reflecting on the value of mud play for children’s learning, development and wellbeing, and celebrating 15 years of our Mud Campaign!
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Read More about Celebrating 15 Years of mud magicWe've created a new page in our Outdoor Hub listing 10 key ways mud play supports children’s learning, development and wellbeing across Early Years, Forest School and Primary School settings - useful if anyone needs convincing!
10 benefits of mud play
10 key ways mud play supports children’s learning, development and wellbeing across Early Years, Forest School and Primary School settings.
Mud Day and mud play really is an international movement. Did you know our free How to Make A Mud Kitchen book, written by Liz Edwards and Prof Jan White, is available in other languages as well as English?
Download your free pdf in • English • Croatian • French • German • Greek • Hungarian • Icelandic • Italian • Portuguese • Spanish • Swedish • Turkish or Welsh below.
We have also added our newly updated 3rd edition as a free download for all.
FREE Making A Mud Kitchen book
Making a Mud Kitchen has everything you need to know about mud kitchens – all the whats, whys, wheres and hows. Our newly updated 3rd edition (2026) is available to download for free.
Making a Mud Kitchen has been translated into TWELVE different languages and counting! Download your free pdf in • English • Croatian • French • German • Greek • Hungarian • Icelandic • Italian • Portuguese • Spanish • Swedish • Turkish or Welsh below.
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How our Mud Kitchen book came about
A little summary of how the Mud Kitchen book project started.
Read More about How our Mud Kitchen book came aboutCheck out our Mud Play resources and read all about our Mud Champions for some top mud play tips!
Read more about International Mud Day and it's history.
We've got a bucket full of free activities, downloads, books, mud play tips & more here.
Mud gallery
An amazing collection of photographs demonstrating the joy, fun, learning and creativity that mud play can bring to every setting!
Real photos of mud play & learning from the UK & around the world.
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Mud Day, mud play & mud kitchens videos
An international array of Mud Day celebrations, mud kitchens & mud play ideas.
Has your Forest School, outdoor setting, school or nursery made a film celebrating mud? Send us a link & we'll add it here. share@muddyfaces.co.uk
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Mud play tips
These tips are from the experts - Forest School practitioners, outdoor leaders, teachers, families - people who love mud play and it’s benefits so much that they have generously shared their skills, knowledge and experience with us.
We thank them all - and welcome any new mud play tips you have - send them to share@muddyfaces.co.uk
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Designed for outdoor learning and practical play, this wooden sign features a mud kitchen design, making it the perfect addition to your mud kitchen area. Each sign is in its natural form and may have its bark on, and comes predrilled with ...
Designed for outdoor learning and practical play, this Welsh wooden sign features a mud kitchen design, making it the perfect addition to your mud kitchen area. Each sign is in its natural form and may have its bark on, and comes predrilled ...
Nominated as Best for Open-Ended Play in the Independent's Best Mud Kitchens for 2021. Build, create, imagine… then rebuild again! Our Modular Mud Kitchens are more than a fixed play resource - read how they support deeper learning here. A large set that ...
This mud kitchen is an open-ended resource which primary aged and early years children can use this kitchen is a multitude of ways for their mud pie making and other messy mud activities. This mud kitchen has been designed and made ...
This is our highly popular Create Modular Mud Kitchen scaled up for larger groups. We have added more items that all fit the modular heights and work together perfectly. This large set opens up options for many children to be playing ...
A collection of early years outdoor play resources to support children's fine motor skills such as pouring and mixing. A great enhancement for any mud kitchen area or water play area. Items chosen to harnesses children’s natural drives and interests.
These 3 books provide ideas on how to develop your mud kitchen and make some recipes!
Mud Kitchens, Sand & Water Play
Discover our extensive range of mud kitchens, sand and water play resources designed to inspire creative, hands-on outdoor learning in early years settings and primary school outdoor provision..
At Muddy Faces, we specialise in high-quality mud kitchen equipment, loose parts and messy play resources that encourage children to explore, experiment, and engage in open-ended play.
We are mad about mud and messy play at Muddy Faces so we have a whole section dedicated to Mud on our OUTDOOR HUB for you to explore!