Enter the pint-sized piñata. All the fun and charm of your typical piñata, in a teeny-tiny package that takes next to no time to make. This is the future people. There isn’t a room in my home that can’t be made immediately better by the addition of one of these little cuties. Here’s the how-to:
1. Gather a glue gun, scissors, a pencil, twine or string, cardboard (pretty much anything thicker than paper will do), and tissue or crêpe paper in whatever colours you’d like. We went with the standard pink and green watermelon colour scheme– don’t forget a darker shade paper for the seeds!
2. Trace and cut out a circle about the size of your palm, and a long strip of cardboard about the same width as the circle. Fold the circle in half along the centre line.
3. Place the folded circle (which should look like a wedge-shape) on the long strip of cardboard, and cup it in your hand so that the strip follows the edge of the wedge-shape on both sides. Trace the shape with your pencil, then cut it out. Glue along the edge of the resulting diamond-like shape, and press it against the wedge until dry. It should look like the world’s least appetizing watermelon slice at this point. Glue one end of twine to the top, so that you can hang your piñata when it’s finished.
4. Time for the fun part! Cut out strips of crêpe paper and cut little notches along one edge to create a fringe. Glue them down from the flat side of the watermelon up towards what would be the peel, making sure to overlap so you don’t see any cardboard. For the peel, cut out one long strip of paper and wrap it around the edge. Fold the fringe part down and over the pink section. Repeat on the other side, then fill in the remaining space with more strips of paper.
5. Don’t forget the seeds! Three little tear drop shapes on either side should do it.
That’s it! String up your little watermelon wherever you want and bask in its adorableness.
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