A Thanksgiving Turkey Pinata

A pinata brings together family and friends for various celebrations. Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for everything grand in the world. Children are often left out of the holiday celebration. A store bought piñata isn't always the best way to go. They are often expensive and not very budget friendly. This article will help guide parents in the right direction of making your very own turkey piñata. At Thanksgiving celebrations, the turkey is the center of the attention. A piñata is simple and very fun to create. This will be a step by step guide to creating the turkey. Here is a following list of materials needed to create the piñata.

Materials:

The two balloons are the body and head of the turkey. The size of the balloons needs to be an ideal size for the children to break it apart with a wooden stick. The colors do not really matter in this case. Why? It will be covered in papier-mâché. The balloons need to be two different sizes. The smaller one is for the head and the larger one for the body itself.

Papier-mâché is a tricky but simply technique to create many wonderful crafts. A recipe for papier-mâché will be given at the end of this article. The Papier-mâché helps to hold the colorful feathers onto the balloons. Newspapers are ideal for the recipe of Papier-mâché. The strip of newspapers gives the balloons a chance for the feathers to adhere to.

Fake feathers give the turkey piñata a colorful life like appearance. The colorful appearance of the piñata will be created with the feathers. The feathers can be purchased from any craft store. Do not limit yourself with the amount of feathers.

A black marker will help to create the face of the turkey. A triangle shape will be for the beak and mouth; the eyes are of oval size.

What is a piñata without filling? The filling of the turkey can be of hard candy of your choice.

Those are the materials needed for the creation of the piñata. The creation of this turkey is quite simple. The children should be allowed to help you to create the piñata. This will give them something to do and be a part of.

The first step is to create inflate both balloons. But in the process of inflating the balloons, they both need to be filled up with the hard candy. It is best to inflate and fill one balloon at a time, unless you have helping hands to help you.

The Papier-mâché is a messy process. The proper clean up method should be in order before the process can begin. The strips of newspaper need to be dipped into the gooey mess. The gooey will help the paper to adhere to the balloons. This will give the feathers a smooth surface to adhere.

Before the feathers can be added to the balloons, it needs to dry overnight. This will ensure the feathers to stick to the balloon. After the drying process is complete, the feathers can be added to the balloons. The colorful feathers will bring the turkey piñata to life. The feathers can either be added by glue or the gooey mess.

The final step in the creation of the piñata is to give the turkey a face. The face of the turkey can be drawn by a black marker. The turkey is now ready to be hit with a wooden stick. The children will enjoy the fun in breaking the turkey and releasing all the goodness of the candy.

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