Trying something new...

I decided this year for Brandon's Birthday that

I was going to try to make my own pinata.

He loves army stuff so I thought I would do a camo thing.

Here's how it went:

1. I blew up a punch ball as big as I could get it without it popping.

2. Cut strips of newspaper..LOTS..I ended up having to do 7-8 layers of

newspaper..I wet it really good with paper mache mix 

(which consisted of flour water and sugar..easy!)

3. Layer, Layer, Layer! 7-8 layers later..I lost count.

Then let dry for 24 hrs.

4. Spray paint all green (3 coats)..then add some black for

a camo look..and deflate balloon inside after all dry.

5. Let your 7 year old and 10 of his friends BASH the Cap out of it!

Jeff had to clinb up in our tree and rip open it and throw the candy to everyone

after a couple hits...next time I need to reinforce the top where I hang it from

so it will have more strength...it was pretty heavy after I added all the candy....

WILL I DO IT AGAIN???

Maybe..it wasn't hard it just was time consuming. Jeff thinks I should have just spent the $15

to buy the one I wanted, but now I can say I know how to make a pinata!