Making a Treasure box pinata #1....

Last year, Middle's birthday party theme was PIRATES.
He wanted a pinata...

I, decided it would be "just as easy" to make a pinata from scratch.

Ummmm yeah......

So, for the brave, and those NOT afraid to make a big mess, (a big mess that has to stay around, day after day...while it dries, and needs another layer, and then dries again...etc...)

...here is the first step for a treasure box pinata....

a box...this is the foundation of the structure, which will be removed later.
cover all but ONE of the short sides in tin foil.
(the idea of the foil is to be able to pull the box out easily later...)

The glue mixture.... A LOT of it by the way.

...in the end I am betting to have gone through 14 school size bottles.... (they were the best deal at the time, or I would have gotten the big jug.
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Here are the first few layers.....
One side is left OPEN...This will be covered eventually, but it will be for candy insertion.

In the end, it will be the weakest side, so it will need some extra coats.

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They say for a 6 year old...it need to be pretty strong, so, it needs about 6-7 coats.

IT IS EASY!!!! but VERY time consuming as you have to let EVERY layer dry before moving on to the next.
It is MESSY....and did I mention TIME CONSUMING....

More to come tomorrow...

Raelyn