
Mud activity ideas & free downloads
If you want FREE mud activity downloads and mud play activity inspiration, you've come to the right place!
Read More about Mud activity ideas & free downloadsWe're excited about Mud Day on Sunday 29 June! With a big giveaway, checkout freebies, FREE mud play downloads & new activity inspirations, we hope you are too!
We're so excited about Mud Day on Sunday 29 June! We've got checkout freebies, a giveaway, FREE muddy play downloads & new activity inspirations.
Also, check out our Mud Play resources and read all about last years 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.
This simple modular set up features an inviting hob & rustic shelves. Robust & portable, the design enables children to reconfigure & use in different ways.
Closing date: Midnight 29th June 2025.
To celebrate Mud Day we've created these printed activity cards to inspire your mud play.
Everything you need to know about mud kitchens – all the whats, whys, wheres and hows.
Our Making a Mud Kitchen book is always available to download for free on our Outdoor Hub & has been translated into 12 different languages!
But for the week before Mud Day we are ...
Add your FREE book at checkout from Monday 23rd - Sunday 29th June.
Someone who goes above and beyond to create inspiring, accessible mud and natural play opportunities for all?
This year you can choose a lovely wooden Mud Champion medal to give to one of your fellow muddy practitioners!
Available while stocks last.
The World Forum Foundation is where the idea of International Mud Day first began, back in 2008.
Our marvellous Mud resources are now being shared on the WFF Mud Day web page! Sharing the love across the world!
To celebrate Mud Day we've gathered some inspiring videos of mud day & mud play.
We're very pleased with the international flavour of this new section but we'd also love more from UK & European settings. Do you have a mud-related film or video you'd like to share?
Send a link to share@muddyfaces.co.uk and we'll add it to the Outdoor Hub.
Mud activity ideas & free downloads
If you want FREE mud activity downloads and mud play activity inspiration, you've come to the right place!
Read More about Mud activity ideas & free downloadsMud Champions!
Mud Champions are people who do amazing things in the world of mud play, messy play and natural play outdoors.
Inspirational influencers spreading the word - worker bees quietly, diligently making things better for groups and individuals - inclusive practitioners knocking down barriers - parents, teachers and volunteers giving their time, energy and more - eager beavers who notice what's needed to help people take part.
We want to say thank you! We see you and all that you do.
Read More about Mud Champions!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.
Read More about Mud galleryMud 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
Read More about Mud play tipsMuddy case studies
The real practical work carried out at different settings on a day-to-day basis can be fascinating and inspiring. These examples of work in practice have been gathered from a range of settings and locations in the UK and internationally, and focus on the creation of mud play opportunities, mud kitchens, and Mud Day events.
Read More about Muddy case studiesMud reports & research
Evidence for the benefits to children of mud play.
These reports & research are, as much as possible, arranged in chronological order, most recent at the top
Our unique modular mud kitchens are designed to allow children and adults to change and redesign their mud kitchens!
Make and create some fun with this robust and open-ended corner mud kitchen, perfect for Early Years and Primary aged children. This versatile mud kitchen is made by Muddy Faces and can be left outdoors for endless hours of mud pie ...
Enhance your messy play provision with this sturdy and versatile wooden play station made by Muddy Faces from treated Scandinavian redwood (suitable to be left outdoors). Ideal for gardening, mud play and other messy activities. Fully treated with a smooth finish and ...
This water and investigation bench can be used on it's own or partnered with other products such as our Long Mud Kitchen or our Modular Mud kitchens. Ideal for messy play activities and investigations of different materials & resources, encouraging sensory ...
This special set for younger children is designed to capture their core passions in gathering, filling, pouring, emptying, stirring, mixing and transforming.
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.