A fun way for kids to play with mud and clay are to mix seed bombs. The seed bombs are a mix of compost, clay and seeds which will grow into wildflowers that are friendly to bees, birds, bugs and butterflies.
My children learnt how to make wildflower seed bombs when we went to a botanical weekend event at Wakehurst – Kew Garden’s country estate in West Sussex. 
To make wildflower seed bombs you need:
- Clay
- Compost
- Seeds
Choose seeds which are native to the area you live in and will give nature a helping hand.
Luce’s wildflower mix included wild carrot, buckwheat, sunflower, red campion and fiddlesneck seeds. Theo chose hollyhock, buckwheat, wild carrot, sunflower, red campion and fiddlesneck seeds.
You can also order or buy in a store a wildflower seed mix with native flowers and plants. Luce and Theo made their seed bombs at Wakehurst with Josie Jeffery, the founder of Seedfreedom.
How to make wildflower seed bombs:
In a bowl you need to mix with your hands five parts clay with one part compost. Place aside one part seeds.
Then combine the clay and compost with your hands until they are mixed well together. Add a few drops of water if you need to make it a little bit moist to shape it.
Add the seeds and mix in as if you’re making dough for cookies. Once the mix is well combined then roll it into small balls that fit in the palm of the hand.
Let the balls dry overnight or for longer.
Then find areas to place your wildflower seed bombs where they will provide beauty and help wildlife. When it rains the clay will break down and the seeds will start growing. If your kids have an outdoors mud kitchen this is a perfect recipe to help wildlife. Of course, this is also a fun project for adults as well. With kids you can place the wild flower seed bomb balls in abandoned spots and then watch your secret garden grow.
I really want to create some wild flower areas in our garden, a project for next year perhaps, and I love the sound of this activity. What a great way to get the kids involved 🙂
I remember doing something like this in an event in Bristol! My son loved it so much as it involved him getting dirty!
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Love the sound of these, such a great, fun idea #CountryKids
Thanks Mary – we’re planning to make some more seed bombs this spring.
What a wonderful idea, this is definitely going on my list of things to do at Activity Hour, I’d love to encourage some wild flower areas at Coombe Mill and we have the perfect outdoor mud kitchen to get creating. I’m sure we have some clay areas round by the lake I can use to gather the clay too. Thank you so much for the idea and sharing your fun making them over on #CountryKids.
It’s muddy and fun and creates beauty and a home for wildlife! So happy to hear that it would be a fun activity at Coombe Mill!
I am SO doing this!!! This is perfect for us!! Thank you so much for sharing. #CountryKids
It’s fun for both us adults and kids. Hope you enjoy!