by Melanie McQ | Apr 3, 2020 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party, Fun
This piñata was made per special request for a friends sons birthday. He asked for a R2-D2 piñata, and that is what he got! Let me first say that I don’t measure for these and things never turn out quite straight or even. I figure the kids are going to destroy it...
by Melanie McQ | Nov 25, 2019 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party, Fun
Another birthday party! This time my nine-year-old requested an Iron Man piñata. So here we go! First I drew the shape of iron man’s head onto piece of cardboard and cut it out two times (it does kind of look like an egg, but the end result still resembled Iron Man...
by Melanie McQ | Sep 20, 2019 | DIY Birthday Party, Fun
We had a seahorse themed birthday party for my youngest daughter. These were super easy and they ended up looking great. To make these I just bought white chocolate and milk chocolate. We melted them in the microwave, following the directions on the bag. I poured both...
by Melanie McQ | Jul 11, 2019 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party, Fun
We made this piñata for my six-year-old’s birthday party. She could not decide between a seahorse and a unicorn, so we combined the two. That made her one happy birthday girl! So unfortunately I did not do a very good job at taking step by step pictures. But making...
by Melanie McQ | Jun 15, 2019 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party, Fun, Halloween Crafts
As party favors for her Harry Potter birthday, we thought it would be fun to make lots of tiny little spider piñatas. They were fun to make and even fun to smash! Empty cereal boxes are filled tastic for making miniature piñatas. They are easy to cut, and we always...
by Melanie McQ | Apr 16, 2019 | DIY Birthday Party, Fun
At our Harry Potter birthday party, we let the children paint their own wands (in another post). We thought it would be a cool idea to make them a “float” their balloons across the yard using their new wands. They had a blast! They ended up playing this game way...
