Mud Day
International Mud Day celebrates connecting kids to the outdoors through playing in the mud. Join us for a great time with mud pools, mud games and crafts, mud kitchen and even a cool spray cleanup before you go home.
Event details
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MUD DAY with Five Rivers Metroparks
Mud Day activities are developed for those ages 2 and older. Participants should dress to get dirty, and there will be an area to clean up. Activities include:
- Arts and crafts: Kids can create a soil painting and mud mural with the Earth’s natural materials, and then stop by the mud face painting station.
- Sensory activities: Children who are up to get dirty can play in four mud pools, fish in mud buckets to find a surprise, make mud pies and develop a mud city.
- Games and family fun: Families can get messy and then snap a commemorative Mud Day photo before challenging themselves to a mud hula hoop contest and mud ball game.
“Playing in the mud is a wonderful way for kids to engage in sensory play, which is crucial for early learners,” said Betty Hoevel, MetroParks education coordinator. “Studies have also shown that exposing children to nature — even things we find outdoors that we typically think of as ‘dirty’ — creates happier and healthier kids.”
After participating in Mud Day, families can explore the Children’s Discovery Garden, and formal gardens at Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark.
Links & Tags
Wegerzyn Gardens Foundation
Five Rivers MetroParks.
