I just realized this week that September is right around the corner. Eek! Summer is slipping through my fingers. Nooo!
Baby Chuck's birthday party is almost here. I have all these marvelous DIY plans dancing in my head, but I have yet to fully complete one. Fortunately, Kim is super crafty and creative. I'm mucho thankful that she was able to help out.
Here's our first birthday party project: The pinata! Ole! (Note: I've never hit a pinata before, but the whole idea seems very fun. What? You get to hit something with a big stick? And it's ok? And it spits out candy? Sign my kid up!) After looking through pages and pages of pinatas, I skipped the paper mache route in favor of cardboard (using
this awesome set of directions). I'm not sure how sturdy the structure will be since we used flimsy cereal boxes. Luckily, only a couple of young kids will attend our party, so I think it'll be ok. *Crosses fingers*
I'm not going to lie. It was loads of fun to make, but it took a looooong time. We could only work at night when Baby Chuck was sleeping. (Unfortunately, that meant that we were both also exhausted too.) Having Kim as my
slave helper really helped. If you were to try this project, I recommend that you get yourself a Kim too.
Here are some photos from our efforts:
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| I added thicker cardboard to reinforce my flimsy ones. |
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| This was all we were able to accomplish the first night. |
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| Note the ice-cream in the background. We needed to keep our energy up. |
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| We started from the bottom and then slowly worked our way up. |
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| Delirium sets in. |
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| This is all we accomplished the second night. |
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| And then when I work up the next morning , our pinata was magically completed! Just kidding, we finished it after another night of work. |
Now I just have to fill this baby up and then we can see it in action.
