How to make a simple rainbow pull string pinata

For my daughter's 4th birthday she insisted on a Hello Kitty theme. Mommy was happy to go along with the theme, but not so happy with the prices she found at the party stores for the theme pinatas. Add in a horror story from a friend who claimed a store-bought pinata was found to include a used pizza box.... What else to do but make one of our own! It is not as difficult as you would think! Step 1: Get a good sturdy old shipping box (a clean one!) and tape it shut securely. Step 2: Using a…

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With Cinco de Mayo a week away, I wanted to share some our favorite taco recipes and a fun DIY pull piñata! I will take any excuse to drink margaritas, eat tacos, chips and dip and have some fun! Slow cooker quinoa tacos I found this recipe the other day and made it right away. We all loved it and will definitely be making it again. Baked chimichangas I know these aren't taco's, but these chimichangas are on repeat at our house. I have also made them for friends and everyone loves them…

This is our Rapunzel pinata. It is a cardboard tower that's open at the top and closed at the bottom. It is not a smash-up pinata like the ...

I thought it would be really fun for the little princesses attending my daughter's princess birthday party to get treasures and sweeties from a castle pinata. I had been collecting loads of cereal and juices boxes for a project like this and I thought it would be fun to keep keep this castle as part of the party theme. It was a lot of fun to make, but took some time to initially design and create the structure but then decorating it was super easy. Materials used: 1 large cereal box 2…

Yes! I made another pull string piñata but this time it’s a unicorn. I just love this legendary creature and it’s so fun in piñata form. For this DIY I’ve teamed up with my good friends at Carte Fini, I knew from the beginning that the material to make this piñata was Carte Fini 60…

My kids love having pinatas at their parties. I however, am not very fond of the idea of a bunch of preschoolers swinging a stick around ...

When searching for a pinata for Oscar's batman party, we couldn't find anything we liked (we weren't crazy about the idea of smashing batman's head open for some dubble bubble). We looked around the party supply store and Jeremy asked if maybe I could make something out of one of these lanterns - challenge accepted! Pinata supplies: Paper Lantern - I used round, but I'm guessing any shape would work. Tissue paper in desired colors Coordinating ribbons Wire cutters Scissors Glue Uh.. yeah…