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Making your own celery salt is a great way to create a zero waste product, especially when using the leaves of your own homegrown celery. It is very easy to make celery salt from celery leaves in just a few steps. Celery Salt Homemade celery salt, and celery powder, are great products to have on hand while establishing a zero waste product from your own fresh produce. To make celery salt from celery leaves, all you need are the leaves off ...
This easy and refreshing homemade Strawberry Lemonade, made from fresh fruit, is lovely to drink on a hot day. Strawberry Lemonade This drink is so easy to make, all you need is lemon juice, fresh strawberries that have been pureed, a sweetener of your choice such as sugar, honey or maple syrup, water and ice. It has both a sweet and a tart flavour, that makes this non-alcoholic drink a great beverage for the whole family. Notes: ...
Ants are everywhere and kids love to watch these tiny creatures running around in the garden. Now they can bring the ants inside with this cute ant paper craft. Ant Paper Craft Check out the list of materials that we use with these printables. To make these Ants, you will need: Coloured craft paper Pencil Pen Scissors Craft Glue Ant Template To Make These Ants, you will need to: Take the piece of coloured ...
This Little Miss Muffet printable pack is aimed at children in kindergarten and preschool and includes over 80 pages of fun and learning. Materials Needed white paper printer laminator colouring pencils scissors lead pencils eraser binder ring Little Miss Muffet Printable Pack First appearing in a 'Songs for the Nursery' collection in 1805, Dr. Thomas Muffet, a physician and entomologist, is attributed to ...
Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist, written by Christine Evans, is a lovely story about the amazing girl who loved insects. When young, Evelyn wanted to be a vet, but couldn't attend the college to get her degree as it wasn't open to women. After being offered a job as the first woman curator of the London Zoo's insect house, her love of insects amplified. Following her new found passion, Evelyn went on to travel the world, researching and ...
The decline of the bee population is putting us at risk. Without these little creatures, our gardens - our food supply - would not grow. We all need to do our part in helping bees thrive. The best thing you can do at home is to ensure that your garden is bee-friendly so you can help the bees without further damaging their population. Here are some tips to help you create a bee-friendly garden. Create a Bee-Friendly Garden Here are a ...
Ambrosia salad is a classical dish which is a lovely variation on the traditional fruit salad. If you haven't tried Ambrosia Salad, you are in for a treat. Ambrosia Salad There are many different variations on this salad, from different fruits, to whipped cream to cool whip instead of sour cream. Though the fruit in this salad is all tinned, you can use fresh if desired. I have on occasion and have loved it. With the marshmallows, I use the ...
To learn more about Australia, this Australia Lapbook contains lots of fun and interesting elements. It is a great hands-on activity for children to learn about this unique country and its history. Check out the list of materials that we use with these printables. Australia Lapbook This Australia lapbook is a great way for children who love a hands-on approach to learning, learn about this country and its ...
A fun way to work on fine motor skills is with this fine motor alphabet dice that contains six different skills for all uppercase and lowercase letters. Fine Motor Alphabet Dice Check out the list of materials that we use with these printables. This pack contains two different dice for each letter of the alphabet. One dice contains building blocks, pattern blocks and snap cubes. The other dice contains playdough, dab-a-dot letters and ...
We have been growing our own celery for a while now and somehow we have ended up with a ton of the stuff. To store celery, I have frozen some and dehydrated some as well. Here are some great tips on how to dehydrate celery. Dehydrating Celery The great thing about dehydrating celery is that it is an easy process that requires minimal effort that doesn't require space in the fridge or freezer to keep it. As celery is an ingredient used in ...