This is a really cool new birthday party theme for the new year.
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I was at the store yesterday and saw these new fruit snacks on the shelf. Couldn't help but think how perfect these would be for Mario Party Birthday Loot bags, or Pinata fillers.
While I was digging through some of my craft bins, I found these name buttons that I customized several years back. I had originally created one for each party guest that had attended my son’s 5th birthday party. Nametags are a cute party favor keepsake and plus they help when trying to give direction to the kids when it comes time to playing party games.
These buttons were made with my handy-dandy button maker. I used the Mario Party 5 Game guide to scan in the front cover and then add in my own custom details like guests’ name and birthday boys’ party year. I always like to include either the year or the birthday number when I create things like this. It helps document the memories.
In fact it was my daughter who actually spotted these at the bottom of the bin. She was surprised to see these Mario Party buttons. She immediately began asking what I had made them for. Then she spotted one with her name on it. She was ecstatic! Since I had the birthday party number printed right on it, I was able to tell her all about the special day that they were from. Since she was just a little tyke at the time of her brothers 5th birthday, she remembered nothing from the party. However I was able to tell her all about the fun her and her brother had but she didn’t remember.
Just for the fun of it, I created a Mario and a Luigi papier-mâché piñata. I thought this would be a great opportunity to share with you how character head piñatas can be a lot of fun at any celebration. Besides the obvious fun (piñata holds goodies), the piñatas can make a picture perfect momentum. You can take a picture of the group, or of each guest with the piñata; solo or with birthday boy/girl. Try this pose for Funny pictures: Hang piñata at head level, have guest stand behind the piñata. Piñata will appear to be the head on the guests’ body. Kids love it!
Want to see step-by-step how to create a papier-mâché Mario pinata. Click here to See full instructions .
Rather just submit an order for a custom pinata? Then click on Cool Party Pinatas.
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In this post I will show you the final steps to creating an authentic paper-mâché Mario piñata. This post will focus on decorating the dried paper-mâché structure made from post 1 and post 2. This is a process that has many steps, but I made sure to include many pictures so that you can follow along and achieve the same result. As I stated before I will list the piñata for sale in an auction. If anyone is interested you can click on the link in the right column, and it will take you to Cool Party Elements ebay store. Happy bidding, if you do decide to take part in the auction.
Now let’s get back to the piñata. In order to complete the Mario piñata you will need the following:
Start by cutting 1”x 1” squares from all three colors. Next, mix glue and water together (roughly about 1 Tbl. Water added, to 2Tbl. Glue). Mix well using paintbrush.
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In this post I will show you the next steps to creating an authentic paper-mâché Mario piñata. This portion will focus on taking all the dried paper-mâché balloons made from post 1 of 3 and piecing them together to construct Mario’s face. This is a lengthy process, but I made sure that I included every step so that you can achieve the same result. As I stated before, once the piñata is finished I will list it for auction, if anyone is interested in it I will include more info pertaining to the auction in the final post of this three part post series.
In order to construct your own Mario piñata you will need the following:
We will need to create a way to hang the piñata. To do this, we will need to harness a string around the main part of the piñata, which in this case would be the head of Mario. Use the Mason line to wrap around the large paper-mâché punch balloon. Use the belly button of the ballon as the guide. Make two passes, so that the Mason line is doubled. Then tie a knot at the base. Allow for 3-4 inches of space from the base knot and tie another knot with the remainder of the string. You can reinforce this by making several knots over. Now we have made a loop where the piñata can later be hung from.
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In this post I will show you step-by-step how to create an authentic paper-mâché piñata. As promised in the right hand column for several weeks, I will demonstrate this with a Mario piñata.Now because this is a multi step process, I will break this down into several posts. So be sure to check back to see the whole thing from start to finish. Once the piñata is finished I will list it for auction, if anyone is interested in it I will include more info pertaining to the auction in the final post of this three part post series.
In order to make your own Mario piñata you will need all of the following:
about 45” in circumference - used for the head.
(about 130”).
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Sure kids love party games! But what makes a party game truly fun is if it is coordinated to the party theme. Here is a game that I developed for my son’s Mario Party birthday party theme. We called it “Yoshi Egg Smash”. This game was simple and lots of fun! Each child chose a Party Egg, and took turns smashing/throwing the egg at a simple target I put on the wall. If the egg broke open to reveal a golden star, then that child won a prize! The kids really found this game to be exciting mostly because they got to smash something and maybe even win a prize for doing so. Learn how to make these cute Yoshi eggs yourself. By the way, this game is definitely recommended as an outdoor game, between the confetti and the smashed egg shells it makes for a small "fun" mess.
Do you want to see how the game is played? Click here to see a video on How to play!
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Decorating for a celebration can be overwhelming, especially if your party theme is hard to find, or non-existent. Like for my son's Mario Party themed birthday party. Specifically Mario party 5 per my sons request, because my son was turning 5 at the time. I think Nintendo since then has re-released Mario Party the game up to 9 times. Hey, it actually makes for a great party theme to recycle through your child's adolescent years. I mean do you ever really grow out of Mario? Plus once you spend good time creating your decorations you probably will want to keep them, and reuse them. To create your own decorations, I suggest using an overhead projector. It makes drawing decorations at a large scale much easier. Plus in doing so, you don't have to spend too much time trying to draw out each character and it allows more time to spend coloring the decorations. You might not have access to an overhead projector but maybe you may know someone who does. Maybe a teacher. If you have school age children, maybe their teacher will allow you a little time afterschool to trace your decorations out onto poster board off the projector. Perhaps you can barter time using the overhead projector in exchange for time helping grade some papers. I'm sure the teacher would jump at the offer!
If you don't want to go the teacher route, then you might be able to purchase a Small Projector
You need not spend a small fortune to make your child's next celebration awesome. Understandably so, there are milestone ages throughout life that some would agree deserve bigger celebrations. However no matter what age a child is turning, I think most parents will agree that they want to make their child's birthday a little extra special than most other days. Some parents go all out, and others stick to more simplistic ways. But all parents go out of their way to some extent to make their child happy on their birthday. To what extent is the question?
What I have found is that if you really want to plan a memorable party for your child, let your child pick the theme, and focus in on the details of that theme. The child will appreciate the details that he/she and their friends notice throughout the party. This sometimes requires you to get creative and do a little research on the theme. Well worth it though. Look for details from the theme or character and try to find ways to implement those into the party. I personally choose to spend more of my time on my child's birthday as opposed to more of my money. He loves it, and his friends love coming to the Party because the theme is unique, and also because the details are noticeably carried throughout the party, in the games, pinata, invites, loot bags, etc. Take a look at this party I just threw for my son's 9th birthday. He chose a theme of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, and I knew I had to get creative to pull this off.
This 20 foot banner I made from butcher paper and colored with marker. I stretched it across two poles at the park, where the party was.
