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Scooby Doo Party

Parties at the park can be the perfect setting for summer birthdays, especially when there is water fun involved. This Scooby Doo party was planned to be just that. This wasn’t just any Scooby doo party; it was a Surfing Scooby Doo party. So the Invitations were customized to match the fun water surfing theme. The party was planned to have lots of water fun including a Big Water slide. Guest’s had a blast cooling off at this Cool Summer Party!

Super Mario Bros. Party Piñatas

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 .

Creating a Papier-Mache Veggie Tales Party Pinata

Below you can watch the steps taken as I was working with Papier-mâché, to create a custom "Bob & Larry" party piñata for my daughter’s Kindergarten Graduation class party. The entire process took a little over ten days (so much drying time), but I managed to fit it into two detailed videos outlining the entire process. These (2) videos are more for viewing enjoyment as opposed to my more usual instructional how to, so sit back, enjoy…oh, and don’t blink (you may miss something LOL! :o)

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Authentic Papier-Mache Veggie Tales Party Pinata

Bob and Larry are a couple of veggies that children can never get enough of, especially in my daughters’ class. For her Kindergarten Graduation class party, I volunteered to make the piñata. I first started with the idea to make just Bob the Tomato wearing a grad cap, but soon I upped the ante and added Larry the Cucumber to the mix. Knowing that the Kindergarten class is made up of 20 kids; all who need a turn to swing at the piñata. If not, it could result in many sad, little disappointed faces. With that in mind, I knew I wanted not only to create, but also accommodate.

Plan To Have a Safe and Fun Piñata at Your Party.

Having a piñata at your next celebration can turn out to be great, or a great disaster. It really depends on the host that is in charge. I understand that people can associate piñatas with dangerously blinded swinging chaos, but I disagree. A piñata is just like anything else, with the proper adult supervision and direction a piñata can be safe and tremendously fun at any celebration. As the party host, it becomes their responsibility to ensure that the piñata game is a success and no one gets hurt.

First off I always like to make sure I tell the participants that there are plenty of goodies to go around, no need to be a goodie hog. Even though kids are competitive to grab the candy, I encourage them to look to the kid next to them, and if they have a lot less, then share. This helps the kids to gauge how much on average their bag should be filled. Ultimately the participants want two things…to get a turn to swing at the piñata and get a good amount of goodies from the piñata. With that in mind you can plan for everyone to have both. Here are a couple tips to help implement piñata safety at your next celebration.