activities with packing wotsits?

[busmother]

I know you can buy the puffed corn wotsit things that you get as packing in parcels for craft activities. So, since I've received a large number of them in the post - any suggestions as to what we can do with them? I don't even know what they're properly called, so have had no luck in googling.

[pimento]

I call them packing peanuts... how about this? http://www.mrsec.psu.edu/education/nano ... eanuts.pdf

[t&n's mummy]

My nephew has buckets of them, he generally uses them with his play farm as food/beds/ stuff to scoop with tractors. It is messy. Not sure about craft activities though, Pinterest?

[DandelionFrosting]

Jumping in boxes of them is lots of fun! Sorry, I can't think of any crafts, either. I've always wanted to try floating a bunch of them in the bath, though.

[pirate_han]

At our local art cafe they do an activity called 'noodle doodle' where you stick those onto a pre-designed colouring page to make a 3D picture (so you stick the small circular end). We have one in the k-room of a sheep that B did. At the art cafe you just dip them in water and they stick - no idea if they are special craft ones or if you can do the same with normal ones? If not glue!

[felizefun]

At our local art cafe they do an activity called 'noodle doodle' where you stick those onto a pre-designed colouring page to make a 3D picture (so you stick the small circular end). We have one in the k-room of a sheep that B did. At the art cafe you just dip them in water and they stick - no idea if they are special craft ones or if you can do the same with normal ones? If not glue!

Ooh DD has those. They are called maze. Never knew they were Made of the same material as packing peanuts.