How Do You Make Crafts With Packing Peanuts?
Most people just throw packing peanuts away with no regard for how they can be used later. You and your child can make the following two crafts with packing peanuts. Not only will you be teaching your child about recycling, but she will also have something really cool to share with friends. Print the sun template provided here. Print one for each child doing the craft. You can choose to enlarge the picture with a copier (125 percent or so), if you want the sun to be bigger. Cut the template out. Glue it to a piece of poster board. Cut the template out again. Now the sun has a strong backing to support the packing peanuts used in the next couple of steps. Paint the packing peanuts. Use yellow paint for the pieces that will go in the circle. Use orange paint for the pieces that will be the sun rays. Allow the peanuts to dry for at least 10 minutes before moving on to the next step. Glue the peanuts to the sun in the appropriate places. Let dry. If you want your child to make a whole scen
