I wanted to share some experiments using these starch packing peanuts as a sculpting material. I simply just took a spray bottle of soapy water and started pinching, stacking, wetting, stacking around some bamboo spines, making sure to let each layer dry completely before applying the next layer. If you don’t wait or use too much water it will melt into a horrible mess.

Also letting it try completely means less overall shrink/breakage and It becomes pretty stiff once dried. I again want to note that I did have some issues where I let it get thin towards the back and since it contracts a good bit while drying you might get a few holes like this. You can go back and fill/back them with more wet peanuts if needed.

Check out my other video on these starch nuts:

Starch mâché?

Update: In short, this a terrible idea because once the starch gets enough water to break down it seems to cascade until it has not much left. It would be kind of neat to use them in a project that degrades over time. But please take that into consideration.

Thanks for letting me share this with you and please take care of each other.