VIDEO: Make your own piñata

A piñata is a brightly colored, decorated paper mache vessel. It is filled with candy and is placed under the ceiling. Children then "hit" the piñata until it breaks and it rains candy.

Cover a large balloon with strips of paper

Making a piñata yourself is not particularly difficult, but it is time-consuming. Start with the four days before the piñata is needed Handcraft at. Have a balloon, newspaper, glue, string, toilet paper rolls, crepe and scissors ready.

1. Inflate the balloon. First inflate the balloon and attach a 1 meter long cord to it.

   

2. Mix the paste. Now stir the paste. If there is no glue, you can also mix equal parts flour and water in a bowl.

   

3. Cut up newspaper. Cut the newspaper into strips 3 by 15 centimeters.

   



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4. Cover the balloon. Now moisten one strip after the other with glue and stick it to the balloon.

   

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5. Glue another layer onto the balloon. The balloon must be covered with two layers of newspaper criss-cross. Leave a circle 7 centimeters in diameter around the knot of the balloon.

   

6. Let the balloon dry. Now hang the glued balloon on the cord and let it dry for 24 hours.

   

Make the shape of the piñata yourself

If you only want to make a round piñata yourself, it is sufficient to cover the balloon with 2 more layers of paper mache and let it dry. Otherwise, prepare accessories such as toilet paper rolls to decorate the piñata.

1. Refine shape. Attach the paper rolls to the balloon so that you represent the ears, nose or mouth. Spikes cut out of cardboard, hair and animal tails made from scraps of wool or cardboard balls, which create bumps, make the piñata authentic.

   

2. Fix the shape. Now fix the cardboard parts to the balloon with newspaper strips. There should be a total of 2 to 3 layers of paper mache on top of the balloon so that everything holds up well.

   

3. Let the figure dry. Let the figure dry again for 24 hours.

Decorate the figure

1. Pierce the balloon. When the figure is dry, pierce a hole in the balloon with a needle and carefully pull it out after the air has escaped.

   

2. Decorate the figure. Now cover the figure with colored crepe paper strips, glue on eyes or decorate with colored ones Colours and shapes.

   

3. Attach the cord. Attach a string to the hanging cord loops.

   

4. Fill in sweets. Now the piñata is ready. Fill them with candy.

   

Hang the piñata on a tree or on the ceiling and equip the party guests with a broomstick. Make sure there is a gap between the guests so that they do not injure each other with the stalk. The rain of sweets can soon begin.