My birthday boy to be Logan!
My oldest sons birthday was in spring and I made a pinata for him. It was hours of layering watered down glue soaked newspaper strips onto a punching balloon. After that I spent, it seems like 3 straight days of doing the outside design. It was a great way to save money and in the end I was very proud of my accomplishment! Scroll down below for instructions of how to make the pinata.
Here are some photos of my pinata at Gabe's Party!
The Back I designed with his name!
It took a whole lotta hitting to bust it open!
To make the Pinata all you need is:
3 pack punching balloon form your local dollar store $1
2 bottles Regular white glue $1
water
Newspapers or old unwated phone book pages (free)
Roll of colored streamers
Scissors
pencil
Instructions:
You blow up the balloon to the desired size you want
(the bigger you make it the longer it takes)
Cut paper into inch wide strips
Mix one bottle of glue to about a half a gallon of water into a bowl
Dip paper strips into water mixture and slide between your thumb and pointer finger to remove excess water
Place strips on balloon until covered
Repeat at least 3 times
Let rest for a day or two until completely dried
Cut the streamers into about 1- 2 inch in length
Fold streamer pieces one at a time over the eraser end of a pencil dap a bit of glue on the top of the streamer that is covering the eraser and place it on the pinata until it is covered
Cut streamers into 2-3 ft lengths and glue to the bottom of the pinata
Cut open a flap to add candy
Enjoy and have fun making this ! It was quite a hit at my sons party!
