Allen Meyer, 9, left, and his brother, Trysten, 11, pack the sides of a mud fort that they and others built Tuesday along the Kansas River north of Constant Park, near Sixth and Tennessee streets.

Today is International Mud Day, and Five Rivers MetroParks has announced that it will celebrate the occasion with a special celebration for children and families at Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark, 1301 E.

So what if your shoes will need a good clean? Alecsa Stewart explains how to embrace the challenge of a truly filthy off-road ...

Take a lot of dirt and some water, add preschoolers and some young-at-heart instructors, and you get some serious fun in the mud. “I got muds in my feet,” said 4-year-old Andrea Cardoso as she ...

Watch with me as I follow this little 10-year-old girl. It's fascinating. It's the late 1930s and almost all children ran around barefoot. There were several reasons for that, but the most important ...

A startup that wants to encourage kids to get excited about science and engineering, MudWatt, is now selling an affordable, fun (and, yes, a bit messy), science kit by way of Kickstarter that allows ...

For Magda Mahoney, the best part about International Mud Day was “everything.” The mud pools. The mud-covered tarps that acted as slides. The mud sculpting -- she just liked touching the stuff, and ...

An 11-year-old Ypsilanti Township boy was rescued by firefighters after he was trapped up to his ribs in a mud pit that was underneath loose sod in a yard. The boy's life was never at risk, said ...

Get down and dirty this Saturday, June 10 in Scottsdale at the free Mighty Mud Mania event at Chaparral Park. Though this event has been around for more than 40 years, it’s still relatively unique in ...