Mudworks: Creative Clay, Dough, and Modeling Experiences (Bright Ideas for Learning

by MaryAnn F. Kohl

Anyone who likes to play in mud, playdough, papier-mache and similar mediums will love this book of over 125 clays, doughs, and modeling mixtures you can make yourself. The first chapter alone has 31 playdough recipes! Mudworks uses common household materials and requires no expertise. Ideal for fun or serious art for all ages, for home, school, or childcare.

Also available in a bilingual Spanish and English version in eBook format, "Mudworks Bilingual".

1990 Benjamin Franklin Gold Award
1990 American Library Association (ALA) Starred Review
1995 ALA "Best of the Best" Books & Media for Children

Genres: Education, Parenting, Nonfiction, Art, Crafts

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Read more about me at my website if you wish.
http:// www. brightring. com
I write art books for children, parents, teachers, and homeschoolers.
And I love love love art for kids!!!

My blog:
http://maryannfkohl.typepad.com/blog/

Reviews

[Karla · Rating 4 out of 5]

not a bad resource
a little ho hum borning
no color pictures
some off the wall stuff too

if you have it its worth looking at, but don't waste money buying a new copy

[Melanie M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for families

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

just about every possible modeling recipe you can think of an more. great resource for kid projects or others.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book on the recommendation of two of my Facebook friends; one has a house-full of active children, the other was Denise Fleming. Between the two of them I had creative activities for children. Perfect.

So far I've only made up one recipe of dough from this book: Basic Art Dough. It was labeled as being the best and easiest unbaked dough for children over the age of one. Again, perfect. I halved the recipe a week ago, wrapped it in wax paper and stored it in a wonton soup container when not in use. My son has been playing with it every day, at least once a day, and it still models easily and relatively cleanly. Perfect, perfect.

I'm sure I will experiment with the other recipes in this book over then next ten years or so, but having one perfect recipe for creative fun is more than worth the price of this book.

[Nancy P · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book so much that bought numberous copies to use in training to address discipline. These experiences are stress-reducing for children and the author makes the instructions easy to follow even for a newbie to working with young children.

[Whole And · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent resource for an extensive variety of recipes for all kinds of crafts and sensory experiences.
A rich resource indeed, one to come back to several times for many years to revisit and remake seasonal or just for fun crafts and have engaging sensory experiences.

[Mirela · Rating 4 out of 5]

great ideas and recipes. never mind the kids, i love this stuff.

[Artlab]

Clay

[Christine Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a must have for anyone who works with young children!

[MaryAnn Kohl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spanish activity on the left page, and the exact English to match on the right page.

[Brandielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great resource for kids that like to do clay art.

[Amber]

1 copy