**UPDATE JUNE 10, 2026 – 5 YEARS LATER!! I cannot believe it has been 5 years since I built this mud kitchen. I had a friend tell me that I was wasting my time and the novelty of this mud kitchen would wear off in no time, but guess what – THEY STILL LOVE IT! One of them is 11 now and while she does not play with it on her own, when she is playing with her little brother who is 5 (almost 6) they both enjoy it. So if you’re thinking about whether this DIY mud kitchen project is worth your time or not I obviously can’t speak for your family, but for ours it sure has been!
My big kid and I built a mud kitchen the other day! This is a very doable “DIY in a day,” project, especially if you aren’t solo parenting! Full disclosure, we ordered pizza for supper, there was no time for cooking that day!
My girl LOVES making mud pies and flower potions and always seems to be leaving a mess everywhere so my hope was that perhaps the mess can be contained a little better with a dedicated play area, not to mention I knew she’d love it!
The goal for this project was also to use scrap wood or things we had at home! The only thing we bought was some utensils and bowls from our local thrift store. Total spent on this project: $6. Not bad, hey?! I’ll include a shopping list at the end of this post, but we had all these things at home already.
Anyways, enough of that, here it is! You can view video of the process on my Instagram Highlights HERE.
Any questions! Let me know in the comments!
We would love to see your mud kitchens so please share with us by tagging us on Instagram @sobrighthome or email them to jackie@sobrighthome.com
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We had all these products/tools at home, but here are the links for your reference. I’m not sure why the Chalk Board paint is priced the way it is, but we got ours at a much more affordable price at Home Hardware.
