Mudpuppy Palace

11/19/2025

🎉 We’re excited to launch a brand-new fundraiser with another amazing Indiana-based organization — A Blend Above! 🎉

This partnership gives our supporters a delicious way to help sustain Marty’s Mobile Mudroom, our traveling STEAM & nature-based learning lab serving schools and communities across the region. 🌱🧪🚐

A Blend Above offers everything you need for upcoming holiday gatherings — dips, drinks, desserts, gourmet oils, rubs, baked goods, pasta dinners, and more! Their mixes are made with natural ingredients, no MSG, gluten-free, and contain no preservatives.

✨ Why shop?
✔️ No order minimum
✔️ Ships directly to your door
✔️ 50% of every purchase goes straight back to Mudpuppy Palace
✔️ Every $500 raised = one free Field FLIP (Field Learning & Immersive Play) for a local school or organization

Your support helps us keep hands-on, high-quality learning accessible for kids throughout our region. 💚

🗓️ Fundraiser runs through 12/16 so everything arrives just in time for the holidays!
🎁 Shop, share, and support a great cause — we appreciate you more than you know!

https://fundraising.ablendabove.com/pages/store?code=2NKY3W-V5C

A Blend Above Fundraising

11/18/2025

A heartfelt thank you to the Posey County Community Foundation for their generous support of Mudpuppy Palace and Marty’s Mobile Mudroom. Their funding will allow Posey County elementary schools to receive Field FLIP (Field Learning & Immersive Play) experiences at no cost, bringing hands-on learning straight to their campuses.

A Field FLIP is our “field trip in reverse”—we come to you! Students dive into specially curated STEAM stations, nature-based activities, investigations, and creativity that turn ordinary school days into unforgettable learning adventures. 🌿🦗🔬

If you’re interested in bringing a Field FLIP to your location, we’d love to connect. Send us a message for details or scheduling information!

💚 Muddy Hands, Happy Hearts! 💚

11/18/2025

🌟 A HUGE thank you to the Gibson County Community Foundation! 🌟

We are incredibly grateful for their generous grant award, which will provide 10 Gibson County schools with a Field FLIP (Field Learning & Immersive Play) experience at absolutely no cost to the school. This support helps us continue bringing hands-on, nature-based learning and STEAM exploration directly to students through Marty’s Mobile Mudroom!

A Field FLIP is our version of an “un-field-trip”—a fully mobile, interactive learning adventure brought right to your location. Participants rotate through specially curated activities filled with science investigations, nature exploration, creativity, and curiosity-driven fun… without ever leaving campus. 🌱🔍✨

If you’re an educator and would like more information—or want to reserve a Field FLIPs—please reach out! We would love to bring this experience to your learners too!

💚 Muddy Hands, Happy Hearts! 💚

10/19/2025

10/19/2025

Be sure to look up if you’re outside after dark this week!

We have a rare opportunity to see not one, but two comets, in addition to an ongoing meteor shower all on the same nights!

Here's the breakdown with info you need to know:

✅Comet C/2025 A6 LEMMON is naked eye visible. You should look on the western horizon about 30-60 minutes after sunset for best viewing. View it NOW through about October 24th.

✅The Orionids Meteor shower peaks on the evening of October 20th / morning of the 21st. You can see between 10-20 meteors per hour. There is no one set direction to look, but we recommend laying down and letting your eyes adjust to the night sky for 20 minutes to maximize viewing potential.

✅Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN is not naked eye visible. You will need a telescope or a pair of binoculars to see it. Look on the west-southwest horizon about 30-60 minutes after sunset for best viewing potential.

➡️Best night(s) to view all three will be October 19th, 20th, and 21st!

10/19/2025

🎃👻 Thank you to everyone who stopped by Mudpuppy Palace’s Haunted Swamp at the Expressway AutoMall Trunk or Treat! We had a spooky good time sharing scares, laughs, and some Goblin eyeballs with you all! AND we’re thrilled to say we won Fan Favorite Trunk! 🏆💀

🕯️Missed your chance to wade through the Haunted Swamp? Don’t worry — it’ll rise again next weekend at our Haunted History Tour along the Mt. Vernon Riverfront! 🌊

🎟️ Entry to the Haunted Swamp is FREE with the purchase of a tour ticket!
Join us for ghostly tales, local lore, and eerie encounters you won’t soon forget!

Register here:
https://www.mudpuppypalace.org/event-details-registration/haunted-history-tour

10/17/2025

It’s a beautiful day for pumpkin play with pre-school!

Message us for more info about our Field FLIPS. We come to you! 🚐💜💚🧡

10/17/2025

We promise, you want to come! 👻

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🕯️✨ Step Into Mount Vernon’s Haunted History ✨🕯️

Experience an evening where local history and legend intertwine along the beautiful Riverbend Park riverfront.

Join Mudpuppy Palace and the Posey County Council on Aging for the Mount Vernon Riverfront Haunted History Tour — a guided walk sharing true stories, folklore, and the mysteries of the Underground Railroad that helped shape our town’s past.

It’s not just spooky… it’s storytelling that connects us to those who walked these same streets centuries ago. 🌙

📅 Saturday, October 25 | 6–9 PM
📍 Riverbend Park | 129 E. Water St., Mount Vernon, IN
🎟️ Tickets & Details: mudpuppypalace.org

Come explore the past — and maybe meet a few spirits who never left. 👻

10/04/2025

Such a great day at the EVs 4 EVVeryone event at Wesselman Woods today. We had a great time making new friends 😊

07/27/2025

🌱 Muddy Buddies Magic! 🌱

We had a great turnout at yesterday’s first Muddy Buddies event — thank you to all the families, friends, and curious little explorers who joined us for a morning of hands-on learning, laughter, and fun! 💚🪴🧑‍🍳

From touring the community garden to whipping up tasty snacks, our Muddy Buddies got a full taste of the “soil to supper” journey — and let’s just say the smiles (and messy hands!) said it all! 😄🌿

Stay tuned for our next class registration… we can’t wait to learn with you again soon!

07/25/2025

🎉 TOMORROW — Join us for a Muddy Buddies class designed for ALL AGES! 🌱✨

From tiny tots to curious grownups, this hands-on session is packed with fun, learning, and a little dirt! 🐾👩‍🍳🌻

📍 Explore the garden
🍓 Harvest fresh ingredients
👨‍🍳 Create a delicious seasonal snack
🌿 Discover how food goes from roots to recipes!

🎟️ Use code FIRSTCLASS at checkout to save $2 per ticket!

From Roots to Recipes