Christmas Tree Pinata
Here is the finished Christmas Tree Pinata. Continue reading Christmas Tree Pinata
Owl Pinatas, Christmas Pinatas, Halloween Pinatas
Here is the finished Christmas Tree Pinata. Continue reading Christmas Tree Pinata
Pinatas, pinatas! Here is the finished mole. I love the way he just floats in a circle, waiting to be whacked. Mr. Mole is now listed in our Etsy shop. Hurrah! We sold a pumpkin and an owl. Here is the pumpkin.And here is a preview of Mr. Turkey. Continue reading More Finished Pinatas
We finished one more pinata in our smack ’em and whack ’em project. This one is the haunted house. We are having fun using up old boxes, long-stored paper, and some new punches Paula got at a yard sale. When you’re making a run-down old haunted house, things can be slanted, off center or slightly tattered and it just adds to the effect. Cool, huh? Continue reading Haunted House for Sale (Just in time for Halloween)
I finished two more pinatas. The spider and a pumpkin. Look at this creepy picture of the spider’s face. I really did find pictures of spiders with eyes all over their heads. GROSS!Here is the finished pinata. As I’ve mentioned before, shipping the pinatas is a problem. I made this spider so his legs can be unattached for shipping and the customer can quickly attach … Continue reading The Sweet and the Creepy
Spider: Pinata Number #18 Life keeps sidetracking me from my piñata project. But life is good, so I’m not complaining, I’m counting blessings. I left off with number 18 of the 20 piñatas in 20 weeks challenge. The 18th piñata is a horrible black widow spider. I really don’t want to make this a cutesy spider. It should be a Halloween creepy spider. One day I decided … Continue reading Spider Eyes
Haha. Pinata… Busted. Nice play on words. Nope, I didn’t win the 20 Pinatas in 20 days challenge. Good thing it was just something I made up. I do think it could be an interesting reality TV show, though. Even if I didn’t meet my goal, I feel I accomplished a lot of what I wanted to do. First off, my daughter told me I … Continue reading Pinata Challenge..Busted!
Day 19 of the Pinata Challenge. Here’s the flat owl pinata. It’s not totally done yet, but I got a good start on it today. Look what’s growing on our tree. This is the pumpkin pinata getting ready for a paint job. I covered it with orange tissue paper thinking that it would help the pinata take the spray paint. Then I painted some black … Continue reading It’s Not Easy Being Orange
Days 16 and 17. Most of what I’ve been doing is yucky pasting, but here is a colorful photo: This spring we helped make a float and we learned a lot of new things from the experience. We learned about floral sheeting which is what is used to cover the floats. This is some upcycled floral sheeting. I wanted to see how it would look on … Continue reading Pinata Progress
Days 14 and 15 or the piñata challenge and two piñatas are completely done! Here’s Mark’s frog: This frog is daring you to hit it. It’s so adorable. DECORATING PINATAS The challenge with decorating piñatas is covering up all the newspaper. It is more difficult than you would think, especially with the ones we want to paint. It took a half a can of spray paint … Continue reading It’s Not Easy Being Green
What did the butcher say when he backed into his meat grinder? Well, I got a little behind in my work also. Remember the donkey and unicorn pony? Look at their behinds. They are way too flat. So I decided to give them a little bum..p. Here they are after some reconstruction. These guys are almost ready to be decorated. The little things that look … Continue reading A Little Behind in My Work