The grubbiest, muddiest, dirtiest event of the year is BACK for October school holidays – Muddy Hands Festival!

Packed with nature-themed activities and two massive mud pits, this FREE family-friendly event gives kids the chance to explore, play, get messy, and embrace the great outdoors! This free event takes place on Friday 3 October 2025.

Try your hand at sculpting, crafting potions and seed bombs, building cubbies, becoming the next generation’s pollinator – or just see where your muddy hands and imagination take you.

Muddy Hands Festival activities include:

• Nature potions and tinkering
• Sunflower bee bombs or nature art activity
• Geocaching
• Mud pits
• Mud kitchens
• Cultural education
• Bee hotels and pollinator activity
• Evelyn Roth Nylon Zoo
• Lawn games
• Clay creatures
• Nature crowns 
• Mobile cubbies
• Aboriginal message stones
• Drumming circle, junk yard music
• Aboriginal Education and Kauwanu Tamaru
• City of Tea Tree Gully Waste Challenge

.Additionally, six food vendors will be available to satisfy all your snack, coffee and lunch needs. Or, you can take your own food and drink.

A mud wash-off station will be available, however, it’s recommended to bring towels and spare clothing for children

THIS IS A FREE EVENT. Registration or tickets are not required.   

Don’t be a stick in the mud… spend your school holidays rolling around in it!

Proudly presented by the City of Tea Tree Gully and Nature Play SA

FIND OUT MORE HERE     

For more information and all enquiries please visit the City of Tea Tree Gully website or follow the Facebook event page for updates.

What:   Muddy Hands Festival 

When:    Friday 3 October 2025 | 10am-3pm

Where:   Golden Fields, Golden Grove

Who:   Toddlers, children & families

At Play & Go Adelaide we make every effort to provide accurate information to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. We recommend confirming times, dates and details directly before making any plans as details may be subject to change.

Image Source: City of Tea Tree Gully website

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