Yo Gabba Gabba party with Brobee Pinata

Okay so I'm revisiting this post from last year's Yo Gabba Gabba party because it's been getting a lot of page views and I wanted to try and share how I made the pinata from a paper bag. It was really simple but tons of fun.

Supplies: 2 paper bags, crepe paper streamers,  sticky foam sheets, glue, tape and string for hanging

 

I filled the bottom of one of the bags with candy and toys and then filled the rest of the bag with newspaper so it would keep it's shape. Next I cut the other bag in half and fit it over top of the opening of the first bag and then taped it so I had one big square.

I had cut up the streamers into smaller pieces that were all about the same size and then cut a little slit up the middle of each. Then I began the laborious task of gluing them all over the bag. I would just make a bead of glue all the way across the bag and then stick on the streamers, overlapping them a little as I went.  It actually went really quick (especially since I wasn't trying to be perfect).

I cut the mouth and eyes out of the sticky foam sheets and just slapped them on. So easy! My husband actually attached the string to the top and I didn't watch, so I'm not sure how he did it...sorry!

Yo Gabba Gabba Party

My baby boy turned 3. Has it seriously been three years already? We had a big party with a Yo Gabba Gabba theme. I love Yo Gabba Gabba, like way more than my son does. We had ice cream cones, silly cake, water balloons and a homemade Brobee Pinata. I made it out of a paper bag because I was too lazy to handle the paper mache business. It worked great. (okay, it did involve a bit of stabbing) The cake was inspired by these pictures and there are great (and free) Yo Gabba Gabba printables here if you're interested.