Strawberry Pinata

   Birthday parties are on the rise here in our home. With school starting soon...this is no easy feat. But, we like to celebrate and have fun together. Who doesn't?  
    Little girl decided that she would like a Strawberry Shortcake birthday party. Well, I kind of swayed her since she had it in her mind that she would have a fantastic birthday party themed with Tinkerbell, Princesses, My Little Pony, Dora the Explorer, and rainbows of course. Seriously, we took her to Target and went down the party aisle and she choose all items pertaining to these themes and carried them in her arms while stopping to add a very large pinata to her purchase. lol. Anyway, yeah...that didn't happen. So, we decided on Strawberry Shortcake and made a pinata. The four were so enthusiastic about it. Everyone wanted to help. Then 15 minutes into it only one was left standing to finish it up. And she was ever so happy to have this project to do with me.

 

Strawberry Pinata

Materials you will need for this project are:

1 balloon, newspaper strips, white all purpose glue,

tissue paper, tape, and scissors.

You begin by blowing up your balloon. Then combine 1 part water to 2-3 parts white glue in a bowl. 

Stir it up well and use this mixture to dredge your newspaper strips in one by one as you apply them to the balloon individually. Make sure that remove the excess mixture from the newspaper strips with your fingers before adhering it to the balloon. This is important because it makes the drying process successful.

 Once you are finished layering the balloon with papier mache then you must let the pinata to dry over night.

I hung ours out on the laundry line and it dried perfectly.   

After the pinata had completely dried, I taped a twisted tissue paper stem in place. 

 Now it is time to decorate your pinata. 

I opted for the tissue paper look. 

Cutting long strips of tissue paper and fringing one side for the decoration. 

At the bottom of the pinata be sure to leave an open space for the candy to be inserted 

as well as the balloon to be popped and removed.

Using the fringe material glue to the pinata starting at the bottom in a layered rotation form.

 Keep overlapping the layers of fringe.

 When I finished the layering, I then added leaves made out of tissue paper.

Black cardstock cut seeds were glued in place.

  An added polka dot bow makes it Strawberry cutesy. 

Now you can pop and remove the balloon.

Fill with candy and goodies.

Use a piece of newspaper to seal up the open space with glue. 

Then a piece of coordinating tissue paper to conceal it.

Once it has dried it is ready for the party!

I also have to show this drawing my son did of 
Strawberry Shortcake for his sister's birthday. 

It is so beautiful. 
What a talent!

 He did it all freehand and I was blown away at the fact that 

he drew it so quickly and perfectly. Such a proud mama!

 

~Christie