Makeshift Mud Pie Kitchen

One of my goals this year is to provide my kids with a place they can make their outdoor concoctions: soups, smoothies, cakes, etc.

 

But I've discovered kids are nothing if not resourceful.

In the absence of any kind of setup from me, they've taken to using the back wall along the shade garden as their makeshift mud pie kitchen.

 

From an old bread pan filled with bird seed and water, to a little bouquet in a 4-inch pot, they've got it covered.  They use scissors to snip everything up into small pieces for their smoothies and soups.

(When they're done with it, the compost pile welcomes the leftovers!)

"Granola with bananas (the rocks)"

"Noodles with some cake and some salad and some noodle sauce"

 

I would still like to come up with something for them out here. If nothing else, to corral all the various parts and pieces of their cooking utensils.

In the meantime, their imaginations have plenty of room to soar with what we've got, which officially, is odds and ends, castoffs, and nothing. Perfect!