I was telling my husband last night that growing up we didn’t have many birthday parties. In fact, I really only remember one of mine vividly. I was twelve, I had 3 guests, and I got an American Girl doll. Her name was Molly and it was an awesome party. Nothing fancy, it was at our house with my friends. We probably got pizza and had some ice cream. I remember my oldest sister had a sweet 16 birthday party and my older brother had some crazy birthday party sleepover when he was a teenager. But other than those, I don’t recall many birthday parties. Don’t get me wrong, our parents spoiled us. One year, after we had moved to California, my mom made Philly Cheesesteaks and brought them to school for me to share with my class. That was awesome.
But having five kids and a tight budget, birthday parties were never at the top of the list. Needless to say, I never had a piñata … but I always wanted one. As a child with an anger management problem it was a dream come true. You get to angrily beat the crap out of something that then explodes in rainstorm of candy and goodies? Umm, YES PLEASE!
As an adult (whose anger is very much under control) I can understand why my parents didn’t want to drop $20+ on something that was just going to get demolished in a matter of minutes. So I came to the conclusion I just needed to make my own, on the cheap. In total I believe this ended up costing me under $5. I had to buy the colored crepe paper because I only had blue and pink. Everything else was found around the house.
Check out my blog for the view tutorial on how to make this DIY Rocketship Pinata. {click link}
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