Making Pinata: A sweet surprise for your child’s birthday

The birthday is a special event for each child, which, of course, should be duly celebrated. If you want to organize the best party for your child, then we offer you the perfect idea - a DIY pinata! In this article we will give you some step-by-step instructions on how to make a cool pinata without much effort. Pick your favorite idea and delight your child with this creative DIY gift!

A Pinata (also Piñata) is a colorfully decorated figure made of cardboard or papier-mâché filled with various sweets, gifts, confetti and good wishes. She is usually hanged and the children have to smash her with a stick. Pinata is a traditional game played on children's birthday parties in Latin America and Spain. But it is also very popular in other countries.

Pinata tinker: Pinata cloud

Materials:

• cardboard
• white crepe paper stripes
• colorful paper
• colorful bows
• rope
• scissors
• cutter
• Glue
• pencil
• Candies of your choice (candies, lollipop, etc.), confetti etc.

1. Draw two identical cloud figures on the cardboard and cut them with the cutter.
2. Now cut a long piece of cardboard, which you will later use for the edges of the cloud.
3. Stick the long piece of cardboard to one of the cloud figures and fill the pinata with sweets.
4. Make two small holes in the top of the cloud and pull the rope through it.
5. Now attach all the pieces so that you reach the shape shown above.
6. After the foundation is ready, you can start with the decoration. Take two crepe paper strips and cut 1 cm long perpendicular lines (as shown in the picture above). Cut the lines to about 2 cm below the top edge.
7. Cover the whole cloud with crepe paper strips (from bottom to top).
8.  Cut the eyes and mouth of the cloud of colored paper and stick it to the cloud.
9. Lastly, attach some colorful ribbons to the bottom of the cloud.

Pinata tinker: birthday cake pinata

Materials:

• cardboard
• colorful crepe paper stripes
• 3 straws
• thread
• Glue
• Hot glue gun
• awl
• scissors
• Candies of your choice (candies, lollipop, etc.), confetti etc.

1. First, cut two similar rectangles, one square and two similar triangles with a curved side.
2. Glue the two rectangles to the longer sides of the two triangles so that you get the shape shown above.
3. With the help of the awl make a small hole in the middle of the two triangles. Take a long double piece of thread and pull it through the holes. This will be the hanger of your Pinata. Make a knot and make sure it's big enough and will not slip through the hole. For more stability, glue the thread to the cardboard with the hot glue gun.
4. Fill your pinata with sweets.
5. Now fix the square and the foundation is ready.
6. Take two crepe paper strips and cut 1 cm long perpendicular lines (as shown in the picture above). Cut the lines to about 2 cm below the top edge.
7. Cover the whole piece of cake with crepe paper strips.
8. Cut small square pieces of crepe paper in different colors and glue it all over the cake.
9. Next, make the candle. Here's how it works: Take a straw and stick it to the pinata hanger. Then stick the three straws together so that the hanger is in the middle.
10. Now decorate the candle with crepe paper strips and stick it in the middle of the cake.

Making Pinata: Pinata eggs

Materials:

• balloon
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 cup of water
• bowl
• Crepe paper strip
• newsprint
• sweets
• Glue
• Hot glue gun
• Rope for hanging the Pinata
• cutter
• scissors

1. Fill the balloon with candy (preferably sweets) and blow it up.
2. Mince the newspaper.
3. Put in the bowl the water and the flour and stir well.
4. Cover the balloon with pieces of newspaper that are first dipped in the mixture of flour and water.
5. Let the balloon dry for 24 hours. If necessary, cover the balloon again with newspaper.
6. Prick the balloon with a needle.
7. Make two small holes at the top of the ice and pull the rope through it.
8. Now decorate your Pinata. Here's how it works: Take two crepe paper strips and cut perpendicular lines (as shown in the picture above). Cut the lines to about 2 cm below the top edge.
9. Cover your egg with crepe paper strips (from bottom to top).

Make ice cream pinata

Materials:

• 1 balloon
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 cup of water
• 1 bowl
• newsprint
• colorful paper
• adhesive
• 1 pair of scissors
• Crepe paper strip
• Candies of your choice (candies, lollipop, etc.), confetti etc.

1. Blow up the balloon.
2. Mince the newspaper pages.
3. Put the water and the flour in the bowl and stir well.
4. Cover the balloon with pieces of newspaper that are dipped for the time being in the mixture of flour and water.
5. Let the balloon dry for 24 hours. If necessary, cover the balloon again with newspaper.
6. Prick the balloon with a needle and carefully cut the upper part of the paper mesh.
7. Make a bag of colored paper.
8. Fill the bag with sweets and glue them to the paper mesh.
9. Now also cover the bag with newspaper, which is initially dipped in the mixture of water and flour, and let the paper mesh dry for another 24 hours.
10. Take two crepe paper strips and cut perpendicular lines (as shown in the picture above). Cut the lines to about 2 cm below the top edge.
11. Cover the whole ice cream with crepe paper strips, starting from the top of the bag.

Square mini pinata from tissue box

Materials:

• Tissue box
• colorful crepe paper stripes
• Silk bows in different colors
• Glue
• scissors
• Candies of your choice (candies, lollipop, etc.), confetti etc.

1. Take all the silk loops (except one) and make a knot in their midst.
2. Take the last silk bow and knot your ends together so that you make a hanger.
3. Use the scissors to make a hole in one corner of the box and a hole in the opposite corner.
4. Now pull the silk loops through the hole below. Pull the hanger through the hole above. Make sure the knots are big enough and will not slip through the holes.
5. Fill the box with the selected sweets and cover them with paper so that the sweets do not fall off it.
6. Take two crepe paper strips and cut perpendicular lines (as shown in the picture above). Cut the lines to about 2 cm below the top edge.
7. Cover the box with the crepe paper strips (from bottom to top).
8. Let the glue dry out a bit and your cool mini pinata is ready!

Making Pinata: Pinata Cat

Materials:

• cardboard
• Glue
• pink crepe paper stripes
• pink, white and black paper
• scissors
• Rope for hanging
• pencil
• cutter
• Candies of your choice (candies, lollipop, etc.), confetti etc.

1. Draw two identical cat shapes on the cardboard and cut them with the cutter (the cat shape can be made very easily by first drawing a circle and then two triangles for the ears).
2. Cut a long piece of cardboard to shape the edges of the cat.
3. Stick one of the cat shapes to the long piece of cardboard and fill the pinata with sweets.
4. Now attach the other cat shape so that you reach the shape shown above.
5. Make two holes between the ears of the cat and tie rope to hang.
6. Take two crepe paper strips and cut 1 cm (as shown in the picture above) perpendicular lines. Cut the lines to about 2 cm below the top edge.
7.  Cover the whole pinata with crepe paper strips.
8. Finally, cut the cat's nose, ears and twine from paper and glue it to the pinata.

Making Pinata: Pinata fish

Materials:

• cardboard
• newsprint
• blue crepe paper
• black paper
• colorful bows
• balloon
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 cup of water
• bowl
• rope
• scissors
• Glue
• Candies of your choice (candies, lollipop, etc.), confetti etc.

1. Blow up the balloon.
2. Mince the newspaper pages.
3. Draw the fishtail and the fins on the cardboard and cut them. Stick it to the balloon.
4. Put the water and the flour in a bowl and stir well.
5. Cover the balloon with pieces of newspaper that are first dipped in the mixture of flour and water. Leave a spot free to fill the pinata with sweets later.
6. Let the balloon dry for 24 hours. If necessary, cover the balloon again with newspaper.
7. Prick the balloon with a needle.
8. Make two holes at the top of the paper mesh and pull the rope through it. So you can hang your Pinata.
9. Take blue paper and cover with it the fish fins and the fishtail.
10. Take two crepe paper strips and cut 1 cm (as shown in the picture above) perpendicular lines. Cut the lines to about 2 cm below the top edge.
11.  Cover the whole pinata with stripes.
12. Cut the eyes and mouth of the fish from black paper and glue them.
13. At the end, stick some colorful bows on the bottom of the pinata.

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