Read a review of Muddy Pig at the bottom of this page...
Activity – exploring the texture of paint through role play ..
You will need
Photocopy of pig paint template
Foam
Strong adhesive or glue gun
Pink wool
Sticky back plastic or laminator
Children will need
Large piece of brown each Brown paint – ideally powder paint
Pig paint stamper
Optional – green drinking straws
Scissors and stick glue.
Make the pig paint stampers before offering craft to children
Photocopy the pig template, one for each child. Colour in and cut out. Cover with sticky back plastic or laminate. Fold pig in half down the centre line and fold out the bottom flaps by the trotters so that he stands upright (you may need to use a rolling pin to crease these folds if laminated). Place a small piece of pink wool in the tail area and glue the pig body together securing the tail inside at the same time (Dia .1) Cut a small piece of foam to fit under the bottom flap. Stamper is now ready to get mucky! Ask the children to cut out a rough puddle shaped piece of brown paper, for pig to wallow and snuffle around on. Mix some thick textured powder paint or alternatively add a medium such as sand or flour to ready mixed poster paint to achieve a thickish consistency. You could at this point add some short lengths of green drinking straws ect – to represent plant roots for the child’s pig to root up and eat! Allow the children to spoon blobs onto their puddle paper. Pig can now wander over the puddle digging with his snout and sploshing with his trotters! Guide him over the puddle spreading the muddy paint around as he goes! Talk about where pigs live and if the children have ever seen real pigs before. Stick on a parent/carer information label to explain what the children have been doing.
Parent/carer information label
Name________________
My pig is dirty because
he went through the
Muddy puddle.
Pig Paint stamper template. Opens in a new window
Fold pig in half down centre line.
Put pink wool tail inside and glue whole body together.
Fold bottom flaps outwards to make him stand
13th February 2006 This review has been kindly given to us by
KarismaKandles & her children!
Both kids looked at the site over the weekend. Patrick who is 8 and Heather who is 10.
Our house is now covered in baby boxes and muddy pigs. They loved it.
Found it really easy to use. I showed patrick it first and as soon as heather came in he was falling over himself to show her. I didnt hear anything from them for a couple of hours (bliss!!!) could just hear the printer going twenty to the dozen thought it was going to fall off the table at one point.
Both children thought it would be great to use at school have you though about allowing schools to use the site. maybe going into the schools to do crafty sessions with the kids and sending home a voucher to use in the online store once it is up and running.
You will need
Photocopy of pig paint template
Photocopy the pig template, one for each child. 
Colour in and cut out. Cover with sticky back plastic or laminate. 
