Outdoor play kitchen

As a natural-minded parent, you’re always looking for fun ways to engage your child in outdoor play. Mud kitchens add creativity and experimentation to nature play. Here, you’ll find 16 great ideas for a mud kitchen.

Jess Townsend on Instagram: "MY MUD KITCHEN MUST HAVES// 🌻☀️🍄 (SMALL TICKET ITEMS) I always get asked about our Mud Kitchen and what items we have in there! Well, here is a quick reel of the things we absolutely love and use all the time, whether I do a theme or not. I'll link all items in stories after this reel is posted. Look out for next week where I'll be sharing our favourite big ticket items for our Mud Kitchen PLUS a tour of our Mud Kitchen Area. Let me know what your mud…

A Mud Kitchen is a play kitchen (like the Ikea ones) for outside, usually containing an area for sand and/or water for hours (hopefully) of tactile play. I used: 2 Wooden pallets (free) Tools (drill/screwdriver, saw, pencil) Paint/Latex primer Screws Here are the step-by-step easy instructions: 1. Find two standard-size pine wooden pallets. The better the condition, the better! 2. Cut one of the pallets along the horizontal strut. 3. Use wood glue and screws/nails to attach the two halves at…

Kids outdoor mud kitchen (also known as a mud pie kitchen) is one of the best resources in DIY projects for kids to play outside as kids playhouse.

I have worked in a variety of nature programs, and a common element among all the quality programs I have participated in is a really good mud kitchen. A good mud kitchen becomes the hub for child led outdoor exploration, it transforms with the seasons, and supports many different types of play. Messy play, dramatic play, collaborative play and best of all a mud kitchen supports independent play! I wanted to share some of the best tips I have found for arranging a mud kitchen Tip One: Keep…

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