Mexican Pinata Crafts

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1. How to Make a Pinata - Printable Pinata Decorations

First, follow the instructions below to make a pinata and then print out our free pinata templates to turn it into a bear, pig or fiesta star pinata!

Easy steps for pinata making
To make a round pinata:

1. Blow a round balloon.
2. Add 2oz of glue (half a bottle of school glue) into a bowl and thin with 3 cups of water. Many people use flour and water to make a sticky paste, but we prefer to use glue for "non-perishable" pinatas... :)
3. Tear newspapers into strips, dip them in the glue and stick all around the balloon. Cover the balloon with 4 layers of newspaper strips.
4. Let the balloon dry.
5. Paint the pinata in a solid color.
6. Cut crepe paper into strips and cut a fringe along one edge. Stick strips along the opposite edge of the fringe all around the pinata until it is fully covered. You can also use crepe streamers instead of strips of crepe paper.
7. Pop balloon.
8. Add cones to create a traditional Mexican star pinata or use our free templates to create a pig or bear pinata!

9.Make 2 holes at the top of your pinata and insert a piece of rope to hang your pinata from the ceiling or from a tree branch.

Free Pinata Templates

How to Make a Bear Pinata
Follow the instructions above to make a round pinata. Color your pinata brown and cover with brown fringed crepe streamers.

Click on the image to the left and print out. Color bear's ears and hair brown. Color nose and eyes any way you want. Cut along the outlines. Stick eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth at the front of your pinata. Stick ears and hair along the tab on the top of pinata. Fold ears and hair to stand in upright position on top of the pinata.

How to Make a Pig Pinata
Make a round pinata as instructed above. Color your pinata pink and cover with pink fringed crepe paper strips or crepe streamers.
Click on the template to the left and print out. Color pig's ears pink and stick at the top of your pinata along the tabs. Fold ears to make them stand up straight.

Color the rest of the parts any way you want and stick at the front of your pinata to make the face. Stick the curly tail at the rear of the pinata. You can stick a piece of pink curling ribbon instead to make the pig's tail.

How to Make a Fiesta Star Pinata

Follow the instructions above to make a round pinata. Click on the cone templates above and print each template twice. Color the cones or decorate with crepe paper and cut them out. Stick the tab on one edge of the cone to the other edge to form the cone. Stick cone to pinata along the tabs at the bottom. One cone should go at the bottom, another one at the top and the other two at opposite sides. You can stick some strips of tissue paper or curling ribbon on the tips of the cones.

Here's a fun video of how to make... and break a pinata!

2. How to Make Papel Picado - Free Printable Papel Picado Patterns

Make papel picado streamers like the one above using our free printable papel picado templates below!

Instructions	Free Papel Picado Patterns
Choose any of our free printable papel picado patterns to the right and click on it to print it out. All patterns measure half the size of an A4 letter sheet. Cut along the dotted lines to make shaped "holes" in the paper. Use a cutter for internal shapes. You can use scissors for the shapes at the edges. Cut crepe paper into A4 letter-size sheets and fold them in half. Place template on top (the crepe paper's fold should be on the left). Outline the holes on the template with a pen. You can cut a few tissue paper sheets at once, by placing one inside another, leaving all folds on the left. The pattern will be drawn on the sheet at the top. Cut holes again as done with the template. To make a long streamer of papel picado, stick the top corners of each sheet one to the other. You can also use needle and string to "sow" the sheets together from the top corners to make a streamer. Use different patterns and tissue paper in different colors to make your streamer. To make a streamer with just one pattern and in one color only, cut your crepe paper 7.5" high by the lenght of the crepe paper sheet. Fold the paper 5.5" from one edge, and continue folding at the same distance, letting each new fold wrap the last one. Once all figures are cut out, open up the paper... you will have a complete papel picado streamer!