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4th of July Pinata

Celebrate Independence day with this super fun 4th of July Pinata. Fill with patriotic party favors, this American flag pinata is fun for the whole family.

Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Party DIYs
Servings: 1 Punch Pinata
Author: Alli Ward

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 poster boards
  • red white, blue tissue paper (only 1-2 pieces of each color)
  • 24 lunch bags
  • tape
  • hole punch
  • circle cutter
  • small toys 24
  • red white and blue crepe paper streamers
  • twine or rope - 3 yards

Instructions

  • Measure out the size of the circles on the poster board. I went with 5 inch circles and spaced them as evenly as I could across both pieces of poster board.
    supplies for punch pinata
  • Using duct tape or masking tape, attached the two boards together against the long side so that together you have 6 holes across and 4 holes down = 24 holes
    posters with circles cut out
  • Using the circles you cut out of the poster board, cut circles in the tissue paper approximately 2 centimeters bigger so you're able to attach to the holes
    making of the punch pinata
  • Attach to the back of the circles. Note:  I searched high and low and I'm not kidding you, about 15 different stores looking for blue tissue paper with stars with no luck. I think it would look awesome with that tissue paper, but our blue tissue paper with gold star stickers had to do!
    tissue covered circles
  • Next its time to cut the brown bags. I cut the bags at about an inch from the top of the bottom flap when its folded up. Once you've cut the tops off, you cut the four corners down an inch to the folded line. Then fold the edges down as you see in the bottom right picture
    how to turn brown bag into punch pinata bag
  • Note:  If you feel like you're wasting the tops of the bags, you can fold the cut bottom up a tiny bit and staple the bottoms and use them for snack bags. That is what I did and they are great!
    stapled brown bag
  • Next you place one toy on each of the circles and cover it with a bag.
    taping brown bags over tissue paper
  • Using tape, secure the bags to the poster board.
    back of the 4th of July pinata
  • Tape piece of crepe paper streamers to the bottom of the poster board to give it a little more jazz!
    patriotic pinata