Griffin and Laurel's 3rd birthday is approaching. We're planning something small. The something small will include a pinata. They will also have a party at school. The school party will also include a pinata. So I thought, OK, I'll buy four pinatas. 2 Princess, 2 Diego. Off I went to the party store.
Pinatas are $20 each. I am not spending $80 on cardboard with tissue glued on it.
Plan B: Nemo pinatas were on clearance for $5 a piece. They will have one pinata at each party. I decided I could simply draw a princess and a Diego and glue them over Nemo. So I went to Walgreens and got some poster board.
I carefully drew Diego and a princess. I got out some books for reference. I wet the paper a little so the magic marker would smear and give them even skin tones as opposed to magic marker lines. That made the whole drawing smear a bit. My princess face was a bit off. I forged ahead. Diego wasn't looking so hot either. I spent about 45 minutes drawing. My pictures didn't look very good. I carefully cut them out. Maybe they'd look better once they were on the pinata. I held them up. They didn't look better. I had drawn Cinderella in 20 years after botched plastic surgery and Diego with a skin disorder.
Plan C: OK, I had a Diego table cloth and a Princess tablecloth. I cut out a design from each and taped it on either side of the Nemo pinata. Good enough. Done. They get a Nemo pinata at the school party.
I'm sure there is enough chocolate in there to make up for character disappointment.
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It's fun to take the pinata back to the shop after it broke "unexpectedly" and request your money back. You could actually do it keeping a straight face.
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