Simple DIY Little Letter Pinatas

 I have a very strong love for pinatas having grown up where no festivity was complete without one. It seems that pinatas are really popular right now which makes me very happy. Today we're going to knock out some super cute and super simple DIY little letter pinatas to spell out "BOO" for some Halloween fun.

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Decorating for Cinco de Mayo - Make Your Own Pinata Figurine

Mother's Day might be right around the corner, but let's not forget about Cinco de Mayo this weekend. You gotta admit Cinco de Mayo is more fun to craft for. Come on, who does not want to make colorful donkey pinata figurines?

The current issue of Kids Crafts 1-2-3 has a couple of cute Cinco de Mayo themed projects. There is a even a free pinata necklace project on our website. Last year I made the kids matching pinata appliqued shirts. This year I wanted to go with the donkey theme, but until I remembered the giant box of spray painted plastic toys in my garage I was not sure what it would be. Then after a trip down the party aisle this morning it all came together.

SUPPLIES

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Toy Horse

Scissors

Streamers

Googly Eyes

I cut my streamers into lengths of about 1". From there I folded the streamers and made them fringed.

Bit by bit I would smear Tacky Glue onto the horse and add strips of streamers. I did the head, tail and legs last. Oh and be sure to make some pointy ears.

Next I added googly eyes with Tacky Glue.

I'm pretty smitten with how he turned out. I'm bringing a batch of margarita cupcakes to a Cinco de Mayo party this weekend and thinking my new fringed friend would make a great centerpiece.

Then again I kinda like the way this set-up looks on my shelf so maybe I will keep it for myself.

Cinco de Mayo Pinata Shirts

Nothing says Cinco de Mayo like a pinata. You know how I love to dress my kids in theme (weenie dogs anyone?) so I thought why not make them matching pinata shirts to wear this weekend. Not to mention they will be great for birthday parties. Earlier this week I featured an embroidery pattern by Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive on BlogHer. The pattern was for the March stitch-a-long at Feeling Stitchy. I kept thinking about this perky little donkey and how I needed to make something with him for this week's I Love to Create post. SUPPLIES
T-shirt and/or tank top

Tulip Fashion Paints

Stencil Bruch

Printer

Fabric Fusion Glue

Felt

Scissors

Wild Olive pinata embroidery pattern

Rick Rack

Scribbles Paint Marker

Stencil 1 star pattern stencils from the Stencil 201 Book
The first thing I did was adorn a T-shirt for Baxter and a tank top for Tallulah with a star pattern from Ed Roth's Stencil 201 book. I used some festive colors from Tulip. While the paint was drying I enlarged the pinata embroidery pattern from Wild Olive and printed it out. I cut out the donkey and traced it onto two separate pieces of felt. Once the stars were dry using Fabric Fusion Glue I attached my felt pinatas to the shirts. The next thing to do was add the stripes. Molly from Wild Olive embroidered hers, but I had some colorful rick-rack that worked great. Again, I used Fabric Fusion Glue to attach the trim.
I cut out the saddle from the paper and traced onto some teal felt. Using Fabric Fusion Glue I attached to the pinatas.
Last, but not least, I added the details of the face using a Scribbles paint marker. Once everything was dry I tried to get pictures of my children modeling their new shirts. This was about as easy as herding cats. So now that I have these snazzy new matching shirts made I guess that means I should find something to do on Saturday so we can show them off. Visit us on Facebook!
Craft on!