tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480520916272444156.post9008160290500679675..comments2023-05-09T06:47:26.252-04:00Comments on A Day in the Life of a Super Mom: A Mommy Blog: Kid's Party Planning: Birthday Parties on the Cheapy CheapKrlenenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03494427012284881454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480520916272444156.post-29942370347145633682012-09-24T10:35:21.911-04:002012-09-24T10:35:21.911-04:00OMG I was totally gonna post this but I couldn'...OMG I was totally gonna post this but I couldn't remember exactly how it was done!Haha nice pun at the end! You should totally send me some pictures that I can post of the one you did. That thing seriously woulda cost a good 50 bucks if you bought it at the store.Krlenenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494427012284881454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480520916272444156.post-40608677188811479022012-09-24T09:25:08.982-04:002012-09-24T09:25:08.982-04:00Now you can't forget the lovely homemade pinat...Now you can't forget the lovely homemade pinatas LOL!! You know what I'm talking about!You can either spend $15-$25 on one or spend 100 plus hours making one for about $3 bucks!!! You can choose to save money or save your sanity! But in the end you feel very proud of yourself for accomplishing the homemade pinata all you need is big punching balloons at you local only a dollar store for a bag of 2 or 3. Free newspapers found when going to the library or grocery store. Or those 100 phone books left on you door step every other month the pages are great for this.A bottle or two of glue and water to mix with your glue and glue is only 25-50 cents a bottle! Print out an 8 by 10 pictures of their themed character and glue it to card stock and glue it one the balloon and use either colored tissue from you only a dollar store or the easier way crepe and fringe half of it! glue it all around the picture until the balloon is covered.<br />1st blow up balloon to size you want the bigger the longer it takes<br />2 cut strips of newspaper soak in water glue mixture run it between you fingers to slide excess water mixture off cover your balloon i like about 5 - 6 layers of paper for extra strength and let dry <br />3 when dry apply crepe paper about 1 cut in about 1- 1 1/2 in length off the roll fold over the end of a pencil dip the tip in glue and stick onto balloon until cover (WARNING!Be aware this takes a lot of time!)<br />Easier method fold crepe paper in half lengthwise and snipe the ends to fringe and cut desired length off roll and glue around the balloon layering it until covered let dry and cut hole in top and fill with candy !<br />Watch out how much candy you put in I had about 10lbs or more in mine and had a hard time hanging it up !! I did this on my sons 6th birthday and it was a big hit(Literally!LOL).Crystalhttp://www.twitter.com/crystalandsam1noreply@blogger.com