How to Make a Blues Clues Pinata
If you are organizing a Blue's Clues-themed birthday party for a child, you may want to provide the guests with a Blue's Clues pinata. Although you could purchase a commercially produced pinata from a party supply store, you cut down on your party expenses by making a handmade Blue's Clues pinata from craft materials. Once the handmade Blue's Clues pinata is completed, it can be filled with small candies and party favors.
Things You'll Need
- Large balloon
- Newspaper
- Masking tape
- Flour
- Pot
- Scissors
- Acrylic paint
- Paintbrush
- Small candies and party favors
- Hot glue gun
- Hot glue stick
- Zip tie
Instructions
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Blow up a large balloon and tie the end in a knot. Set the balloon aside.
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Pour 6 cups of flour and 4 cups of water into a pot.
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Heat the mixture over medium heat until it bubbles, then reduce the heat and simmer the mixture on low for five minutes.
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Allow the flour mixture to cool completely.
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Tear newspaper into strips that measure approximately 2 inches wide by 6 inches long.
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Crumple up sheets of newspaper into two long rolls.
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Curl the end of each roll up to make a rounded end.
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Tape the curled end of each roll to secure it onto itself. These will be Blue's ears.
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Tape an ear onto either side of the balloon with the ball end hanging down.
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Dip newspaper strips into the flour mixture and lay these papier-mache strips onto the entire balloon structure.
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Cover the entire balloon structure with four to five layers of papier-mache strips.
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Allow the balloon structure to air dry completely, which can take about three hours.
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Paint the Blue's Clues pinata with light blue acrylic paint.
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Add details onto the pinata with acrylic paint, such as eyes, a nose and a tongue.
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Allow the paint to dry completely.
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Cut a door out of the top of the pinata with scissors.
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Fill the Blue's Clues pinata with small candies and party favors.
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Hot glue a closed zip tie to the top of the pinata to allow you to hang it up.
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References
- Photo Credit green balloon image by Vjom from Fotolia.com
