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Mud, glorious mud

We've asked childcare experts and parenting professionals to compile the definitive list of things every child should experience before they reach double figures.

Girls in tunnelThings to do before you're 10

As expected, most of the ideas involve getting grubby, gooey, sticky, messy and muddy… but at least the stains will come out in the wash!

Nearly three quarters of children quizzed in our survey claimed they regularly avoid messy indoor and outdoor play because they worry about getting told off by their parents for getting their clothes dirty.

But now Surf excel is better than ever at removing stains including mud, grass and chocolate from 10 most dirt prone areas – so it's time to get stuck in...

The official list: 33 things kids should do before they're 10

  • Roll on your side down a grassy bank

  • Make a mud pie

  • Make your own modelling dough mixture

  • Collect frogspawn

  • Make perfume from flower petals

  • Grow cress on a windowsill

  • Make a papier mache mask

  • Build a sandcastle

  • Climb a tree

  • Make a den in the garden

  • Make a painting using your hands and feet

  • Organise your own teddy bears picnic

  • Have your face painted

  • Play with a friend in the sand

  • Make some bread

  • Make snow angels

  • Create a clay sculpture

  • Take part in a scavenger hunt

  • Camp out in the garden

  • Bake a cake

  • Feed a farm animal

  • Pick some berries

  • Play pooh sticks

  • Recognise five different bird species

  • Find some worms

  • Ride a bike through a muddy puddle

  • Make and fly a kite

  • Plant a tree

  • Build a nest out of grass and twigs

  • Find ten different leaves in the park

  • Grow vegetables

  • Make breakfast in bed for your parents

  • Make a mini assault course outdoors

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