On the 7th, Var turned 10 years old!
Yep, he finally turned double digits, and somehow we’ve survived it. 😉
I even survived the 14+ hour work on making an Ender Dragon Pinata!!
I was in charge of making the Pinata for all the bigger kiddos. It was also very highly requested that I make sure it was SUPER sturdy. As it was going to be being beat up by the bigger kids.
So to make sure the pinata was strong enough to ensure that everyone would have fun as we said happy birthday to him, I was told to use duct tape.
Yep, an Ender Dragon pinata, and it’s HUGE!
So I did! In fact this used almost 14 ROLLS of duct tape! It is also over 6 feet long, and was heavy as heck even before the candy! Also, I would have to say that the things were the worst part of making the Ender Dragon! Really, I ended up having to try and make a fabric of sorts out of the duct tape, but not doing very well at it! I ended up using an entire roll to make a rectangle and then I had to try and make things work shape wise based off of what I saw on this picture of the darn thing!
As you might be able to tell, I actually messed up on making the left wing look the same as the right wing. I was so tired, and so fed up from going to a store time and time again because I kept running out of duct tape!
Officially, the Ender Dragon doesn’t have a pink stomach, but I decided that since Var REALLY likes pink. Plus I wanted to make his birthday a happy one, I had to add some more pink. So there I did it! The belly, a small bit of the neck, and down the tail I had some nice pink duct tape!
In the end I do believe had a happy birthday! His gift from his sisters was a bag of his favorite snacky junk food. BBQ Wavy Lays, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Little Debbie Brownies, Chocolate Poptarts, Sour Patch Kids, and Sour Skittles!
From Aussie and I he got two Minecraft plush.
He ended up with two $20 Steam GC’s which is awesome because he REALLY wanted GC’s
Plus two of the Peashooters from Plants Vs. Zombies! Which you can purchase from Amazon, this thing is cool!
He also got a headset from his friends, sadly it didn’t end up being one that worked mic wise. :/ Darn, bad luck there. But it was sweat of them to bring him things (they gave him one of the GC’s and the headset.)
All in all I’d say he had a great day! We took awhile, but I did manage to get all the kids out for birthday ice cream as well!
Have you ever tried to make a Pinata before? I’ve got to say that after the Ender Dragon here (which by the way the kids had to resort to stabbing it with a stick and then finally just ripping to shreds because no one could best him!) I am not sure I ever want to make one again!
14 rolls of duct tape! That is one serious pinata! That’s awesome that you put that much time and energy into making it. It turned out fantastic and was enjoyed!
This is pretty awesome! Total creative skills here and I love it! I totally want to make one of these! Haha That had to have been a cool birthday party! I know I would have loved it!!! Thank you for sharing your awesomeness!
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Sounds like a fun party. The dragon pinata is really cute. I have never tried making my own pinata. I always buy the ready made ones because I usually don’t have the time to make one.
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That looks like an awesome piñata. It’s so much fun as kids get older and can get involved with planning their birthday celebrations. Sounds like had had an amazing birthday party and fun with his friends.
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I did a pinata one time and I was crazier acting than the kids like gimme all the candy lol. My son goes into the double digits next year and we will be having him a huge party I can’t wait.
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Whoa, I would be dead tired going to the store several times and replacing the duct tape. The Ender Dragon Pinata looked so cool and huge. 14 hours was worth it! I think my dad would do the same for us since he’s so creative. I wonder how strong it is when it’s tested in the rain.
We made a pinata with my grandfather when I was quite little, and I am sure my experience and his were wildly different! I wouldn’t even willingly take this on with our girls, because I know exactly who would end up finishing the project. Yours turned out great, and it clearly was tough enough to win the day! I don’t blame you for not wanting to go into the pinata-making business though!
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My 11 year old would think this is totally awesome as well. He loves dragons and medieval weaponry. I’ve never made a pinata, but I’ve always anted to. They look like they’d be totally fun to do.
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We had a pinata at my son’s birthday party, and it was SO much fun. The little ones couldn’t hit it really so the adults had to take over. In fact, someone hit it so hard it went into the lake behind our house! What a fun memory.
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You are definitely a craft master with that dragon duct tape pinata! I would of never thought to make my own pianta but this was brillant on your end! You got cool mommy points for that i am sure!
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