Christmas Star Piñata DIY: Fun Individual Party Favors

Christmas Star Piñata DIY: Individual Holiday Party Favors.
Cut, fold and paste 3-dimensional stars filled with treats
into una pequeña piñata!

 

In this post we showed you how to make the 3-dimensional stars for Christmas nursery décor.

 

 

While creating those stars we realized there was a lot of hollow space between the two 4-point stars we glued together to make one 8 point star.

Even the smallest stars have enough room to hide a surprise for a little. Or in our case, a g’little.

Then a light bulb went off in my little brain that said, “Piñata! Una pequeña piñata!” One for each niña and niño!

That’s when I got excited and began researching piñata tutorials. And discovered these would be perfect without any variations in the design. The only thing we won’t do is attach them to a branch with fairy lights. That could be a little dangerous!

So grab some colorful and/or glittery cardstock, the brighter the better, then go back to this post to follow the directions to make the stars. One for each child in your Christmas celebration. And maybe those that wish they were children.

Then, before you glue the stars together, add some wrapped treats or tiny gifts to the hollow places.

Warning: Watch crawling babies and toddlers near the broken stars or small treats. Be sure to help them crush and open their stars so they will be safe. If you use small candies or there are discarded wrappers, do what you always do. Keep a close eye on their hands and mouths!

 

Our Christmas Star Piñata DIY:

1. To make the stars a little harder to tear, we’re using 12″ x 12″ cardstock* to make the stars. (The affiliate link shows you what we used. You might be able to find glitter cardstock on sale at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby.)

   

2. We’re choosing treats like Fruit Snacks, gummy bears and animal crackers in little packets for the littlest g’littles. And chocolate. Everyone loves chocolate and toddlers can gum small pieces easily. Just keep the wet wipes handy.

   

3. Glue the stars together and add a string to each. Hang them from the ceiling or if you’re outdoors, like we will be if the sun is shining, hang them from a tree branch. At the right height for the child. If you have enough rods and enough space they can each do their own piñata star at the same time. So they don’t conk each other accidentally. Or on purpose. Our family has very little littles, so individual is good.

 

Please don’t judge my Spanish! But you will want to pin this for a party sometime…