Get your hands dirty

Includes: Outdoors, Nature and the great outdoors

Activity time:
< 10 mins

Age:
4+

Cost:
Low

Explore the outside world

Challenge younger girls to discover the environment through the sense of touch.

Hide the natural objects in the buckets of mud.
Blindfold each girl before she takes her turn. The girls should take it in turns to put their hands into the buckets and try to identify what they can feel.
Make sure they all wash their hands afterwards.
Ask the girls how they felt about the activity. Did the mud make it easy or hard to identify what was in the buckets? What senses were they using to help them identify the objects? How many did they manage to recognise?

If girls are touching soil or plant material, ensure they wash their hands afterwards.

Prepare four buckets filled with mud - this should have a smooth, slightly runny consistency.
Gather a variety of natural objects, such as stones, twigs, pine cones and leaves.
You'll also need warm water and soap or wet wipes, a towel and a blindfold.

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2 adults needed