Wednesday, November 4, 2009

all from scratch...

thomas decided he would make a pinata for kennedy's birthday. i will be the first to admit that I really didn't help all that much. to be totally honest, i put about 15 minutes into it, and made sure to capture it on camera!


when he first mentioned making a pinata, i wasn't sure how it would turn out. i googled "pinata and paper mache" and instantly had 20+ websites telling me how to do it.

see, here is where I helped for a few minutes and then made sure to document it so when thomas said i didn't help, i could prove him wrong! ;-)


i think the finishing touches took the longest to complete. it took three layers of paper mache and then two additional days to dry. it held $40 bucks worth of candy-- which reminded me that every year candy will be super cheap b/c of halloween. lucky for us!
the birthday girl got the first whack at it... then we let the kids hit it in order of their age. it worked out really well b/c the oldest boy, Daniel, got the last whack and then the candy came falling down. it is something that we will do for all of kennedy's birthdays in the future. ;-)




3 comments:

DK Baria said...

i'm impressed! mama dk

The Hensons said...

wow! i'm impressed too! y'all are making paper mache art projects, mandy is selling clothes online, and i'm doing good to keep up with the mountains of laundry over here. what gives???

Unknown said...

you're so good, making the pinata. I just went out and bought one.