Angry Birds Pinata

 

Wow...he does look  kind of angry doesn't he?

MR - I've never actually played the game, but I've heard that it is very popular, and my 6-year old really wanted something with "Angry Birds" for his party.  We decided to try to make a piñata.  Now, it's been years since I've made anything with paper mache, and I kind of forgot how messy it was (especially with four young "helpers").

We started with a balloon blown up as big as possible.  We followed the instructions from The Copycat Crafter here, and it turned out pretty well.  I'm glad we started a week early, because it takes that long for each of the layers to dry.

The kids loved it for the party, but next time I need to use stronger rope - the rope was the only thing that broke after the first few whacks!

As cute as it is, I can't see doing this every year for every child - very time-consuming.  Maybe one piñata each, and that's it...