It's International Mud Day. Everyday this week I've been exploring the properties of mud with different groups. We've painted with it on cloth and on ourselves, we've sculpted it, we've made it into potions and pies, we've mixed it with water, we've searched in it for things and the weather had it's own ideas and mixed the rain with it and gave us HUGE puddles to jump in...
There's some footage of children at Dunkirk exploring mud and associated things here:
Last summer I learnt about cob building at the Derbyshire Eco Centre and was part of a group who built this cob oven there. It's a really gorgeous technique and completely addictive - and the bread etc cooked inside is delicious...
You can find so much if you search in mud
you can push things into mud and make homes for mini-beasts...
and muddy puddles mixed with sun offer wonderful mirrors...
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