Apple Playschools' Mud Day Challenge and Mud Day Mayhem Event

Mud Day Challenge:
Complete the challenges below or Choose your own adventures to earn muddy minutes and collect a mess of mud monsters.

See this year's activity calendar for ways to collect muddy minutes every day.

Mud Day Play Activity Ideas:
-Go for a Trail Run
-Take a Nature Hike
-Dig or work in your Garden
-Play in the mud: Create your own mud pit in the yard or in a small bin.
-Mud Face Painting: Mix your own mud face paint and have fun decorating your face
-Mud Painting: Create your own work of art my mixing mud and paint away
-Mud Target practice: set up a few targets and squish some mud into a ball and toss away
-Build with Mud or Clay: Make a fairy house, sculpt with clay, or open up your own mud pie kitchen.
-Make a mud themed dessert or snack
-Mud in your community: Go for a scavenger hunt looking for the importance of mud or soil. Visit a farmers market and find a root vegetable. Visit an art museum or gallery to find something made of clay. Learn about animals that live under ground.
-Join a community event to garden or volunteer in a nature area.
-Take a selfie of your muddy play and add it to our photo page!

Join us for a day of Muddy Mayhem at Leslie Science & Nature Center.
1831 Traver Road, Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, June 22, 2024 10am-12pm.

Collect more muddy minutes with hands-on activities, story time and and a Mud Monster parade.

NOTE: If you already signed up for the Virtual Challenge, your registration includes 5 tickets to this event. You can buy additional tickets to this in-person event through Challenge Add-ons.

Join Apple Playschools Executive Director, Etta Heisler, for a walk in nature and learn about the plants and animals you encounter. We will meet at County Farm Park in the area between the playground and the community gardens. Optional, bring a picnic and/or stay to play for more outdoor fun. All ages welcome. This event is free. Please consider making a donation to our scholarship fund!

Join others to help Care for the Earth with an Apple Playschools garden volunteer day with Give365. We will be doing some gardening work to help beautify Fuller Park. All materials needed to work are provided. Please wear closed-toed shoes, dress for the weather and bring a water bottle. This event is free and suitable for all ages. Please consider donating to Apple Playschools scholarship fund.