DIY piñata as a substitute for Halloween
26.10.2020
Translation: machine translated
This year, there's no "sweets or you'll get sweets". An alternative source of sweets has to be found. That's why I'm making a Halloween piñata for my children.
This year, there will be no big Halloween parties and trick-or-treating around the houses is also not allowed. Will the children understand? Rather difficult. So I've thought about how my children can still enjoy a nice Halloween evening. To do this, I make them a piñata stuffed full of sweets. Because what could be cooler than a game with which you can get sweets from the sky?
You will need the following materials for the piñata
To make the piñata with papier-mâché, you will need a balloon, newspaper and fish paste. You can achieve the spooky shape using crepe paper, clay paper and pencils. As an aid, use scissors, glue, a needle and a string. A glass and a bowl are also handy. And of course the candy should not be missing.
Construction paper
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The great tinkering
Step 1: Blow up a balloon and place it on a glass.
Step 2: Tear the newspaper into small pieces and mix the paste according to the manufacturer's instructions. Pull each piece of newspaper through the paste and place it on the balloon. Cover the balloon with about three layers except for the bottom part. Then leave the paste to rest for at least 24 hours until it is completely dry. If the balloon does not stay in the jar, you can fix it with the adhesive tape.
Step 3: Poke a small hole in the balloon to pop it and take it out of the ball. If the paste is dry, it should come away from the edge easily. If you have attached the balloon to the glass with adhesive tape, you will need to remove this first.
Step 4: Now fill the belly of the piñata with a colourful selection of sweets. Be careful not to fill the piñata too heavily. Otherwise you will have trouble hanging it up later.
Step 5: Thread two long strings through the top of the piñata using a sharp needle. You will hang the piñata on this string later. Leave enough space around the hole to prevent the piñata from tearing.
Step 6: Layer the tape criss-cross several times so that the hole is well sealed.
Step 7: Now cut fringes into the crepe paper strips for decoration. Start with slightly thicker strips about 10 cm wide at the bottom and get smaller and smaller towards the top until you have strips about 5 cm thick from the centre. Apply some glue to the joint of the fine crepe paper and carefully stick it around the piñata. Glue the next layer directly over the previous one. This will also hide the newspaper between the fringes.
Step 8: Cut out two eyes and a mouth from a sheet of paper and colour them in. Then stick them onto the piñata with glue.
How the game works
Hang up the piñata in a suitable place. Make sure that there is nothing breakable nearby. The first child puts on the blindfold and can try to hit the piñata three times with a stick. The blindfold and stick are then passed to the next child. When the child hits the piñata, it opens and the sweets fall out. All the children can then collect the sweets.
The party with a difference
As my family is very cautious due to the current situation, we don't want to have a big Halloween party. However, our two children are allowed to invite their two best friends over
The dressed-up children will meet at night in our dark garden, which is only lit by dim lantern light. There will be bloody hot dogs and terribly tasty sweets to eat. We will dig up bones together in the gravelled area and listen to spooky stories. And the crowning glory will be the piñata.
I hope I was able to inspire you a little with this Halloween craft idea. What have you got planned for Halloween this year? If you want to see how the piñata goes down with my children, take a look at my Instagram story on the evening of 31 October. I would be delighted.
My students, but also my own children, inspire me every day with their wild imaginations. I love to document the creative projects that come from them on my blog Fantasiewerk. I hope to inspire many moms and dads to do crafts with their children. [Fantasiewerk.ch](https://fantasiewerk.ch)
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