PINATA

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When organizing a children's birthday, take into account the Mexican fun Pinata. Pinata is usually a fairly large form of papier-mâché hollow inside. It can be either a complex figure: a bird, fish, the sun, etc., or a simple geometric one, decorated with bright stickers. The piñata is filled with small gifts, surprises or sweets.
2 ways to open a pinata:
1. Sticks.
2. Ribbons, only one of which opens a toy.
The queue for striking or pulling on a ribbon can be set according to different principles. For example, to sound riddles, and to the guesser - to provide an opportunity to open a pinata. Usually, it is not possible to open it the first time, so each attempt more and more irritates guests. And when the next effort succeeds, and the contents get enough sleep, there is no end to joy! The whole process is accompanied by fun music. You can play piñata both at home and in the yard. It is either installed or suspended on a tree.
Of course, in our time you can buy a pinata, but there is the simplest way to do it yourself. In this case, you can make a toy that you like and decorate it to your taste. Although the pies are made from papier-mâché in the original, the time-consuming method can be replaced with a simpler one, taking as a basis an ordinary cardboard box. Since the boxes for the most part represent the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, you can decorate it in the form of: a car, a treasure chest, sweets, etc. Our proposed version of piñata opens by tugging at the ribbons.
The Bird of Happiness.
Required Accessories:
1. The box.

Width and height should be approximately half the length.
2. Corrugated paper: two colors. Any of your choice.
3. White sheet of paper (for eyes).
4. Yellow / red / orange sheet of paper (for beak).
Focus on your primary color.
5. Ribbons or braid.
6. PVA glue (white).
7. Scissors and a knife.
8. The black felt-tip pen.
9. Adhesive packing tape.

Basic preparation of piñatas.
1. Seal the box with tape on all sides.
2. On the narrow, long side of the box, cut the gift-filling door.

3. Fasten the ribbons, at least 9, from the inside of the box above the slotted door.

4. Attach the main opening ribbon to the lower inner surface of the door.

5. Bring all the ribbons out and close the door.

6. The basic design is ready.
Decor.
1. Cut corrugated paper into narrow strips.

2. Alternating colors, glue the box in a circle starting from the bottom of the structure.

3. Decorate the door separately, but in the same way.

Head.
To get a beautiful bird's head, put any crumpled paper on the top end of the box.

Cover it with corrugated paper, which is enough to fix only the front and back.
Beak.
Attach the beak on the end part above the prepared door. You can do it in various ways.

Wings and tail.
Cut wider strips of corrugated paper than for feather trim. Connect one side by spreading the other and slightly cutting it.

Attach the wings to the sides and the tail to the back.

Eyes.
On a white sheet of paper with a black felt-tip pen, draw eyes. So that they are exactly the same, you can print them on a printer, or circle a suitable object in shape and size. Please note that the eyes should be proportional to the size of the head.

Filling.
Pull the ribbons carefully prepared by you to open the door, and fill the pinyata with surprises. After that, close the door, leaving all the ribbons outside.