Heritage Discovery Bags

Heritage discovery bag

To complement a range of interpretation panels and activities, we developed a collection of heritage discovery bags for the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Shrewsbury. The bags were carefully designed to support family engagement with the stained glass collection. With a strong remit on sustainability, we worked with the project team to make […]

Audio Trail Activity

Audio trail design work

We supported the Canal and River Trust Explorers Team in designing an audio trail activity for Finsley Gate Wharf. This resource was created to inspire and engage school groups visiting the site. The audio trail design involved recording voice actor transcripts, creating supporting activity sheets, and printing character designs as aluminium signage. We used audio […]

Illustrated Dee Valley Characters

illustrated characters

These characters have been developed by our illustrator, Matt Buckingham as part of a Heritage Lottery-funded project named Our Picturesque Landscape. They are being used for activities and games based on the Dee Valley for local KS2 pupils in the area.

Church Heritage Interpretation

church heritage interpretation

The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Shrewsbury is home to world-renowned medieval stained glass installations. The Churches Conservation Trust commissioned us to create a range of heritage interpretation resources to help engage young children with this fabulous collection. We’ve designed 3 hand-made jigsaws and 6 children’s interpretation boards to complement the existing adult-focused displays. The boards […]

Children’s Mindfulness Publication

Success Club Booklet 'A Moment of Calm'

We worked with the Success Club to design and illustrate a children’s mindfulness publication. ‘A Moment of Calm’ offers children simple strategies for a more successful day. The publication has been put together for year 6 pupils to promote wellness and relaxation. Strategies include mindfulness, breath work and visualisation. Our illustrator, Matt Buckingham created a range […]

Children’s Stained Glass Discovery Booklet

church interpretation booklet

A children’s stained glass discovery booklet created for the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Shrewsbury. The Churches Conservation Trust commissioned us to write, illustrate and produce a children’s booklet to support engagement with the stained glass windows. The church is now the only complete medieval church in Shrewsbury. It’s home to a world-renowned collection of […]

Water Safety Storybook

Quack quack two steps back

Muddy Publishing and illustrator Matt Buckingham worked with the Canal & River Trust on a vital water safety campaign. We produced a storybook to teach young children about staying safe around canals and rivers. ‘Quack, Quack Take Two Steps Back‘ is created in consultation with parents and carers. The book is designed to take children […]

Sankey Canal Learning Resource

Learning Resource Design

Muddy Publishing worked with the Sankey Canal Restoration Society (SCRS) to produce an educational learning resource pack for Key Stage 1 and 2 children. Each primary school in the St Helens Borough was presented with a copy of the educational pack including an extra display poster to inspire pupils to create some wonderful projects! We […]

Sorting Office Maths Resources

The Sorting Office Maths Challenge is a collection of maths-themed resources created in collaboration with The Postal Museum, London. The package of work consists of interactive PDFs, video clips, printable activity sheets and interactive PowerPoints all designed to engage EYFS and KS1 students with the real-life context of how the post is collected, sorted and […]

Co-created School Film Project

Schools Creative Media Workshop

To celebrate 225 years of the Swansea Canal, we teamed up with the Canal & River Trust and the Swansea Canal Society to deliver a series of creative workshops to four schools in the Swansea Valley. For this film project, we worked with KS2 children to co-create a short digital media production inspired by their local […]