George Washington Carver Peanut Puppet

history CRA welcome to craftory crafts history and your questions I'm Jill and today well we're working for peanuts peanuts making puppets out of peanut shells that is to learn about an American scientist and inventor George Washington Carver right on time we've got a question I know who George Washington is who's George Washington Carver I was hoping you'd ask that George Washington Carver was a remarkable man Born Into Slavery around 1864 his childhood was not easy he was forced to work as a slave but he loved learning set goals and grew up to be a leader who changed the farming industry he's best known for his work with peanuts he taught people how to grow and use them for making shaving cream shampoo wood stains Plastics and more Washington Carver was a great American innovator I'll explain more in a bit first here's what you need for today's craft large peanuts in the Shell as big as you can find twisty ties yarn googly eyes hot glue scissors and markers try not to eat eat all the peanuts before you finish let's get started this craft takes attention to detail and patience a virtue take a peanut in the shell and crack it in half lengthwise that didn't work try again be careful oh it worked peanuts are fragile and yes you can eat the snack on the inside M this might be my favorite craft yet next cut the shell in half across the widest Part near the bottom it worked and do the same to the other half of the shell there we go very nice one thing about peanut shells they are messy so clean up set these aside and grab one one of your twisty ties cut one of these twisty ties in half right about there we go these will be our puppet's arms Bend one twisty tie piece into a u shape and press it into the middle of one of our shells just like this let's glue it in there very carefully a little dot right in the mdle middle of our shell Pink There we go hello little peanut and speaking of little peanuts as a child George had a deep love for nature historians say he even had a secret garden where he'd study and care for plants local farmers called him the Plant Doctor growing up Carver faced many challenges but became a student at Iowa State agricultural College and was determined to do big things back to our craft let's give our little peanut some crazy hair shall we take your string and cut six pieces of it anywhere between 2 to 5 in long if you want your peanut to have long hair then go long 1 2 3 4 five I'm going to go for long hair there we go 1 2 3 four five six pieces now glue these strings inside the top of your shell just sort of put a glob of glue right there and carefully put these in there we go told you I was going to do long hair are you still waiting for me to tell you exactly why Carver's work with peanuts was so important okay you got it in 1896 Carver became the head of the Agricultural Department which is the farming department at Tuskegee Institute a very famous School his research helped Farmers learn how to grow different crops like peanuts and sweet potatoes and he also taught people how to keep soil healthy so that you could grow more crops thanks to Carver peanut NS became one of the six leading crops in the United States over the next 50 years which helped the south move away from growing so much cotton that ruined the soil Carver changed America's farming industry forever let's finish our peanut puppets we're going to attach our shells back together now by gluing the other half of the shell back together it helps if you hold your little peanut by the arms now let's give her some eyes oh she's so cute can I braid her [Music] hair a you are the cutest this little peanut puppet she needs a smile grab your marker and when you draw the smile remember smaller is better trust me taada there we go there's the smile the best part about this you can make as many as you want shall we [Music] twinning now if these do not fit on your finger this is where you can use your craft sticks watch watch little bit of glue on the inside and right [Music] there George Washington Carver was a great American he faced Prejudice and hardship but his achievements made way for future black American scientists and inventors he was an educator an artist and a humanitarian his life and hard work can inspire all of us to overcome challenges and accomplish great things no matter who you are how you start or where you come from next time you grab peanuts for a snack think of George Washington Carver's Great accomplishments we hope you had fun if you've got ideas or questions for our next craftery send them our way keep crafting keep learning and keep celebrating land of the free and Home of the Brave didn't we have a theater around here perfect I thank you for watching you know we've got more episodes right watch the whole series on our website and parents you can subscribe at Prager kids.com