We have been busy at our house preparing for the galactic event that is our kid’s birthdays. Geekette will be turning 7 and little bro will be hitting the big one, all within 6 days of each other. How we did that I will never know, but my mom and her dad were born on the same day and my husband and his dad were born a day apart. Must be genetic. At any rate, as our theme is the original Star Wars movies, I have had to make pretty much every decoration we have. This year, big sis decided she wanted a pinata. I found several good pictures of death star pinatas on the web so I set to work.
Things you need to make a planet destroying space station:
- Soccer Ball
or other large round pinata
- Gray spray paint
- Masking tape
- Pinata Filler
- Black sharpie
- Good drawing of the death star. I used this one.
I purchased a soccer ball pinata at a local craft store. It was covered in this weird tissue paper that was fluffed out so I proceeded to tear that all off. The death star is definitely NOT fluffy. Once it was pretty much denuded of tissue paper, I filled it with candy left over from Halloween. This step is very important. In my zeal to get the thing painted I nearly forgot to put the goodies in it. That would have been an epic fail.
Once the candy was inside, I pulled the area closed as best I could, put masking tape over the hole and spray painted it with a flat gray spray paint. Another important step, be sure you are standing up wind while spray painting. I let that dry for a couple of hours and then, using my illustration as a guide, I attacked it with a black sharpie. I had thought about using a paintbrush, but my hand is just not that steady and I was worried I would screw up the details. Which I would have. Remember, it doesn’t have to look perfect because it will ultimately be destroyed thus saving the galaxy. Unfortunately it is too late for Alderaan.
I had to LOL at the comment about the leftover Halloween candy. We have some over here that will likely end up making it into the plastic Easter eggs for the girls’ baskets or the playgroup Easter egg hunt. Hooray for repurposing!
Happens every year. Get a ton of candy and then most of it goes to Blue Star Moms for the soldiers. We save our favorites which sit on the counter for months and eventually get tossed.
It’s recycling at its best!!
That is a brilliant concept for a pinata.
Incredible pinata – yours looks much better than my attempt 🙂