A pinata making affair...

As most of you know, we just threw our 2nd birthday party for Etsy here at the Labs this past Friday night! We here at the Labs took over a ton of responsibilities one of the more fun ones included making the infamous "DonkeyCorn" pinata!! Won't you take a peek at how it was made:
Paper Mache makes a great base...the balloons kept popping for us, so we had to resort to making a large bodied tube from thin cardboard...the rest was just wrapping and wrapping strips of newspaper that had been dipped into a flour/water mixture around the tube and forming a head and neck.

Once the body base was finished and hot glued together, we began to spray paint the entire base a dark brown. Definitely wear a mask and goggles...and take it a step further than we did and spray the beast outside!! (note for next time)!
That's Danielle from precious pups helping me out there!!
We cut a hole in the rear to fill up with the goodies later and then the decorating of Donkeycorn began...and this was a great time!!

Hanging the Donkeycorn was the most challenging, finding the right supports and materials to have it hang just right and be able to withstand the.....beatings....

Quick Tip: If the head of the pinata spontaneously rips off while hanging...don't panic, you can staple gun it back on later!!

And here we go at the party...before the (a hem)...beating began!
Feel free to experiment with your own pinatas! We'd sure love to hear any experiences and see pics of pinatas you have made!!