Sprout Learning - Kukui Nut

Learn how to make a spinning top toy with a Kukui nut! Kukui permeated every facet of ancient Polynesian life from producing candlelight to its use in traditional lei. Kukui is also used to dye tapa cloth, flavor food, treat ailments, as a canoe building material and even scattered on the ocean's surface to increase underwater visibility when fishing! This is truly a magnificent nut. No wonder its Hawaii's state tree!