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how to make pinata for DD party
hi, preparing for DD birthday party and would like to make pinata.
gather some info from Google but not much. any tips out there? appreciate all inputs. TIA. |
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how to make pinata for DD party
Jean wrote:
hi, preparing for DD birthday party and would like to make pinata. gather some info from Google but not much. any tips out there? appreciate all inputs. TIA. When BH made a pinata, she inflated a balloon, and covered it in paper maiche. It didn't resemble anything, really, other than a paper-covered balloon, but it worked. Scott |
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how to make pinata for DD party
You can get piñatas at Target and other stores.
If you want to make your own piñata, why not just get a box, fill it with candy and such, close the box, put on a string, and paint or decorate the box? Jeff "Jean" wrote in message m... hi, preparing for DD birthday party and would like to make pinata. gather some info from Google but not much. any tips out there? appreciate all inputs. TIA. |
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how to make pinata for DD party
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:53:00 EDT, Elizabeth Gardner
wrote: Unless you're doing it for a fun craft project, it is sometimes possible to buy pinatas, especially if you have any stores around catering to Mexican population. Our local ethnic grocery has them. Pinatas are so mainstream in our area that party stores and Target carry them. They have the traditional "bash 'em with a stick" kind as well as the "pull on a ribbon and open the secret trap door" kind. If you do make one, go light on the papier mache. I once went to a party with a homemade one, and the darn thing wouldn't break. One of the dads finally resorted to tearing a leg off. The store-bought ones don't break easily, either, IME. My daughter's birthday party last year featured two dinosaur "Pinatas that Refused to Die". These things could take a solid whack in the middle and just keep holding together. The little loops eventually broke that were holding them up, but even then, on the ground, hiting them with a stick just didn't break them at all. The parents started coming to pick their kids up, so we let them all have a go. It was very cathartic for some of those parents . My husband finally started going "WWF" on the last one and broke it open over his knee! It turns out that the things were made of corrugated cardboard. I think you'd do better with the traditional papier mache. Be sure you let it dry thoroughly, though. Some kids in high school made one for Spanish class. It hadn't completely dried, so it didn't break easily, either, and it was a mess, to boot. -- Tamex No matter how much Jell-o you put in the pool, you still can't walk on water. **remove Tricky Dick to reply by e-mail** |
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how to make pinata for DD party
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Elizabeth Gardner wrote: In article , (Jean) wrote: hi, preparing for DD birthday party and would like to make pinata. gather some info from Google but not much. any tips out there? appreciate all inputs. TIA. Unless you're doing it for a fun craft project, it is sometimes possible to buy pinatas, especially if you have any stores around catering to Mexican population. Our local ethnic grocery has them. If you do make one, go light on the papier mache. I once went to a party with a homemade one, and the darn thing wouldn't break. One of the dads finally resorted to tearing a leg off. We made a lollipop pinata one year (by special request). We took a strip of stiff paper and made a cylinder, then covered it with papier mache. A mailing tube made the handle. It came out looking reasonably good after painting, and it did break after a reasonable number of whacks by 5 and 6 year olds. You do have to engineer in some weak spots as papier mache can be suprisingly tough when you don't want it to be. -- Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels) Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed) Professor of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics Affiliations for identification only. |
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