A 30th Birthday

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!