Callie's pinata.
Cardboard box. Scissors. Rope or yarn. Pinata filler. Tissue paper. Glue stick(s). Printed or hand colored picture (optional).
Cut off the side flaps so that there is no reinforcement of cardboard. It's already quite sturdy so if you want children to be able to bust it open, you don't want to have layered cardboard anywhere.
Poke holes in top for rope to go through. This yarn didn't last even though it's doubled up several times. It's just because there was quite a bit of candy in there! And it's a big box. Otherwise just 6 strands of yarn would be fine.
After box is filled with candy/toys etc., tape shut by using pieces of tape that are about 2" long. L Leave a good 2" gap between each piece. Masking tape would be good. I couldn't find it and used boxing tape. You don't want it to be unbreakable! But next time I would tape it better at the top. It's from the bottom that the candy falls and you don't want it to break from the top where it's attached to the rope.
With a glue stick, glue on your picture. You can print one off that relates to your b-day theme or color one like I did.
I used colored floral paper as well as tissue paper. Anything goes. I cut approximately 5" strips of tissue paper. And I cut fringe into those strips several at a time. Starting at the bottom of one side, glue fringed tissue paper on with a glue stick. I think it's fun to layer the colors. This was super easy.
You can see I just kept layering the tissue paper. Do all sides, top and bottom and viola! Not bad for a quick and affordable pinata. This one did the job. 30 children aging from 3-11 each had one strike on this puppy. So even though it's taped really poorly on purpose, it's still plenty sturdy for a pinata.
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