More Angry Birds...Of Course!

The party is getting closer! Here are a few more things I made for the upcoming bash!

I should've started with this, here is the invitation I made. Leif's favorite bird with the black bomb bird. He wanted the bird to be on the front of the invitation. Relying on my SU! background, I dug out my punches, ribbon, paper, and dimentionals and got to work!

The pieces are pretty easy to figure out. If you need help, just let me know. The eyebrows were free-handed, as was, basically, the "wick." For the font, it was a free download from the internet. I love the variety of fonts you can find!

Another paper project I made was a pinata! No stores had the Angry Birds pinata for sale around here, and I don't like to buy online because I buy too much! So, I made one! Now, don't fret. I didn't start completely from scratch! Let me show you the pinata first, and then I'll tell you how I made it:

This grand king was once a baseball pinata! Just like last year's party (and the year before actually!) I started with a plain, round pinata you can find at any store that sells party goods. Get one on sale that's out of season! It's going to be covered anyway.

Then I used about half a roll of green crepe paper. Yes, the same kind you use for streamers for decorating your house. I cut a strip of that which was big enough to go around the pinata (start at the bottom or you'll have a seam in the middle like I do!) Fold that crepe paper in half "hot dog" style (landscape.) Then, along the folded edge, cut up 3/4 of the way about every 1/8th inch along the length of the paper. If you fold the crepe paper up so it's a few layers thick, you will have to make fewer cuts and it will take less time.

Simply then take white glue, put glue on the pinata (I tried putting it on the paper...things got sticky very quickly!) Push the crepe paper so it lies flat. If you don't like the look of it, simply cover it up with another layer.

Layer after layer, building up the pinata, you will soon have a bright green ball! Go to my very useful resource here, print off only the king pig, and viola! You have a pinata perfect for smashing! Oh, I used a pizza box from our recycling bin to glue the ears and crown on to make them stick up.

We don't have a strong tree in our yard that will hold a pinata, so I made this a pull string pinata. You can find a lot of blogs out there which explain how to do this. Since I didn't take step-by-step pictures, it would probably be easiest if you looked it up how to do it. Enjoy!