Mud kitchen potions
Mix mud, petals, water and grass into potions, then name each one and describe what it does.
Messy, muddy, and full of new words.
What you need
- Old pots, pans and spoons
- Water in a jug
- Mud, petals, grass, leaves
- Old clothes
How to do it
- 1
Set up your kitchen outside where mess is welcome.
- 2
Mix a first potion and describe how it looks and smells.
- 3
Give it a name and decide what magic it does.
- 4
Make three more and line them up in order of thickness.
- 5
Write or say a recipe for your favourite so someone else could make it.
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