Number 4 Pull String Pinata for Boys, 4th Birthday Party Decorations, Ombre Blue (16.5 x 12 x 3 In)

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Next, cut out strips of your cereal box to use on the sides of your piñata. For this 18-inch tall piñata, the strips that were three inches wide. The masking tape will also help to reinforce the piñata since it will need to hold the weight of whatever you stuff inside. Be sure to leave a flap open and untaped at the top of your piñata for filling!

Start by cutting your desired shape or number out of your cardboard. Cut out two identical pieces of your shape. This is a number 1 piñata for a first birthday party, of course! You can fill a piñata with a variety of small prizes and tailor them to the age group attending your party. Should you happen to be making this for an over 21 crowd there are a few ideas below for the adults, too, which are marked with an asterisk.

Tips for Making a Piñata:

Don’t worry about perfection! Piñatas are be nature quirky and fun – and they’re meant to be broken! So don’t sweat making it 100% perfect.

You can opt for a single color to keep thing simple. A monochromatic piñata with tone-on-tone shades of one color would also be super fun – or even an ombré piñata!Overlap the tissue so that the only portion that shows is the fringe, and the un-fringed part is what gets glued down

Lindsay on August 16, 2011 Oh Happy Day is one of my absolute favorite blogs. Jordan is full of amazing ideas that make me, well, happy. […] When you’ve covered the pinata, cut small holes on the open flap at the top, and corresponding holes on the top in a section that is taped down. String a pipe cleaner or twine through the holes to seal the top of the piñata. Start by cutting the shape of your pinata out of your cardboard. Cut out two identical pieces of your shape. This number one is about 18" tall

LOOOOOVE this DIY from Jordan Ferney. She calls it “How to Make a Number Pinata,” but I call it “How to Blow My Mind Into Little Pieces, Not Unlike the Fate of a […] When you’ve fully covered the piñata with fringe, cut small holes on the open flap at the top, and corresponding holes on the top in a section that is taped down.