Packing Peanut Clouds

Locryn’s biology/nature adventure today was on clouds!! For those who are new to this blog, Locryn is our near three year old. While the Kitchen family remains quarantined at home for the COVID19 pandemic, we are enjoying the time and space to slow down and teach our son some of the amazing things in the world around us. Most importantly how everything in nature has a job to do and how that job influences everything else.

We discussed how clouds turn black when they are full with moisture and ready to rain. The rain helps water the plants around us which helps them grow. As the plants grow, they help produce clean air for us to breathe and fruits and vegetables to eat.

Supplies needed to build your packing peanut clouds: Packing peanuts, pipe cleaners, push pins, clear fishing line, scissors.

How to build your own packing peanut clouds:

1. String packing peanuts on the pipe cleaners. We put about 10 peanuts on each pipe cleaner.

2. Bend the peanut filled pipe cleaner into a circle and twist the ends together to hold it in place.

3. Take a second peanut filled pipe cleaner and bend it into a circle around another circular peanut pipe cleaner. Use the ends to hold it together and to the other circle. You have a cloud!

4. Tie a piece of clear fishing line to a push pin, tie the other end to your cloud.

5. Hang your clouds from the ceiling! We hung Locryn’s clouds over his bedroom reading chair! (A special shout out to Locryn’s Nini for the idea of hanging the clouds from his bedroom ceiling!)

ENJOY!