How To Make A Lego Pinata

My son'due south altogether party was something I'd planned for a while…just true to my Add means, I procrastinated on some of the details. Like completing his Lego brick piñata just minutes earlier guests arrived. Well, lucky for me, AND you if yous are wanting to make a fast yet impressive piñata for a Lego themed party, this project only takes about 20 minutes! Put that paper maché paste down and don't look back!

(You tin can spotter the entire procedure in the video beneath to craft and conversation with me about hosting parties or keep reading!)

The few inexpensive supplies you need are a box from your recycle bin (such as an Amazon box), six disposable cups, some crepe streamer paper and tissue paper in the color you want your piñata to be (snagged mine from the Dollar Tree), prophylactic bands, glue sticks and a hot glue gun. My hot glue gun has the cool setting for things like foam, which I recommend using so your dispensable cups won't cook if they're plastic and not paper similar mine were.

ane. Showtime past perforating the edges and tape seams of your box with a box cutter or knife and then it will non be indestructible when kids are whacking at it, and add holes and a 12″ bit of cord to brand a handle (run across photo). If the kids at the party will be modest and not especially powerful hitters, add a 3″ door to the bottom and a few pull strings, then secure using a glue stick and some doubled-up tissue newspaper.

piñata box with hanger

2. Fill with processed, confetti, and fiddling toys and hot glue dot the flaps of your box closed. Now you're prepare to brand the click-on bumps of your lego-fashion brick! (Well, that'south what I'm calling them anyway!)

iii. While your hot glue gun is heating up, take your dispensable cups, advisedly pinch in the side of the cups to cut a slit horizontally virtually 3/four″ from the top rim. Go along to cut around the cup and recycle the bottom cup part, keeping the top rim for the click-shape.

four. Then cut a piece of tissue newspaper into iv″ wide rectangles, double upward your tissue newspaper and cover the loving cup rim every bit if making a drum tiptop, and secure with a condom band.

v. Every bit before long equally your glue gun is ready, eyeball where your 6 click-bumps volition get. (four for square or 8 if you accept a longer rectangle box), and carefully glue around the rim. Press the footling "drum" downwards in the commencement spot, being conscientious not to touch the hot glue! Repeat until all are secured.

Screen Shot 2019-09-18 at 7.16.57 PM — Repeat until desired amount of uh…click-on bumps have been secured.

6. Now grab the crepe paper streamer and some glue sticks and start to mummify…er, wrap every terminal inch of that gonna-be-awesome piñata box!

That'southward information technology! Since you've used hot mucilage and glue sticks, this will dry very chop-chop. My son'south party guests arrived just as I tidied upwards the remaining newspaper supplies, and I felt similar a maven when my son "Ooo"ed and "Ahhh"ed over his piñata. Comment if you you've made a piñata without using newspaper mache or feel complimentary to leave any other comments!