Children love swinging at a pinata until they are covered in a rain of candy or other prizes. The directions that follow let you have a cheap pinata for a child's birthday. The basic ball-shape can be painted and decorated to look like the sun, the world-or a clown-face, perfect for your child's next birthday party or a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Children love swinging at a pinata until they are covered in a rain of candy or other prizes. The directions that follow let you have a cheap pinata for a child's birthday. The basic ball-shape can be painted and decorated to look like the sun, the world-or a clown-face, perfect for your child's next birthday party or a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
things you Need
- 2 mixing bowls of the same size.
- newspaper, torn into 1-inch by 12-inch strips
- wheat-paste, school glue, or paper mache paste
- bowl or pan for glue
- Newspapers or plastic to cover your work surface
- plastic food wrap
- 1-1 1/2-inch-wide masking tape
- Tempera paint
- 3 crepe paper party streamers (all in one color, or
- a variety)
- Glitter, if desired
- candy or other prizes for the pinata
- ice-pick, awl or other pointed tool
- a string or ribbon to hang breaking pinata
- cardboard sleeves or plastic bat, pinata
- Place shells upside down on your covered work-space, with a sheet of plastic wrap under each bowl.
- Dip the newspaper strips in the glue or paste and lay over bowls until they are completely covered. Usually two layers of strips make a good pinata (paper no worry is always messy, so if it is!!!). Let the shells dry all day or night.
- pry Gently dry papier-mache from mixing bowls, poke a hole in the edge of each paper-mache "bowl" and thread string or ribbon through the holes (this will help you hang your finished pinata).
- Fill out a paper-mache "bowl" with candy or treats and top with the other "bowl". With masking tape, be sure the "bowls" a ball-shape (do not tape over the string or ribbon).
- cover made of paper mache and tape with paint or crepe paper dipped in more glue. Let it dry and decorate it as you wish.
- With more ribbon or string, hang your pinata just out of reach. Cardboard sleeves or plastic bat, and step back!
tips & warnings
- If you have a pinata, a much-loved family is breaking tradition, you might want to look to commercially-made pinatas at party-goods stores. Note, however, that this activity has become very popular, so commercial pinatas have become more expensive than they used to be.
- experiment with your basic design. Add or sleeves of paper or cardboard and other household "garbage", you can pin your sun in a whole zoo of fun animals.
- Be careful in your choice of pinata bat, so that your party hurt the guests to each other. In addition, a hitter, the shortened breaks the pinata right away, this is fun!
How do I create a papier-mache Pinata
Children love swinging at a pinata until they are covered in a rain of candy or other prizes. The directions that follow let you have a cheap pinata for a child's birthday. The basic ball-shape can be painted and decorated to look like the sun, the world-or a clown-face, perfect for your child's next birthday party or a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Children love swinging at a pinata until they are covered in a rain of candy or other prizes. The directions that follow let you have a cheap pinata for a child's birthday. The basic ball-shape can be painted and decorated to look like the sun, the world-or a clown-face, perfect for your child's next birthday party or a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
things you Need
- 2 mixing bowls of the same size.
- newspaper, torn into 1-inch by 12-inch strips
- wheat-paste, school glue, or paper mache paste
- bowl or pan for glue
- Newspapers or plastic to cover your work surface
- plastic food wrap
- 1-1 1/2-inch-wide masking tape
- Tempera paint
- 3 crepe paper party streamers (all in one color, or
- a variety)
- Glitter, if desired
- candy or other prizes for the pinata
- ice-pick, awl or other pointed tool
- a string or ribbon to hang breaking pinata
- cardboard sleeves or plastic bat, pinata
- Place shells upside down on your covered work-space, with a sheet of plastic wrap under each bowl.
- Dip the newspaper strips in the glue or paste and lay over bowls until they are completely covered. Usually two layers of strips make a good pinata (paper no worry is always messy, so if it is!!!). Let the shells dry all day or night.
- pry Gently dry papier-mache from mixing bowls, poke a hole in the edge of each paper-mache "bowl" and thread string or ribbon through the holes (this will help you hang your finished pinata).
- Fill out a paper-mache "bowl" with candy or treats and top with the other "bowl". With masking tape, be sure the "bowls" a ball-shape (do not tape over the string or ribbon).
- cover made of paper mache and tape with paint or crepe paper dipped in more glue. Let it dry and decorate it as you wish.
- With more ribbon or string, hang your pinata just out of reach. Cardboard sleeves or plastic bat, and step back!
tips & warnings
- If you have a pinata, a much-loved family is breaking tradition, you might want to look to commercially-made pinatas at party-goods stores. Note, however, that this activity has become very popular, so commercial pinatas have become more expensive than they used to be.
- experiment with your basic design. Add or sleeves of paper or cardboard and other household "garbage", you can pin your sun in a whole zoo of fun animals.
- Be careful in your choice of pinata bat, so that your party hurt the guests to each other. In addition, a hitter, the shortened breaks the pinata right away, this is fun!
How do I create a papier-mache Pinata
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Children love swinging at a pinata until they are covered in a rain of candy or other prizes. The directions that follow let you have a cheap pinata for a child's birthday. The basic ball-shape can be painted and decorated to look like the sun, the world-or a clown-face, perfect for your child's next birthday party or a Cinco de Mayo celebration.