Our little Stompers' imaginations and creative energy flourished during our cold and wet February. They filled their time with us by exploring, socialising, climbing, jumping and balancing, with an energy that is always surprising to us no matter how challenging the weather is. I heard they were making apple pie in the wheel barrow....Yum! See you in April. Thanks for Stomping by!
Ever since I was little I had a close attachment with dirt. I loved making mud pies. I enjoyed digging for worms. There was something about squishing your fingers through the moist soil in search…
An African Safari blog which features news on leopards, lions, elephants, our camps as well as the rest of the Big 5 on Londolozi Game Reserve, bordering the Kruger National Park.
Oh yes, I was curious... The minute I saw this Retro Bologna Dip or Spread I just had to try it:@) The original post calls it Bologna Salad and uses it as a sandwich spread. Now, if I'm gonna have a bologna sandwich, I'll simplify life and add slices to bread:@) ~But~ if I'm interested in making a dip for football or holidays parties, well, then I'll break out the food chopper! The best part, one 8 oz pack of Oscar Mayer bologna at Dollar Tree approximately makes a party size 1 1/2 C of dip. Gotta love that. This is a highly customizable dip folks, like celery and relish? Add more. Grandmom make something similar with Miracle Whip? Go ahead and use that... Anything goes, and I think a little pimento would be pretty too. I estimated a third of a batch with 8 oz of bologna. Leftovers? Would probably be good on a bagel for breakfast:@) Retro Bologna Dip or Spread-from The Country Cook 1 1/2 lbs bologna, cut into chunks 1 hard boiled egg-can add more 1 stalk celery, chopped-can add more 2 tsp onion, finely chopped- can add more 2 tsp sweet pickle ~or~ dill pickle relish-can add more, I used sweet 3/4 C mayonnaise 1 Tblsp prepared yellow mustard Assorted crackers, sturdy potato chips, bagel chips, cocktail bread, celery stalks, etc Add bologna, egg, celery and onion to food processor. Use quick pulses to finely chop everything. Scrape down sides occasionally. Mix with relish, mayo and mustard. Make it how you'd like for it to taste. Stir in S&P to taste. Best if you can let mingle in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours. Serve with crackers, etc. Enjoy an old fashioned snack and have a happy day:@) I'm Joining: Wonderful Wednesday Creative Muster Full Plate Thursday A Morning Cup of Joe Weekend Potluck Handmade Monday
Behold! A vegan masterpiece! No, I am not exaggerating; this beautiful frittata/quiche has been a while in the making and after many attempts I have finally formulated the perfect recipe! The veget…
Building with sticks and playdough is a fun, inexpensive way to pass the time, develop fine motor skills, and foster creativity. My
This collar with extra secure click closure can be quickly opened with 2 fingers. Easy to adjust to the correct size of your dog's neck.
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Lazy summer afternoons are simply perfect for feeling relaxed around the kitchen table engaged in arts and crafts activities that awaken one’s senses and creativity. The homemade
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Mud Chuckers chuck mud! Recessed step-in area with rubber fingers on the sides and bottom brushes away dirt, mud and debris from the bottom and sides of shoes. Mud Chucker - the name says it all. Removes dirt, grass, snow, salt and general debris before it enters the building. Features pliable rubber finger-tips on side walls. This mat can be portable or made permanent thanks to it tough but light-weight material. Perfect for high-traffic entrances and exits to buildings where hygiene is important. Ideal for farming, exercise industries as well as for use at domestically at home when you have a particularly muddy garden!.
I am thinking of the beach today, yes I am. And flashing back to a flannelboard I used in Dirt, Sand, & Mud storytime. I used a clip-art image (available here) as a pattern to make my sandcastl…
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Our best ideas for enhancing your mud kitchen, messy play and outdoor sensory play!
When I was a little girl, creating fingerprint art was one of my favorite rainy day activities. I always get a kick
All our favorite farm sensory, fine motor, and art activities (slime, play dough trays, art project, craft projects, sensory table ideas) . Designed for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kiddos.
Hug Rug is the perfect addition to any entrance hall, porch, garden room or conservatory it just loves to be walked on. So people with green fingers – here is the “GREEN” product you've been waiting for! Designed to prevent you taking the garden mud into your house. Hug Rug Traps up to 95% of dust, wet mud and dirt – The special cotton fibres soak up moisture which reduces any slip hazards from wet floors and gets deep into the tread of shoes and paws, so protecting carpets and floors and reducing cleaning. They are easy to clean and become more absorbent with each wash. RECYCLED CONTENT MULTI-COLOUR STRIPE DESIGN 65CM x 85CM TRAPS UP TO 95% DUST DIRT AND MUD GENUINELY MANUFACTURED IN THE UK 100% RECYCLABLE WASHABLE AT 86°F SUSTAINABLE LIFECYCLE We all love the environment, nature and wildlife but we want to keep it in it’s rightful place OUTSIDE! So use this INDOOR barrier mat to keep it that way!
Your kids will love running their fingers over these fun tactile letters. Find lots of ideas to make DIY tactile cards for your literacy learning centers. JUST Purchase the printable cards No Time to
After reading about the sled dog who got into mud, your child can practice writing letters in pretend mud by using chocolate pudding. Of course, occasional licks are allowed! Arctic Adventures – Lesson 33 “I can write uppercase and lowercase letters.” Objective: To write uppercase and lowercase letters. (L.K.1) Materials: letter cards, large styrofoam tray, […]
It's Week 2 of my Personal PIGskin Challenge and here's a great dip truly worth making while we can still get some garden ripe tomatoes. Super simple and a big party favorite! I only ask one thing... don't hate me when you keep going back for "just one more bite":@) This recipe is from Paula Deen and I see many variations out there, but this one's just perfect to me! Note: If you choose to serve this with potato chips they need to be the sturdier "ridges" type. Pictured is a half batch and in true Paula fashion-it is dangerously good:@) BLT Dip 1 C mayonnaise 1 C sour cream Iceburg lettuce, shredded-chop it a bit too so there aren't long strings 2 large vine ripened tomatoes, seeded and diced 1 lb bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled-um yes, that does say 1 lb... Crackers, potato chips, tortilla chips, bagel chips, toast points, etc. for serving. -Mix mayo and sour cream, spread into bottom of pie plate or serving bowl. -Layer the lettuce, tomatoes and bacon. I said it was easy, right? My only tip would be, prepping ingredients separately ahead of time is fine, but assemble right before serving. Have a happy day! I'm joining: Foodie Friday Full Plate Thursday Seasonal Sunday
Stomping in the Mud Playgroup starts back on September 4th & 5th. We are looking forward to another year of stomping adventures...stay ...
Mud is a versatile and under-rated material, and lets face it there’s a lot of it about. It has (and still is in some parts of the world) been used for a huge variety of purposes by mankind for millennia, for building, medicinal and beauty purposes, and making pots to name just a few, and of course as a material for making art. Mud art has lots of advantages, it’s cheap, it gets you outdoors, and it also has an ancient lineage. Some of the very earliest artworks were created with mud – using it not only as a sculptural medium, but also as a pigment, because the colour of mud can vary hugely from yellow ochres, to rich red siena’s and dark umbers (all pigments which are traditionally derived from mud). Of course clay itself is essentially mud, and the best mud sculptures are made in areas where the soil naturally has a certain amount of clay in it, which helps it to hold and stick together. So, having found a nice muddy patch, how can you use it to create some artwork? Make mud sculptures – we did a hedgehog and a snail. You can of course further embellish your sculpture with anything else to hand, like sticks, stones, bits of broken pottery, snail shells (we have lots of those!) plant material or anything else. Our soil is rather sandy, which doesn’t make as good a material for sculpture – so we had to use a stone underneath to support the hedgehog shape (this is after all an important sculptural technique to learn) as otherwise it all tended to flop a bit. You can also easily create more abstract sculptures from balls of mud, stacking or arranging them, and then further embellishing them with other materials. If you’re really ambitious, you can use mud as a traditional building material (wattle and daub) by creating an underlying structure with twigs and sticks, mixing cut grass or straw into your mud, and ‘plastering’ it onto the structure beneath. Of course for real binding strength, daub would traditionally have contained animal dung, but you may not want to go to those lengths! This is basically the material that you would originally have found between the timbers of timber-framed houses. It’s light, strong, cheap and effective. Draw pictures and designs into the mud – and/or add colour with coloured leaves or berries (see the post on Land Art in the Spring). Smooth a rock or piece of wood with clay and watch decorative cracks develop as it dries out. You can use this technique on it’s own, or with others to create your artwork. Use mud with your fingers or with sticks as a paint to draw and paint designs on a rock surface. True prehistoric art! Try using your hand as a stencil to draw round or for creating hand and finger prints. Create plaster casts of a child’s or animal’s hand and foot prints in the mud. I vaguely remember doing this myself at school as a child. The technique is simple: place a ring of thin card around the print to hold the wet plaster, then when it has dried, remove the ring and brush off the mud. In spite of this apparent simplicity, I have to confess here that mine were a bit of a disaster. Never having worked with plaster of paris before, I mixed it far too runny so that it didn’t set. Still, I am undeterred, and shall try again! Use mud as ‘war’ or decorative body paint. When creating with mud, have plenty of water nearby, and mixing sticks and spades etc. as tools. Mud and water really go hand in hand, and only adds to the fun And finally, it hardly needs to be said: just make sure that old or protective clothes are worn and that hands, faces and anything else that gets muddy, are thoroughly washed afterwards.
This is a dangerous recipe folks... I could toss these little Seasoned Oyster Crackers into my mouth just as quickly as popcorn! I love a few things about them, they don't use processed dry ranch dressing mix, they call for less oil/fat (and I went a tad healthier and used half olive oil, might try all olive oil next time), everyone seems to like parmesan cheese and we here at Pig In Mud ~love~ dill, so, yea, they were a big hit:@) Mix well in a large bowl, store in zip top bag or Lock-N-Lock bowl for an hour and you will be enjoying this snack before you know it! Seasoned Oyster Crackers -Adapted from food.com 1/4 C vegetable oil-I used half extra virgin olive oil 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp sugar 1 Tblsp parmesan cheese-the grated kind in the can 2 tsp dried dill weed 12 oz oyster crackers Mix everything ~except crackers~ in large bowl. Add crackers, mix well with spatula. Store in plastic bag or tightly sealed bowl for at least one hour, shake occasionally. Snack well and have a happy day:@) I'm Joining: Wonderful Wednesday Creative Muster Creatively Crafty A Morning Cup of Joe Weekend Potluck Silver Pennies Sunday Handmade Monday Craftastic Monday
Want a meatless appetizer idea for the Super Bowl or your next get-together? How's this-Cornbread Jalapeno Poppers, simply bake cornbread in jalapenos! Whole corn gives it a little bite and while the cheese is great, I feel it's optional. The test batch turned into my dinner... just call me Earl:@) My jalapenos were cleaned well and this was a very mild, tasty finger food. If you like things hotter, just remove the seeds but leave the membranes in the peppers. Cornbread Jalapeno Poppers-from Quick'N Easy Recipes 12 medium/large jalapenos 1 box corn bread mix-plus ingredients on box 1 1/2 C shredded cheddar-1 C for batter, 1/2 C to sprinkle on top 1 C corn-fresh, frozen and thawed or canned and drained well Slice each jalapeno lengthwise and clean out the seeds and membrane-a melon baller works great. Mix cornbread per package directions. Stir in corn and 1 cup of cheddar. Fill each jalapeno with batter-just up to the top of the pepper-don't over fill. Place on baking sheet or dish-I covered my baking sheet with foil for easy clean-up. Sprinkle with remaining cheddar. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes or until the cornbread is firm and cooked through. Let cool a bit and enjoy! Notes: If they won't lay flat (want to roll to one side so the batter drips out) lean them against the side of the baking sheet or each other. I did use a from scratch cornbread recipe, and suggest that you don't cut back on the salt. You might even want to give them a light sprinkle of kosher salt once out of the oven too. If you have enough corn bread mix leftover that you're worried about wasting it, simply pour into a greased ramekin or cupcake pan and make a muffin or two for breakfast. Click HERE or the Stuffed Jalapeno label for more fun ideas! Have a happy day:@) I'm Joining: Cowgirl Up! Tuesday Talent Show The Creative Spark Transformation Thursday Full Plate Thursday Taste and Tell Thursday Foodie Friday
There are a lot of fun ways to teach this color! We learn about black during the month of January. Check out some of these great ideas! Painting with Wet Chalk (on black paper) from The Imagination Tree Black and White Process Art for Toddlers from Meri Cherry Dirt Paint from Fit Kids Clubhouse Just […]
Easy enough for kids of all ages, this colorful tissue paper art project uses bleeding tissue paper and snow to create one-of-a-kind paintings.
Boost The Fun With Your Outdoor Mud Kitchen With These Free Printable Mud Kitchen Recipes. From Dirt Pies To Sand Muffins These Recipes Encourage Screen Free Outdoor Sensory Play.
