Mudpies & Mischief Outdoor Playgroup

Mudpies & Mischief Outdoor Playgroup Mudpies & Mischief is an outdoor stay-and-play group for ages 0-5 in Ivybridge, Plymouth!
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Happy 4th Birthday to Mudpies! 🎂 🎈 🥳 Here’s some photos of our first day set up four years ago 🤎
05/06/2026

Happy 4th Birthday to Mudpies! 🎂 🎈 🥳

Here’s some photos of our first day set up four years ago 🤎

A Glastonpies staple: Sand Ice Cream 🍦 What toppings shall we add to our Ice Cream Stand?Join us tomorrow (Friday 5th Ju...
04/06/2026

A Glastonpies staple: Sand Ice Cream 🍦

What toppings shall we add to our Ice Cream Stand?

Join us tomorrow (Friday 5th June) to kick off our Festival theme at Mudpies! Click the link in the bio to book 🤎 🌈 ☮️

Good morning on this slightly breezier sunny day! ☀️🙏🏼The shade sails are back up and we’ll have plenty of water play ou...
27/05/2026

Good morning on this slightly breezier sunny day! ☀️🙏🏼

The shade sails are back up and we’ll have plenty of water play out for today’s session 💦

If your little ones love getting wet, we’d definitely recommend swimwear or bringing a spare change of clothes.

The café inside the Leisure Centre is also well worth a visit before your session for iced lattes, smoothies, milkshakes and ice lollies 🍦

And don’t forget hats and sun cream! ☀️🧢

🤎 HALF TERM REMINDERS 🤎As we head into a busy half term at Mudpies, here are a few helpful reminders and FAQs before you...
22/05/2026

🤎 HALF TERM REMINDERS 🤎

As we head into a busy half term at Mudpies, here are a few helpful reminders and FAQs before your visit!

This will likely be our last holiday period where all sessions are fully mixed age.
From this Summer, we’ll be trialling a combination of mixed age sessions alongside younger children sessions during the holidays, with the aim of creating a calmer and more tailored experience for everyone. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this, so please feel free to comment with any feedback below!

You may also spot a couple of new faces at sessions over half term as we welcome Laura and Morgan to the Mudpies team as qualified Play Leaders, joining lovely Bea who has been running sessions alongside me for the past couple of years 🤎 Once they’re settled in, we’ll share a proper introduction post so everyone can say hello!

A few important reminders before your visit:

🌿 ALL children must remain supervised at all times, regardless of age. Please make sure your little ones are always within sight and that you’re able to help if needed.

🌿 Please make sure all rubbish goes in the bin. Wipes, cups, wrappers and general rubbish all help us hugely when disposed of properly.

🌿 Mudpies is all about free play and imagination, which means children are often encouraged to move resources between stations as part of their play and that’s absolutely okay!

Some activities however, particularly the stations under the pergola (tuff tray set ups, table set up, mud kitchens) we ask for resources to stay at these stations (for example, playdough accessories) to help prevent items getting lost or damaged and so everyone can continue to enjoy them. We really appreciate your support with this.

🌿 The final 10 minutes of each session is tidy-up time, signalled by the bell. It makes such a difference when both children and grown ups help out with even small jobs, like picking items up from the floor or returning resources to the correct station where possible 🤎

🌿 Please encourage children to treat our equipment, resources and each other with kindness and respect.
As Mudpies is primarily designed for under 5s, it can help to have a quick chat with older siblings beforehand about being mindful of younger children in the space. That said, we absolutely LOVE welcoming our bigger children too as they always bring the most creative ideas and imaginative play with them, but we request that rough play and running around in the space is saved for outside the play area 🤎

🌿 We do not currently have on-site food and drink facilities at Mudpies (hopefully soon!), however there is a takeaway café inside the leisure centre that you can visit before you head down to us, and you are also very welcome to bring your own food and drinks to enjoy during your visit.

We kindly ask that all food and drinks are consumed on the benches away from the play set ups. We’re having to clean increasing amounts of food and spillages from the equipment which is not only unpleasant, but also poses a risk to children attending with allergies.

Finally, a huge thank you to all of our lovely Mudpiers who already follow these guidelines so well and help keep Mudpies a fun, safe and welcoming space for everyone. We simply like to share these reminders ahead of busy holiday periods, especially as we welcome lots of new families to sessions too 😊

For general FAQ’s about our sessions, please visit the post linked below.

We can’t wait to welcome you all for a fun-filled half term at Mudpies! 🤎

🥳🎈Party with Mudpies! 🎈 🥳 Our party package has been updated! To enquire about a party, please email Mudpiesandmischief@...
15/05/2026

🥳🎈Party with Mudpies! 🎈 🥳

Our party package has been updated!

To enquire about a party, please email [email protected]

🌊 🏴‍☠️ 🧜🏻‍♀️ IT’S PIRATE & MERMAID MAY! 🏴‍☠️ 🧜🏻‍♀️ 🌊 Ahoy mateys! Mudpie sessions for May are now live and ready to book...
05/05/2026

🌊 🏴‍☠️ 🧜🏻‍♀️ IT’S PIRATE & MERMAID MAY! 🏴‍☠️ 🧜🏻‍♀️ 🌊

Ahoy mateys!
Mudpie sessions for May are now live and ready to book!
Our weekly schedule is still a little mixed this month, but there is at least one session for every day of the week spread across the month, so we’re hoping you’ll be able to find a day that suits you!

BOOK YOUR SESSION HERE https://bookwhen.com/mudpiesandmischief

Sessions during May half term will still be open to all ages (up to 8 years), and we will be looking at trialling some separate toddler and preschool sessions during the summer holidays

This theme is not one to miss, hope to see you soon!

🌟It’s poll time!🌟It’s that time of year again…I’ve created a quick poll to help plan our sessions going forward. I love ...
27/04/2026

🌟It’s poll time!🌟

It’s that time of year again…I’ve created a quick poll to help plan our sessions going forward. I love a good poll.
CLICK HERE TO VOTE https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAUEgeeQwm_uRjtafyoVdgfhSurE6VBse_7xqrYoo7rmzc5g/viewform

During the holidays we’ll be running sessions most days, but in term time I’ll be focusing on the most popular 3-4 days…so your vote really matters!

👉 Please select all the days you’d be able to attend
👉 If you don’t vote, your preferred day might not make the cut
👉 And please only vote once so results stay fair

I’ve also snook in a question about how we run our school holiday sessions (age ranges), as I know this can make a big difference to your experience.

Just an FYI, if we move to split age sessions, younger siblings would still be welcome in the older children’s sessions but older children wouldn’t be able to attend the younger sessions.
This helps keep the environment safe and suitable for little ones.

✨ Saturday sessions will always remain mixed age, whatever option we go with

Your feedback genuinely helps shape what Mudpies looks like going forward, so thank you so much for taking a minute to vote

Hi everyone! ☀️🌿I’ve just released a session for Friday 1st May, 10:30am–12pm now available to book via the link in the ...
27/04/2026

Hi everyone! ☀️🌿
I’ve just released a session for Friday 1st May, 10:30am–12pm now available to book via the link in the bio!

Just a little reminder to those that haven’t seen previous posts, I’m not quite in a position to release a full schedule just yet while I finish training and welcoming play leaders back.
As soon as I can confidently guarantee that all sessions are fully covered, I’ll be able to share a full timetable again.

For now, I’ll continue to release sessions on an ad-hoc basis to avoid any risk of cancellations. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding 🤎

Hi everyone! I’ve just released a session for this Friday 17th April, now available to book via the link in our bio ✨I’m...
15/04/2026

Hi everyone!

I’ve just released a session for this Friday 17th April, now available to book via the link in our bio ✨

I’m really sorry it’s only one session this week. To be completely transparent, we’re still a play leader down, it’s the Easter holidays (and childcare has been a bit of a juggle over here 😅), and I’m also busy training our two amazing new play leaders behind the scenes.

The last couple of months have been a bit quieter than usual, and I know we haven’t been able to offer as many sessions as we’d all like, which I truly appreciate your patience with 🤎

The good news is we’ll be back with a bang very soon (just slightly later than planned), with more sessions than ever!

I’d absolutely love to see you on Friday if you can make it, and if not, a full month’s schedule will be coming your way very soon!

Thank you as always for your continued support

Jayde x

MARCH SESSION UPDATEUnfortunately our play leader is currently on emergency leave due to a family matter, and we’re unab...
27/02/2026

MARCH SESSION UPDATE

Unfortunately our play leader is currently on emergency leave due to a family matter, and we’re unable to cover the March sessions.
Because of this, we’ve made the difficult decision to pause all Mudpies sessions throughout March while we give Mudpies some much-needed TLC behind the scenes.

All booked parties will still go ahead as planned, and we are continuing with the recruitment of our new play leader.

We’re really sorry for any disappointment caused, and truly appreciate your understanding.

Rest assured… we’ll be back in April, or earlier if circumstances allow 🤎

Anyone with a session booked for tomorrow or later in March has been contacted by email. If you haven’t seen it, please check your inbox (and junk folder) or pop us a message.

Jayde & the Mudpies team

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Ivybridge Leisure Centre, Leonards Road
Ivybridge
PL210SL

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