Environmental Initiative

What makes the pinatas environmentally friendly?

1. No Tissue Paper

Most pinatas are decorated with colourful wrapping tissue paper. This tissue paper while decorative, is not always made from recycled paper/sustainable resources or even locally manufactured. Instead I leave out the frivolous tissue paper and paint my pinatas with water based acrylic paints that are free of heavy metals and labelled 'non-toxic'.

You can read more about environmentally friendly paint choices in a column written by Adria Vasil of Now Magazine.

None of this.

2. Upcycled + Sustainable Supplies

My pinatas are made from free community newspapers, paper towel/toilet paper tubes, cardboard boxes, biodegradable balloons, hemp/jute twine, staples, flour and water. The cereal boxes that I would normally recycle, can now be saved for a pair of dragon wings or a cat tail. The twine is also reused in multiple stages of the pinata and can go on to help attach appendages for many other pinatas.

All you need to make a pinata.

3. Environmental Initiatives

As I become more successful and interest grows in my pinatas, I plan on donating proceeds from my pinatas to various environmental charities. Imagine a series of pinatas inspired by local wildlife to support the Toronto Wildlife Centre or series of shark pinatas to support the WWF.

This will take time so please be patient.