Cars Party race box cars

This is just a little peek at one of the party games.
I made these with just boxes, spraypaint, and white paper.

stop back by next week to see what we did with 'em.


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Pinata for Cars Party

I like making Pinatas.
I have made one for T's birthday since he was 3 - he just expects one, so this is my third year!
This year we are doing another Car's party theme.
It took me a while to decide what kind of pinata to make.  I didn't think that I could do a good looking car, plus I didn't think that whacking Lightning or Mater was a very nice idea.  But a bad guy - yeah, we could whack the heck out of a bad guy. 
So came the plans for making Professor Z into a pinata.

Here is Professor Z - I don't know why, but T always likes the bad guys.

here is the start of my pinata
I made it with a big punch balloon and a thin cardboard cereal type box

people might think making a pinata is hard, but it's quite simple - and my method is even less messy than you might imagine too. 
I use:
torn newspaper
simple white flour and water for my paper mache' paste (I don't measure but it's something like one cup of flour and 2 cups water)
and sometimes I need to use a little masking tape
And I use small foam brush to apply the paste, so I stay fairly clean

here he is with a layer of white paper just so he will paint easier

he is starting to look like my inspiration!!!

T was very concerned when he saw it at this point. he said "MOM, don't forget his wheels." "Mom, don't forget his hair" "Mom, don't forget his glasses"
I told him I had it all covered :)

And here is the final project. Thanks for looking!!

The party is later today, so come back again next week to see how he faired -- I always wonder how my pinatas will handle their beatings LOL ....

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