Mud kitchens, how to make them and make your child connect to nature through play

The mud kitchen is a creative and fun game for children who can give vent to their imagination using natural elements such as earth and water

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The Mud-kitchen is a perfect game for outdoor spaces that allows children to learn and have fun using natural elements. In practice, it is a question of setting up kitchens in the open air, therefore in the garden, terrace, kindergarten or school courtyard, etc. to entertain children to prepare original foods and drinks made of mud, leaves, stones or sand.

Most children love to play with everyday objects by simulating the activities of adults ("pretending" the so-called symbolic game). Preparing and cooking food, for example, is often appreciated by children as is having fun outdoors using what nature offers: water, mud, earth, leaves, flowers, stones, etc. Here then is that from the union of these two things the idea of ​​the mud kitchen was born.

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Every child should have the opportunity to play with natural elements, a way to encourage creative thinking, improve cognitive function and fine hand skills as well as build a healthy immune system. Through simple activities such as those that allow you to make a mud kitchen, the little ones have the opportunity to freely explore the environment and nature with your own hands and experiment in complete safety, giving free rein to imagination and imagination, a way to be happier and more satisfied with yourself.

By inviting siblings or friends to play with them, children have the opportunity to practice social skills and actively learn, through play, to have fun sharing what they have.

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How to make a mud kitchen

It is not necessary to buy a ready-made mud kitchen, if you have time available and a minimum of creativity you can in fact make it yourself using simple recycled materials such as pallets, boxes, containers of various sizes, wicker baskets, sinks, wooden spoons, glasses, pans, dishes and more.

You can too reuse old indoor toy kitchens (preferably made of wood), unused furniture in the house as well as tables and chairs.

You can take inspiration from some already made mud kitchens whose photos are easily found on the net.

It is important that children have the opportunity to have natural elements close to them to use in the kitchen: mud, water, stones, grass, wood, pine cones, sand, etc. (the more the better), perfect for allowing him to give vent to creativity. All these "ingredients" will be very useful for the little ones who will mix them together, group them or stack them to create and simulate the presence of real foods (cakes, ice cream, coffee, meatballs, fruit and everything that their imagination will indicate) or to make magic potions, medicines or whatever.

Once the mud kitchen has been made, all that remains is to place it outdoors in the garden or on the terrace. It is not necessary that there is a source of water nearby, the children will also have a lot of fun making the "decanting", filling containers, flasks or jerry cans and then transporting the water to the kitchen.

The little ones, of course, will get dirty (and a lot) but this is also part of the game and is extremely fun for them as well as useful. Let us therefore also leave him the right to get dirty with mud, recovering the bond with the earth, just make him wear battle clothes and rubber boots to limit the "damage" a little.

Source: Diy Garden

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