How To Make a Pinata

  • April 8, 2009
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Making your own pinata is surprisingly easy, and it can be a lot of fun.

You Will Need

  • A work smock
  • An old sheet or drop cloth
  • Old newspapers
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1 c. water
  • A round balloon
  • A large bowl
  • Plain white paper
  • Acrylic or fabric paint
  • Tissue paper and other trimmings
  • Candy and other fillings
  • Scissors
  • Ribbon
  • Sticks
  • Glue
  • Cardboard
  • A work smock
  • An old sheet or drop cloth
  • Old newspapers
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1 c. water
  • A round balloon
  • A large bowl
  • Plain white paper
  • Acrylic or fabric paint
  • Tissue paper and other trimmings
  • Candy and other fillings
  • Scissors
  • Ribbon
  • Sticks
  • Glue
  • Cardboard
How To Make a Pinata: Cover up

Step 1: Cover up

Wear a smock and cover your work space with an old sheet or a drop cloth; making a pinata is a messy undertaking.

How To Make a Pinata: Make newspaper strips

Step 2: Make newspaper strips

Tear old newspapers into strips approximately one inch wide and eight inches long. You’ll need enough pieces to cover your pinata with at least three layers.

How To Make a Pinata: Mix up some paste

Step 3: Mix up some paste

Whisk two cups of flour and one cup of water into a paste, adding a bit more of either if needed to reach the right consistency. You can also use regular glue thinned out with water.

How To Make a Pinata: Blow up a balloon

Step 4: Blow up a balloon

Blow up a round balloon and knot it. Sit it in a bowl to steady it while you work.

How To Make a Pinata: Apply the paper

Step 5: Apply the paper

Dip a newspaper strip into your paste or glue, shake off any excess moisture, and press it onto the balloon. Smooth down any bumps. Repeat, overlapping the strips, until the entire surface is covered in one layer. Leave a small, unpapered space at the top so you have an opening for the pinata’s filling.

How To Make a Pinata: Let the layers dry

Step 6: Let the layers dry

Let each layer dry completely before applying another. The more layers you add, the more difficult it will be to crack open. Three layers is the minimum.

Use plain white paper for the last layer so you have a clean base for decorating.

How To Make a Pinata: Pop the balloon

Step 7: Pop the balloon

Let the paper dry overnight, then pop the balloon and remove it through the unpapered hole.

How To Make a Pinata: Prepare attachments

Step 8: Prepare attachments

If you’re making a specific shape, like a donkey, construct the parts you need out of cardboard or scrunched-up newspaper, and attach them with tape or glue.

The traditional Mexican pinata is an orb with seven cones attached to it, representing the seven deadly sins. The cones are topped with colorful streamers.

How To Make a Pinata: Decorate it

Step 9: Decorate it

Paint and decorate the pinata with streamers, tissue paper, glitter, or other trimmings.

Acrylic and fabric paints work best.

How To Make a Pinata: Fill with goodies

Step 10: Fill with goodies

Make a small slit on either side of the hole. Push a ribbon into one slit, and pull it out of the pinata through the other slit. Then fill the pinata with candy, nuts, fruit, small toys, or a combination thereof.

How To Make a Pinata: Seal it up

Step 11: Seal it up

Seal the top hole with more newspaper strips dipped in paste. Let it dry, paint it, and hang up the pinata with the ribbon that you strung through it.

How To Make a Pinata: Smash it!

Step 12: Smash it!

Allow time for your work of art to be admired before you hand out sticks and let everyone smash it to smithereens!

In Mexico, smashing open a pinata is a Christmas tradition.

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Great video! Awesome piñata!

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