Jeff + Pinatas

 I stumbled across a website called Oh Happy Day tonight while procrastinating. I really enjoyed reading their pinata tutorials and found them inspirational. I am writing this blog post to ensure that I do not forget these ideas like so many lost on scrap pieces of paper. Its also good to see other people building pinatas and being creative.

Building on an idea:   

    The first idea I got is from their alligator pinata. When I go to make my own I think I will drop the tissue paper, make it more realistic, expand the size of the jaw and add many more teeth. I really like the idea of making pinatas of animals that I am afraid of. A healthy fear fostered by that memorable scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Imagine tiny Thuggee pinatas in the mouth... also they' re filled with candy.

        I got my second idea from their tiny pinatas.

If only I had children to spoil.

    I would follow their technique but make birds instead. By placing some in the mouth or on the back of the alligator at the party I could show the symbiotic relationship that exists between alligators and some species of bird (though I feel like I would be the only one genuinely interested in that). The birds could also serve as party favours that people can take home with them at the end of it all.  

 

    I hope it is alright with Oh Happy Day that I am going to steal a few ideas from them and run off with it sometime in the future.