We had so much fun at Made with HAPPY Girl’s Rainbow Half Birthday. One of the hits of the party was the Rainbow Punch Pinata. The kids had so much fun punching out a circle and being surprised each time with a prize. I’m loving this as an alternative to the traditional pinatas in that A.) there aren’t kids swinging bats aimlessly B.) It give each child a turn without breaking the whole thing open, and C.) psss… its A TON cheaper. It cost me about $8 to make the entire thing.
We found the idea from Celebrating Big and Small and knew it would be perfect for her birthday. She has step by step instructions on how to make it here.
I made a few adjustments, but here is the basic supply list I went with:
Supplies
Two poster boards
Tissue paper – Rainbow colors or any colors you choose
Package of brown paper lunch bags – I used 24
Prizes
Tape
Circle cutter – or you could even use a bowl to trace out the circles if you don’t have a handy circle cutter. I went with approximately 5 inches diameter.
I cut out 24 holes, but you can go for as many or few as you would like. I was happy to have 24, so that all 11 kids got to go twice and a few a third time.
Each Tissue square was approximately 6 inches.
I cut the bags down to approximately 3 inches high. Reuse the cut off part as snack baggies.
Tape each of the sides of the bag down and you have yourself a Rainbow Punch Pinata!
RAINBOW PUNCH PINATA
PIN IT TO YOUR CRAFTY BOARD ON PINTEREST!
FOLLOW MADEWITHHAPPY ON PINTEREST FOR ALL THINGS HAPPY
19 comments
I love this idea! You really could make it work with any theme! Can’t wait to try it!
I made this for a Lego party and called it punch a Lego!
SUPER idea.. Love this 🙂 – Marni
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what kind of poster board did you use? also what size poster board?
Hi there. I used standard 22 x 28 poster board.
Where is the rainbow dress from? 🙂
I got the dress from an Etsy Shop called Crafting While They Nap. Its so cute isn’t it?
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Hi I’m wanting to make one of these for my family reunion coming up. We have lots of kids and we’re always trying to keep them entertained. I’m wondering how you secured it to the wall?
Hi there. I hung it from a nail on the wall, but really you can hang the string on anything. Or have a few adults hold each side is good too. Have fun!
Rainbow Punch Pinata:
How did you hang it on the wall?
Hi Ashley, We hung it on a nail that happened to be on that wall. You could use a XL command strip that holds the weight of the pinata!
Hi,
I’m so confused about the brown bags. Do you have a video because I learn so much better that way? With the brown bags, do you have one bag on top of each other?
Hi there. The brown bags are cut in the four corners giving us (flaps) or something to secure the bags to the poster board. Each of the flaps could overlap with other flaps from other holes. If that makes sense.