How to Create A Frosty The Snowman Candy Filled Pinata

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

1 large balloon
White flour
Water
Large spoon
Newspaper
String
Craft paint
1 large sheet of thick black poster board
1 sheet of orange craft foam or construction paper
Red & green felt or construction paper
Paint brush
Packaging tape
Hole punch
String or fishing line
Candy
Blindfold and bat or large plastic candy cane(optional)

Step 1

Inflate balloon

Stretch a large balloon before blowing it up, as it makes it easier to inflate. Blow the balloon as big as possible without busting it. My grandson loved creating this Frosty the Snowman piñata with me.
Step 2

Tie a knot

Tie a knot in the balloon. Take a piece of string or fishing line so that you will be able to hang the balloon to dry after applying the newspaper covered with the wet flour mixture.
Step 3

Flour & water

Put 2 cups of water in a large bowl and slowly add flour while stirring with a spoon. Keep adding a little flour at a time and keep mixing with a large spoon until the mixture is slightly thickened.
Step 4

News paper strips

Rip strips of newspaper and one strip at a time, put it in the flour and water mixture until covered. Drag the strip of flour and water covered newspaper along the side of the bowl to make sure it doesn't drip too much.
Step 5

Apply to balloon

Lay each of these flour and water covered strips of newspaper on the balloon. Continue this process until the balloon is completely covered, except for the size opening you will want to leave at the top for filling with candy later.
Step 6

Double layer

For an extra sturdy Frosty the Snowman piñata, be sure to double layer the balloon. Add extra strips of wet newspaper all around the top where the opening will be. This will help the string hold better when you hang your piñata.
Step 7

Get ready to pop balloon

Hang the wet piñata where it will be allowed to dry for a couple of days. After the wet newspaper dries completely, take a needle or pin to carefully pop the piñata.
Step 8

Pinata keeps it's shape

When the balloon pops, watch out as the pieces fly. Notice that the piñata kept it's shape after the balloon has been popped.
Step 9

Paint Frosty white

Paint your Frosty the Snowman with white latex or poster paint. Let it dry for a hour and apply a second coat of paint. Let this dry overnight.
Step 10

Making the hat

Cut a long strip of heavy black poster board and glue together to form a 7" in diameter top part of Frosty's hat. Cut a big circle about 14" in diameter for the brim or bottom part of Frosty's hat. In the center of the black circle, cut a 6" in diameter circle. This cut out circle will be inside the top part of the hat when you glue the top to the brim. This is the hole where you put the candy inside the Frosty the Snowman piñata.
Step 11

Add a little holly

With felt or construction paper, you can add a little Christmas holly to Frosty the Snowman's black hat.
Step 12

Frosty's hat

Set your painted and dried Frosty piñata inside a bowl (this is to steady the piñata) with the opening side up. Apply glue to the underneath part of Frosty's hat all around the 6" in diameter opening and place the hat on Frosty's head, lining the openings up with each other.
Step 13

Craft foam nose

With an orange sheet of orange craft foam or construction paper, form a carrot shaped nose for Frosty the Snowman's face.
Step 14

Frosty's carrot nose

Apply glue around the opening of the carrot shaped nose and apply to Frosty's face.
Step 15

Frosty's eyes

Out of the scraps of heavy black cardboard, cut two large coal shaped eyes and apply them to Frosty's face with glue.
Step 16

Frosty's smile

Cut about six smaller coal shaped pieces of the heavy black cardboard and with glue, apply them to create a smile on Frosty's face.
Step 17

Hole punch

Cut three 5" pieces of packaging tape and place inside the hat on Frosty's head as a reinforcement where you are going to put the holes for the string. Carefully reach down inside Frosty's hat where the opening is and using a hole punch, make two holes, one on each side. Make the holes as far down as the hole punch will allow.
Step 18

String for haning

Thread your string or fishing line through the two holes. Make sure to cut your string extra long, as this is how you will hang the candy filled Frosty the Snowman piñata for the children to whack with a bat or a cane.
Step 19

Fill with candy

Fill your Frosty the Snowman piñata with lots of fun candy. It is time to hang the Frosty the Snowman piñata and let the adventure and fun begin. Children of all ages will have fun being blindfolded and getting their chance at whacking the piñata, hoping to break it and freeing all of the candy!
Step 20

Gather the children

Gather the children around ready to have some fun! The adults will wish that they were children again just to join in the fun!
Step 21

Swing at the piñata

Children will take turns. Draw numbers to see who gets to go first. Blindfold the child, hand them the candy cane or bat and spin them around a few times. Then the fun continues as they get two swings at the Frosty the snowman piñata. Keep letting the children take turns until the piñata busts opwn.
Step 22

Grab the candy

When the piñata finally busts open, out comes the candy and the children will scramble to gather all of the candy. Children of all ages will love the Frosty the Snowman piñata!