Research And Planning - Make Up Research: Fake Mud

All of characters need mud on their faces and costumes, but as we are smearing it on their faces it is important we use something which is not as unpleasant for the actors. I have been researching ways to create fake mud. Beth put forward the idea that we could use chocolate cake crumbs, as they have a similar look to dried mud. We could add water to make this look more believable. However, this would not stay on clothes and so I have looked online for a method to create mud which stays on clothes. I found a method on ehow (http://www.ehow.com/how_12062174_make-pretend-mud.html) which is simple to make and cheap to make also, therefore meaning we are not going to 'break into' our budget for this.