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| I thought I could do it by using the url of the picture form my blog. Does that not work? It is already uploaded over at Blogger and I just copied the url of the picture itself. |
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Yes, you can Charlotte. I fixed it. Your image was too big. This site will only support ones of certain sizes (I've got to go find those dimensions to post). I got this one to work by using the url of the modifidied one right on your main page blog not the full size one that is actually uploaded in the picture gallery. Does that make sense?
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Yes it does. I probably should have just linked to the bigger one because I don't think you can see the little shield in the smaller version. Sorry to be difficult! Thank you sweet computer fairy! 
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You made a really small handle, and I needed that visual, thanks!
Okay, now that I saw the dragon pinata, did you make it? And please share the directions! That was on my to do list.
And thanks for the tip of Target and Wal-Mart. I admit I haven't trekked to those two places yet (everywhere else, it seems). So I'll add that if I get everything else done.
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For the goblets I was going to suggest a party store. The ones pictured in the Family Fun link are just those cheapo plastic ones where the base comes off.
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OK Jenn, here goes. That picture is at least 6 maybe 7 years old. I did make the pinata but I didn't follow any directions and I think I started a few weeks maybe even a month before the party. I used a balloon and basic paper mache stuff (newspaper and homemade "glue") to cover it. Once that was mostly dry, I used paper towel and toilet paper rolls to make the legs, neck and tail. Tape them on and flesh them out with balls of newspaper. Although, the tail might have been some poster board rolled up into a cone and tape to the stomach. When you get the shape fleshed out, paper mache over all of it. For the head, I think I used another small balloon. The spikes were just glued on triangles of construction paper. I know I made the thing in stages but I can't remember what the order was except that I started with the stomach since that is where the candy was going to be held. (We still have the head tucked away in a keepsake box for my big guy. Kinda gruesome, I know.)
Now, if you don't have the time to do all of this, you can accomplish it faster by purchasing a premade soccer ball pinata, with the parts attached (made out of construction paper) and covered in green spray paint. Wish I had thought of that years ago! Those white soccer balls also make great Death Stars should your little guy become a Star Wars fan.
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Weeks? Month? Oh dear, I don't have that kind of time. Do pinatas take an inordinate amount of time? I might be better off paying $15.99 at the Party store.
Your second suggestion sounds a bit like these instructions. what do you think?
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Yeah, that is close to what I was imagining except skip the beginning and use a soccer ball. If you don't even want to go to that much trouble or expense, print out a really ferocious dragon picture and tape it to a paper bag pinata. But hey, if you can find a dragon pinata already made, go for it!
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I forgot to say that shaped pinatas can take a lot of time because you usually have to build them in stages and you have to let each stage dry completely before continuing. It is also super messy!
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Jenn--I don't know if they are around this time of year but last year I used these little plastic ice cream goblets from the dollar store and painted with that stone textured spray paint, then added jewels. They came out very cool.
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