Pinata party.

This past weekend I attended a party which was themed "MEXICAN POTLUCK!" It was a great time and we ingested many delicious treats and a few adult beverages. Above you will likely see with your eyes a photo of a green person (s/he was slimed!) next to a beautiful bird. This bird is filled with candy, mini bottles of tequila and some other items for laughs. Some good friends jovially contributed him to the potluck, how did they know we wanted mini-candy for dessert?

I am telling you about this should you be interested in filling some of your free time dedicated to the creation of your own pinata. What could be more fun than supplying your friends with a few hearty swings? It was also discovered that it is great for the job-free to get out some of their angst and inner turmoil by swinging a stick maniacally at a paper bird whilst blindfolded. Here are your directions:

1. Inflate a/some balloon(s). You can use strong double sided tape to connect them in order to make a THORAX, if you will. You can add additional shapes like tails, noses, hats, arms, legs etc. with cardboard (paper towel innards work well!). Use not toooo much clear tape to bind everything together into a cute shape. Tie a string around one or the only balloon knot.

2. Before you start pasting, make sure you have a nice area covered in a tarp or newspaper. Don't want daddy (or mommy) to yell at you for accidentally paper mache'ing the floor.

3. Make some paste! In a big pot, mix 1 part flour and 2 parts water. Those parts can be quarts, pints, whatever you want. Whisk the ingredients together (you're not making soup!) and heat them on medium for about 3 mins until it's almost thick. Remove from heat and the pot and store in a large bowl. 

4. Start tearing newspaper into strips that are about an inch wide. You want to get these wicked goopy by "dredging" them in your paste. Have you ever made fried chicken? It's like that, but don't eat it. Instead, you want to cover the balloon beast with a thick layer of these pastey strips. You will want to do this methodically so you know for sure all three layers have been applied. Be sure you are keeping track of the string. Let it sit for awhile and get all dry and hard.

5. Decorate! It's fun to use that tempra paint stuff that they sell at Wallgreens. You can also glue crepe paper on it to make eyeballs and other stuff like that. Or you can make a generic newspaper ghost. Up to you, dude!

6. Using a serrated knife, cut a rectangular flap around the string/knot. Use this hole to fill it with candy, amazing treats, cute little thingies and anything else you'd like to include. Tape the flap shut when you're done. 

7. Now you just have to find a stick and a nice place to hang it by a rope. Then get friends to be blindfolded and blindly (obvs) swing at it until the contents dumps gleefully all over the ground.

Here's a video! I haven't watched it, so I hope it's accurate.