I think it’s safe to admit, we’re all a bit done with coronavirus. Because COVID-19 is the worst! So if you find yourself needing a little outlet or to un-rationally smash something, I’ve got just the thing.
Make something to smash, a Coronavirus Piñata! It’s easy, satisfying and perfect for gatherings 6′ away. USA Today could easily add this to their list of 100 things to do while home during COVID-19. Best yet, all items are easily found at home for this paper mache creation.
Materials Needed to Make a Coronavirus Piñata
You will need a balloon, a large bowl the diameter of desired coronavirus circumference, a small cereal bowl for flour and water mixture and newspaper (cut into 2″ strips).
Blow up the balloon until it fits the top rim of your large bowl. Mix equal parts water and flour, about a cup each, in the cereal bowl. Adjust amounts to get a glue-like, paste substance. Dip newspaper strips into flour mixture, wipe most off with your fingers and apply to the balloon.
Continue applying strips of newspaper dipped in mixture in a cross like pattern to create strength, until you have added 4-5 layers.
To create the spiky look we simply took a quarter of a newspaper page, dipped it in the flour mixture and then molded it into kind of a table shape. Then we stuck it onto the ball in a random pattern. My kids, ages 6-12 years, had fun helping make this. Especially since they were looking forward to destroying it later.
How to Create the Piñata Hanger
Cut a small incision in the top, stuff the piñata full of candy and/or toys and insert a hanging system of some sort. I literally took a metal hanger in a “V” shape and placed it inside. Then duct taped the wire on the inside of the piñata as well as the outside of the piñata.
Let your kids paint it, it’s ok if it’s ugly, that’s what it is and we’re going to smash it right?
Let the kids wack it, kick it, smash it and take out all that angst on the coronavirus. It’s therapy really 😉
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What a great idea – a Coronavirus Pinata. This is a good way to take your anger out on the coronavirus, The kids also have a fun project to make and get to beat it up too.