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Saturday, September 8, 2012

DIY: Power Ranger Papier Mâché Pinata


Power Ranger Pinata Tutorial!
Okay, so many of you saw the progress of the power ranger pinata I made for my son's 3rd birthday party, however I never made an official tutorial for it. Finally, I have the time to post it up! Here it is. I know it's late in the season and the use for pinatas are officially over, but this is still useful for any future summer party plans in the next year :)


MATERIALS:
Balloon
All-purpose Flour
Water
String
Medium sized mixing bowl
Paper cut up into strips (A LOT!)
Craft brushes
Glue
Crepe Paper or Tissue Paper
Paint
CANDY!


Okay, you don't have to do this my way, but I decided to hang the balloon from a string so I could let the access papier mâché mix drip.
Anywho, this is an extremely messy project, so whatever space you use to do this, make sure you protect the surrounding surfaces, otherwise you`ll have one hell of a time cleaning up the mess. 



In a medium sized mixing bowl, pour one part water and one part all-purpose flour and mix it together until the consistency is somewhat like a goopy paste.


You can either brush the papier mâché solution on the balloon, apply your paper strip and then put another coat of papier mâché solution on top, or you can do what I did and soak the strips of paper in the solution and just put it on the balloon. When the balloon is covered in one layer, wait for it to dry.


Repeat this process to form another layer. I put two layers which was more than sufficient because to my dismay, it took forever to break the damn pinata!


Once the papier mâché coats are thoroughly dry, you can take whatever tissue paper or crepe paper of your choosing, cut them into strips and using a mixture of glue and water, apply two coats of this tissue paper layer until the layers are opaque.

You'll end up with something like this.
Wait about a day for the whole thing to dry completely.


Now you can begin painting whatever design you want. I chose to do the red samurai power ranger simply because that's what my son asked for, but you can honestly choose whatever you want.

 

Once the paint has completely dried, you can pop the balloon inside and fill it up with candy. Make sure you reseal the hole.
Anyway after this point all I had to do was hang it and make it look pretty. 



You end up with a decent home made pinata which acts as a good party game for the kids. My son and all my friends children and my younger cousins enjoyed it. Oddly enough they didn't dive for the candy because they just wanted to beat up the pinata, but whatever, everyone can enjoy this game no matter what your age.


That is how you make a power ranger papier mâché pinata on your own! Enjoy!
-czaR2D2

2 comments:

  1. Great looking Pinata you made for your son. My son also requested a PR pinata but of course nowhere carries it here in Canada. I may attempt your DIY red ranger head as to not disappoint my ranger. One question. How did you attach the string to hang it??

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  2. Wow, great job, I absolutely love it. You've inspired me, I'm going to follow your steps and make a wonderful piñata for my 3-yr old's Power Rangers birthday. Awesome job, again!

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