I love a good DIY! And I love a good craft for a theme party! So, with Cinco De Mayo less than a week away, I thought I’d share this super easy DIY piñata craft!
Supplies:
- Cardboard box. Use your left over Amazon boxes, cereal boxes … any sort of cardboard box
- Scissors and a box cutter, for cutting and trimming the cardboard boxes
- Marker or pen
- Glue stick
- Tape or glue gun
- Tissue Paper
- Scissors or Fringe scissors for creating the fringe out of tissue paper
Step 1: Grab your cardboard and begin to trace your piñata shape. Don’t worry if you don’t get it perfect the first time … I didn’t! You’re creating an outline for the piñata that you’re going to cut out.
Step 2: Cut out your piñata shape using a box cutter, which I found easiest, or scissors. Then use that cut out to trace a second piñata side that you’ll cut out next.
Step 3: Cut strips of cardboard. I cut up 4 strips. You’re then going to cut them in pieces as you use tape or a glue gun to secure them to one side of your piñata.
Step 4: Complete your piñata by adding the second side and secure using tape or a glue gun. Before you complete step 4, fill your piñata with candy or confetti or whatever goodies you have on hand. I did not fill my piñata today because I’m going to use it as a decor for our Cinco De Mayo celebration, and my son is going to want to play with it. But be sure to fill it now before adding the cardboard strips all the way around, if it’s your intention to break it open at some point.
Step 5: Now that your piñata cardboard shape has been created, it’s time to add your tissue paper fringe! Cut your fringe to wrap around the piñata and secure using glue. I used a glue stick to attach the tissue paper fringe to the cardboard frame. It’s helpful to put down two layers of fringe in each strip to create more fullness. You will need to cut and paste to cover each inch of your cardboard piñata.
Step 6: Your piñata is complete! Hooray! Now if you’re using your piñata as table decor or as an accent piece, you don’t need to worry about adding a string to hang your piñata. If you wanted to use your piñata in the traditional way (i.e. hit it with a stick!), you would need to add the string to the top part of the piñata before you closed it up in step 4. If you decide to retroactively add a string to hang your piñata, no worries! Create a small hole with a tooth pick, then tie your string to the tooth pick and fish the tooth pick through the hole.
I hope you enjoy this craft as much as I enjoyed making it! Be sure to tag us on Instagram so that we can see how your piñata turned out!
Happy Cinco De Mayo, friends!
XO,
A
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