Materials
- Dirt
- Water
- Plastic bucket
- Muffin tins or ice cube trays
What to do
1. Put dirt in a plastic bucket and mix in just enough water to form a mud ball.
2. Press the mud into muffin tin cups or ice cube tray sections.
3. Place the tins or trays in a warm place for about ten days, or bake at 250 degree F (130 degree C) for 15 minutes.
4. When cool, drop the "bricks" on newsprint on the floor and see which ones break and which ones hold together. Use the solid bricks for building.
5. Make as many bricks as possible for the most fun in building.
More to do
More art: Add a little plaster of Paris to the mud mixture so it will hold together better. Attach bricks and other items together in a free-form building using plaster of Paris mixed to a runny consistency. Build with wood scraps and glue.
-MaryAnn Kohl, reprinted from Preschool Art
