How to Help Your Child Make a Birthday Pinata
Pinatas are a favorite party game for children of all ages and sizes. Buying a pinata is the easiest way to go but certainly not the least expensive, nor does it provide children the opportunity to get creative. Try this simple pinata that can be put together quickly, creatively, and on a budget. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- plain paper gift bag (grocery sack material preferred)
- child's favorite stickers
- markers
- crayons
- stapler
- glue stick
- streamers
- individually wrapped candy, small unbreakable toys
Instructions
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A Simple and Easy Pinata
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After you have purchased your paper gift bag it is time to allow your child to get creative. Keeping the bag folded, hand over the crayons and markers and let your child go wild.
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Now allow your child to go sticker crazy. Have the child cover the bag with with as many stickers as possible. Children love stickers of their favorite characters and this allows them to have a thematic pinata.
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Now that the pinata is decorated it is time to fill the pinata. You can allow your child to put in the treats or keep them a surprise. Once you have added the treats, staple the top of the bag closed. Put the staples one after another so that the pinata is successfully sealed.
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In this step, you will have your child decorate the bottom of the bag. Cut streamers of various colors and at various lengths, from 10 inches to 20 inches. Using the glue stick, make a line of glue following the top edge of the bag. Press the end of streamers all the way across the bottom so that the whole line of glue is covered with streamers. Now start another row of glue directly below the line of streamers. Continue to make row after row of streamers. Try flipping the bag over after you have done half of the bottom and then continue the same process on the other side until the whole bottom is covered with streamers.
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Once the glue has dried you have a fabulous, inexpensive pinata for all your child's family and friends to enjoy. Hang the pinata on a piece of twine or string and let the children hit away.
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Tips & Warnings
Give children a plastic or foam bat if you want the pinata game to last awhile.
If children have a difficult time breaking the bag you can make a couple of holes in the bottom of the bag with scissors or a screwdriver.
