Edible Mud Pies

This is such a fun and easy way to welcome spring.  I did this with my preschoolers, and they had a ball!  That's also why there's only a beginning picture and an end.  The middle got messy, and I couldn't take pictures of their cute hands making the messes.

You need:

3 mini pie tins
2 c. sand (graham cracker crumbs)
4 T. swamp water (melted butter)
1 package prepared mud (chocolate pudding)
dirt (crushed chocolate Oreos.  I used 2 rows of the package)
grass (tinted coconut)
worms (gummy worms)

Combine the sand and swamp water.  Pat 1/3 of the mixture into each tin.  Spoon 1/3 of the mud into each pie tin.  Cover with 1/3 of the crushed Oreos.  Sprinkle on grass.  Add worms where they want to go. 

To tint coconut, put about a cup of coconut into a bag.  Add a couple drops of green food coloring.  Seal the bag, and shake to color the coconut.  Add more green food coloring to reach desired level of "grassiness."

When it's done, it will look more or less like this:

A messy, yummy project, perfect for little hands!