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Customize your Piñata Buster Stick

Piñata Buster Sticks usually are sold decorated in a rainbow of colors. Sometimes those rainbow of colors don’t quite match your party theme. So what do you do? Customize, of course!

I will admit I get carried away with the details of a party sometimes, coordinating right down to things like the piñata stick. Consistent color coordinating throughout the party shows my attention to detail. Perhaps yours too if you have read on this far. LOL!

This is a rather simple party detail that doesn’t require much time.

You will need:

• A Stick or A Dowel
• Streamers
• Curling Ribbon
• Scissors
• Tape (Clear and/or Electrical)
• Packing Tape

 

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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!

 

     

   
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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)

Part 1 of 2

Part 2 of 2

For creating these pinata forms I used a Punch Balloon to create the form of Bob's body, and a Giant Banner Balloon to form Larry's body.

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.

How To Create An Authentic Pinata (Post 3 of 3)

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:

• Peach, Brown & Red Tissue Paper or crepe paper
• Scissors
• Kitchen knife
• Glue
• Water
• Paintbrush
• Black yarn
• Hot glue gun
• Reference picture of Mario (this helps with guaging where to place eyes, mouth, etc.)
• Print out face pieces (print mouth, print eyes)

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.

How To Create An Authentic Pinata - (Post 2 of 3)

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:

• All 6 dried paper-mâché balloons from post one
• 1” Strips plain news print paper
• paper-mâché mixture (1 cup flour mixed to  1 1/2 cups warm water)
• Kitchen knife
• Scissors
• Mason string
• Hot glue gun

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.

How To Create An Authentic Pinata - (Post 1 of 3)

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:

• 1” Strips of newspaper & plain newsprint paper.
• One Punch Balloon about 45” in circumference - used for the head.
• One Punch Balloon 37” in circumference - used for the hat.
• One standard balloon 22” in circumference - used for the cheeks.
• One small balloon 14” in circumference - used for the chin.
• One small balloon 12” in circumference - used for the ears.
• One small balloon 11” in circumference - used for the nose.
• Paper-mâché mixture (1 cup flour mixed to  11/2 cups warm water).
• Mason Line String (about 130”).
• Wax paper (about 12”).

Why won't that darn piñata break?

Have you ever bought a piñata from the party store, and been disappointed because come party time it just wouldn’t break open. Well the reason for this is because they are made from corrugated card board. Yep, that’s right, the same corrugated cardboard that moving boxes are made from. As if that is not a hard enough material to break through, the shape of the piñata takes on its form by spliced angles on the interior of the piñata, which act as a reinforcement to the entire piñata. Corrugated cardboard plus reinforced angles makes for strong and durable, not breakable. Now for any other product, you would pick strong and durable. This however is not what you want for your party piñata. You want it to be fun, coordinating, and most importantly breakable. In each image below, you will see two piñatas split down the center so they can be compared from the inside out. The Elmo on the left is an authentic paper mache piñata. The one on the right is a store bought piñata made from corrugated cardboard.

Although the store bought piñata is cute, I find it more useful to be a sturdy centerpiece then a party piñata. The paper mache piñata is breakable, by nature. Plus because it is only the head of Elmo, it can hold so much more goodies so there is plenty for everyone.

Ok, so now you see the difference, be sure to check back so you can see how to create a paper mache piñata. (I will be showing step-by-step how to make an authentic paper mache piñata, starting with a Mario piñata).