How to make a piñata with your own hands at home

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

More and more often, at the holidays, you can see an original toy, which is called piñata. Of course, you can buy it in a store, but step-by-step photos will tell you how to make a product with your own hands at home. We'll have to put everything aside and dive into the creative process.

Pinata is a ball made of papier-mâché, bright ribbons, corrugated paper. It is in limbo and consists of sweets and gifts. At the end of the holiday, the product is smashed with bits, all the contents are poured onto the floor. This is the most interesting moment for children, they can choose exactly what they want from the entire assortment.

Simple pinata

The easiest way to make a toy is to use a balloon. With its help, it will be possible to give the product the desired shape, and fill it with various sweets and gifts.

Materials for work:

• balloon;
• candies;
• decorations;
• water;
• threads;
• tinsel;
• flour;
• jar;
• scissors;
• newspaper;
• small gifts.

Sequence of execution:

We cut the newspaper into strips 3 cm wide. Inflate the balloon, tie it with a thread

We put a ball on the jar, glue it with prepared strips. For this we use water. We glue the paper crosswise. It is important that the knotted end remains unsticked

Let the first layer dry. We will glue the remaining strips with paste. Let's start preparing it. Pour a liter of water into a saucepan, put the container on the stove. Bring the water to a boil. Pour 50 g of flour into a glass of water, mix everything

• Pour the resulting mixture into boiling water, cook over low heat for 3 minutes. Let the paste cool.
• We immerse the strips in paste, attach to the ball. There should be 5 layers of paper in total. Let the product dry. Once the pinata is dry, cut off the tip of the ball and release the air. We carefully take out the ball.

Step-by-step photos will help you figure out how to make a piñata at home with your own hands. The main work is done, it remains to decorate the product. Tie the piñata from the bottom with a ribbon. Fold several ribbons in half, form a tube, secure with tape

At the bottom of the product we make a small hole, insert the ribbons, close with a paper square. Through the top, where the tip of the ball was, pour sweets, small gifts, tinsel, confetti

We make holes in the walls of the piñata, thread a thread through them. This will allow the product to become more durable. We close the holes with paper squares

We proceed to the most creative part - decoration. The product can be simply decorated and glued with pictures of your favorite characters

The pinata is ready. It remains only to wait for the holiday and give a gift. Not only children, but also adults will be delighted with such a surprise.

The Bird of Happiness

The piñata can be of any shape. Using the box, you will be able to get an amazing bird of happiness. Doing the work with your own hands is not difficult. Step-by-step photos will help needlewomen make an original product at home.

Materials for work:

• box;
• corrugated paper 2 colors;
• colored paper;
• tapes;
• glue;
• scissors;
• felt-tip pens;
• packing tape.

Sequence of execution:

We take the box, glue it with tape on all sides

We make a door on the narrow side of the box. It will be required in order to fill the product with gifts

We fix at least 9 tapes above the door

We attach the main tape from the bottom of the door

We release all the tapes outside, cover the door

We make narrow stripes from corrugated paper

We glue the structure with paper strips, alternating colors. We start work from the bottom, moving in a circle

Place the crumpled paper on top of the box. Carefully cover it with corrugated paper. As a result, we get the bird's head

Making a beak. To do this, cut out a triangle from yellow paper, attach the beak above the door

We make the wings and tail. Cut off strips of corrugated paper, connect on one side, straighten on the other and make a small incision

We attach the wings on the side, the tail on the back

Draw eyes on paper. To make them even, you can find templates on the Internet and print them. We glue the eyes to the box

Carefully open the door, fill the piñata with sweets, gifts, surprises. We close the door. In this case, all tapes must remain outside

Pinata Minion

An interesting pinata in the form of a minion will turn out if you make it yourself. Step-by-step photos will help you get the job done without difficulty at home. If you want to please your child with your favorite character, you will have to take 2 regular balloons or find 1 oblong one.

Materials for work:

• Balloons;
• paper;
• Scotch;
• newspapers;
• water;
• stationery knife;
• sweets;
• present;
• confetti;
• souvenirs;
• flour;
• paints;
• brush;
• templates;
• ribbons.

Sequence of execution:

We inflate the balloons, fasten them. To do this, wrap the balls with paper, fix them with tape

We cut the newspapers into small pieces, glue the balls with them. We attach the first layer with water, the rest with paste. Let the structures dry

We make a hole in the product, through it we take out balloons

We put sweets, confetti, gifts inside

We paint the piñata with yellow paint. You can glue it over with corrugated paper

We glue the hole with paper squares. We print on the printer templates of eyes, glasses, hands, mouth, legs, overalls. We glue them to the structure

We stick the tape to the product

The pinata is ready, you can arrange a family holiday. Children cannot refuse such a gift, they will gladly accept the present.

It has become a good tradition to end the children's party by breaking a piñata. Many parents make the product themselves and fill it with the child's favorite sweets.

What could be more interesting for children than giving gifts. In addition, surprises are prepared not only for the birthday man, but also for all invited guests. Kids will remember such a holiday for many years, they will remember it with a smile on their face and tell their friends about an interesting event.