MUDDER EARTH IS CURRENTLY ON A BREAK FROM PUBLIC PLAYDATES AND PARTIES.
We’re currently learning lots while delivering sessions in education Settings – nurseries, schools, Home Education groups… When public Mudder Earth events return, these will be advertised.
Pop-up planning for Spring/Summer continues :)
About
Mudder Earth*💜🤎 is an outdoor play, discovery and creativity group, based in parks and woodlands in and around Crystal Palace, South Norwood & Thornton Heath.
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Inspired by a lifelong love of art & nature. Informed by my experiences as a mum and volunteer in Early Years and Forest School settings.
We get together to get back to the good stuff of childhood. Come and join us for…
- Child-led free-play like messy mud kitchens, minibeast spotting, potion making and lots more to explore 👨🏾🍳🔎🐛🐞
- Grown-up supported craft and other activities – e.g. making art with natural and recycled materials, building dens, making bird-feeders…🎨♻️⛺️🔨👩👧👦
Designed to connect you and your little ones to nature, other local families, and your selves.
All our groups include drinks + fruit snacks for the children, and tea/coffee for the grown ups ☕️🍫🍏🍌. Dairy free options always available. 🐮💜
*= formerly trading as ‘Mudder Nature’, still me :-)
Our public playdates are currently on pause
We still enjoy our pop-up seasonal specials, e.g. Halloween, Mothers’ Day, Easter, Summer & Winter Solstices… 🎉🎃☀️🐰🌙🎆
Our Grangewood Park meeting point (and Mudder Earth ‘HQ’) is now on Google Maps.
Photos of our home in Grangewood Park:
Grangewood Park is gorgeous! 
Conveniently slap bang in the middle between Thornton Heath, South Norwood & Crystal Palace 
Meeting point now on Google Maps 
Just 20 minutes walk (or under 5 minutes drive) South of Crystal Palace. You can park for free on Wharncliffe Road next to the park 
We incorporate the park’s beauty into our sessions, e.g. Recent autumn leaf hunt & leaf art 
We gather at our basecamp in the enchanted glade – pic from our Halloween special 
Even the least beautiful elements of the park transformed with a touch of childhood imagination. Pothole-volcano? 
Making lions manes and fairies under the trees 
So much to explore on our ‘missions’ around the park 
Oaks here are exceptional 100 Acre Wood Eat Your Heart Out 
Love the buzz of creativity & community our families create to our hidden away glade
Photos from autumn/winter Mudder Earth playdates
We use recycled materials from local businesses in our art 
Shield painting proved particularly popular with the boys 
Taking time to slow down and appreciate nature’s wonders 
We encourage children to get hands on and be gentle with minibeasts – ID kits and magnifying glasses always available for explorers 
So many hidden gems to investigate together around the park 
A satisfied customer after our Halloween special making batwings 
Mud kitchen play in our hidden glade 
Halloween special 
Batwings don’t have to be black, and pumpkins don’t have to be orange! 
One of the prettier mud kitchen creations 
Older children enjoyed some web-making 
We use materials to support learning about our natural world through the seasons
Mudder Earth 