For my younger brother Tom's 30th Birthday party I wanted to do something unique and fun. He had been dreading turning 30 and didn't want us to celebrate at all, but no one listened... What better idea I thought than making a big 3-0 that he could beat the crap out of. So, my first Pinterest experiment commenced - Pinata DIY!
Taken from the blog
Oh Happy Day, I decided to give this
pinata tutorial a go. This is a great tutorial and I pretty much followed it word for word, but here is my process...
Supplies:
Cardboard
X-Acto Knife or scissors
Tape
Tissue Paper
Elmer's Glue
Old paint brush
Candy and goodies for filling
As I still work for Starbucks, acquiring a large amount of cardboard was no big deal.
(ps, Veranda Blend is ick)
I decided on a size and started cutting and bending the cardboard.
Here I've finished the 3.
This really was quite easy - I had the 3 and 0 done in an hour.
I didn't get any photos of the "fringe" process but I just used a bunch of left over tissue paper I had laying around - more colors would have been pretty too.
First, I layered a bunch of tissue paper onto the cardboard and adhered it with watered down elmer's glue. I made the tissue paper a couple of layers thick to make sure the final pinata would be fairly sturdy.
I then cut strips and "fringed" the edges. I attached the fringe strips with the same watered down elmer's glue concoction and an old paint brush. The tissue paper made a bit of a mess as you can see on the floor.
I bought a Costco amount of candy for inside the pinata (it being September Costco was, of course, already selling Halloween candy) It's hard to see in the pictures but I cut about a 3 inch flap in the top of each number to allow me to add candy!
The final result was really cute. We hung it from a tree in Tom's front yard and it stood up to some good whacking. It was definitely a fun thing to do for a party!
