Note: We couldn’t find orange tissue paper here in Korea, and so my six-year-old son colored some thin white paper. This was a fun project to do together!

What You Need:  balloon, flour, water, newspaper, glue, whisk, bowl, orange and green paint, paint brush, scissors, orange tissue paper, candy, string or ribbon, masking tape, black construction paper

What You Do:

1. Blow up a balloon.

2. Cut a newspaper page into long strips 2 inches wide.

3. Make the paste:  Mix two cups of flour with one cup of water in a bowl. Whisk it until smooth.

4. Set your balloon in a holder like a tall plastic bowl. Dip the strips in the paste one at a time. If there’s too much paste on the strip, remove it with your fingers. Add the strip to the balloon, going around and laying the strips next to each other. Cover the whole balloon. Do not cover the top of the balloon (where the mouth piece is) Cover the balloon with three layers of strips.

5. Let it dry completely, might take 24 hours.

6. Twist a piece of newspaper into a stem. Attach the stem using masking tape.

7. Turn your balloon upside down and paint it orange. Paint the stem green. Let it dry.

8. Cut a piece of tissue paper into thins strips about 1 1/2 inches wide. On one side of each strip, make a fringe at every inch.

9. Pour glue onto a bowl or plate. Start with a small tissue paper strip about 2 inches long and glue it to the bottom of the balloon in the middle. Then with the fringe-side up, glue strips around the balloon, around the strip you just added. Make each strip overlap the previous one so that the balloon won’t show through. Cover all the way to the balloon mouthpiece.

10. With scissors, cut the balloon top. Take out the balloon. Let piñata dry.

11. Cut out face shapes from black construction paper. Glue them on the pumpkin for a jack-o-lantern.

12. With scissors, cut a slit on both sides of the top. Run a ribbon through for hanging the piñata. Fill the piñata pumpkin with candy and other goodies.

Happy Harvest Time or Happy Halloween!

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