Celebrate International Mud Day with us Virtually!

June 29th is International Mud Day, a day to celebrate our connections to the earth by diving right in to the mud. We usually host a community event, inviting community members to come get muddy and messy with us.  With the reality of Covid-19 keeping us safer at home, this year, MUD DAY will be held virtually. We will be posting videos on Facebook and Youtube with lots of activities for you to explore the wonders of mud at home. 
 Are you ready to get muddy and messy? ​ Check back on June 29th to access all the videos here as well!

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Mud Day video line up!

9:00 am: Mud Day Scavenger Hunt! All the items on our list are connected to dirt somehow. Can you find these things near you? 
9:30 am:  Mud Stomping Song in English and in Spanish.
10:00 am: Mud Face Paint! Face paint is a great addition to pretend play!
10:30 am: Sensory Play! Mixing dirt and water for infants and toddlers and big kids too!
11:00 am: Mud Ball Toss! What’s more fun than making balls out of mud? Throwing them with a satisfying splat!
11:30 am: Healthy dirt pudding cups! Celebrate with this tasty treat. 
12:00 pm: Bird Nest Sculptures! Create a bird nest sculpture using mud and sticks.
12:30 pm: Read aloud: Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch and Dusan Petricic Even though we love getting our clothes muddy, the character in this book does not.  
1:00 pm  Mud Painting! Get out your paint brush for a Mud Painting adventure!
2:00 pm: Fairy houses! Build your own fairy house with Mud! 
3:00 pm: Clay writing tablets! Learn how to write and create art on wet clay tablets as people did in ancient Mesopotamia.
3:30 pm: Dig in the garden! What invertebrates did you find living underground!
4:00 pm: Ooey Gooey Mud Song! Keep Celebrating Mud Day everyday with this song.   

History

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