how to make a skylander pinata

this is eruptor

he is a skylander

my son wanted him as a pinata for his birthday

so we got a balloon

covered it with a layer of newspaper and glue

glue was half water/half pva

next layer was lined white paper

then another layer of newspaper
 when it was dry
(a good 24 hours seeing ti was pouring with rain here)
i also ahve to admit to
trying to speed up the drying process by
putting it near the oven as it cooled down
...bad move..
the balloon popped
and pinata imploded
like a black hole..
.so we had to start again...sigh

next layer was adding the arms, legs and fin using a cereal box and a heap of masking tape

arms were cones and legs were cylinders

 

then we covered all of that with lined paper

 when that had dried (24 hours-no oven...i learnt my lesson lmao)

 we glued down the crepe paper

this is easiest done by using a brush and paintign the glue onto teh pinata nd then adding the paper

complete pain in the butt doing it with your fingers

sticks every-freaking-where!

 addded eyes and mouth with coloured card and left it to dry for 24 hours

fin had yellow crepe paper over the red

arms were shoved full of newspaper and just the top bits had crepe paper shoved in and covered

nice sharp triangle teeth lol

 then i cut a small incision in the back of his head to squeeze the lollies in

 just like this-all the lollies were in packets 

so they didn't get all dirty when they fell on the floor

i put in about 6 different packets

 for each of the kids so 

eruptor weighed quite a bit 

by the time we were finshed and he was quite full!!!

here's the birthday boy having a smash!

eruptor lasted about 12 smashes

he was not as strong as previous years-only 3 layers which was good

his arms and legs fell off pretty quick though lololololol

cheers ears