As soon as I read this peeps experiment at Almost Unschoolers I knew we would have to give it a try! After all, we had a bunch of peeps left over from our Easter vase that we had to get rid of.
First, I let the kids drop a raw egg off the side of our deck to see what would happen.......
Then, I set out some supplies and let them create a protective holder for the next egg drop.
With some guidance, this is what they came up with - the egg surrounded with peeps, closed, and taped into a sour cream container.
Sadly, our little peep-protected egg didn't make it......to see one that did check out the experiment over at Almost Unschoolers.
Determined to have one successful egg drop, we raided the recycling bin and found a plastic strawberry container. Then we found some air fill packaging {from our last Amazon delivery}, tucked the egg inside, taped the container shut, and tried again.
SUCCESS!!!
Our little egg made it!
Conclusion - Amazon is correct in packaging product with air-fill packaging rather then peeps!
Very funny! I'm thinking the rigidness of the container probably had something to do with your Peep egg not making it - but way to keep going, until you had a good result! We've also used oobleck to proctect an egg - that one was fun too :)
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