What is this cornstarch stuff, you ask? They are biodegradable packing peanuts made out of cornstarch, great for the environment. My kids just went to our local library and did a fun project there that used these cornstarch packing peanuts to make fun animal pets.
First, you dip the cornstarch peanut onto a sponge that is soaked in water. (Don’t dip the peanut directly in water or it will dissolve and be mush.) Then stick two peanuts together. They start to take shape and you can put more together to make really any shape you want. We made a snake and a horse. After they made their animals, they pulled them apart and made something new. You could use them to make a rocket, or house, or flowers.
To get your own Cornstarch Packing Peanuts, you can usually get them in white from an office supply store, or order them in white and in color at an online packaging supply place. Also, Magic Nuudles is a company that sells them online, as well as showing lots of different projects to be made. Or here’s some at PeekaGreen too.
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How cool!! I never knew that, I will definitely pass this one along.
That is so cute!
That is so cute — and creative. I would have just thrown them away. You’re daring too — are you doing it on white carpet? No wait, that’s your counter. Anyway — cute idea! Cute kids too — I love your blog!
Fun idea – who would’ve thunk!
Marie – I can’t get over what great ideas you have! I love looking at your blog – cute kids and you are always doing fun stuff with them. Hope you are doing well. Love ya
Amy (kotter)
As a mother of 3 boys, I used these dissolving packing peanuts for a “target” in the toilet. It was an easy way to teach them how to “aim” and now that they are older they do amazingly well…
Thanks for the comments everyone. I love Lori’s idea about the toilet target. These would be a nice big target to aim for potty training practice.
Where do you buy the colorful dissolving packing peanuts? Thanks
We have bags of these for sale at reCREATE Eco Art Center… they are all white – but you can color them with washable markers and the color stays! Much less expensive at $1.00 / bag! http://www.recreate.org
We can ship them cheap too (they don’t weight much!).
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