How to make a piñata with love, a lot of love

(The idea for this tutorial was conceived and photographed by the one and only Marta from 2^nd funniest thing).

 

Piñatas are trending at the moment. You will have seen them on Pinterest, Instagram and in decoration magazines, bringing a special touch to a ‘handmade’ party. Well at SelfPackaging, we want to make the most of this post by declaring ourselves to be nothing but fans of the piñata movement, especially the heart shaped ones. That is why today we are bringing you a step by step explanation of how to make a piñata full of love.

 

 

Wouldn’t it be perfect for your next event, at your wedding or even to brighten up you house just for the fun of it?

 

Well, let’s get to work. What comes first, as you already know, are the materials we need to carry out this tutorial on how to make a heart shaped piñata:

 

 

• A cardboard heart
• A few sheets of red silk paper
• Masking tape
• A pretty gift ribbon. We chose our vichy ribbon in green.
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun
• A handful of sweets. If possible, in a colour that matches your chosen ribbon.

 

The first thing would be to take out the precut circles in the middle of our cardboard heart:

 

 

Fasten 4 pieces of masking tape to the base as shown in the following image, and then stack the 2 central pieces and glue the vichy ribbon with the glue gun applicator:

 

 

Add and fasten 3 more pieces to the heart and fill the inside with delicious sweets:

 

 

Glue the lid and secure it with the masking tape already fastened to the back part:

 

 

Prepare various strips of silk paper, around two fingers wide, folding them in the middle, and cut them to create a kind of fringe:

 

 

Use the hot glue to glue the strips of silk fringe to the structure of the cardboard heart:

 

 

When you have finished covering the whole surface, you can go over the sides of the heart with the scissors to make the shape even more defined and to make sure the heart is 100% visible:

 

 

And there we have it, our article on how to make a cardboard piñata. Now, you only need hang your DIY piñata wherever it looks most beautiful and sing along with us: “Love is in the air…”