Use the small dish turned upside down as a template to trace circles that you'll cut out of the cardboard. You will need 2 circles per piñata. small bowl or dishcardboardpencilscissors
Cut a small strip of cardboard, about 1" x 12". Cut a piece of curling ribbon about 18" long. Use hot glue to attach the curling ribbon to the long strip of cardboard and allow to dry completely. curling ribbonhot glue
Add hot glue to one circle, near the edge and carefully attach the cardboard strip to the hot glue. Make sure to keep the ribbon sticking out of the edge of the piñatas. Let set.
Fill the container with candy and other goodies before adding hot glue to the edge of the strip (that's attached to the circle) and placing the other circle on top to close the piñata. Candy or other goodies
Cut 2 more shorter pieces of curling ribbon (8-12") and adhere them to the edge of the pinata as shown with hot glue.
Fold one sheet of tissue paper in fourths (or 6ths, if your paper is large) by folding in half and then in half again. tissue paper
Trim off about 1" of tissue paper, cutting all four sheets at once and then cut small fringe marks or strips into the paper. Trim the fringe to about 1" wide and begin to adhere it to the edge of the piñata with white glue. white glue
Note: Using one single piece of tissue paper is challenging. It rips easily or the glue begins to leak through very quickly, therefore two sheets work best. Just glue two sheets together at a time, place glue on the edge of the card board and continue all the way around until completely covered.
Use those same strips of tissue paper and begin to cover the mini piñatas. You can choose any design you want - circles, lines, etc. Once you have all of your tissue paper on the piñata, fluff it gently with your fingers.
Add accents with the metallic paper gift bags, if desired. We used a circle punch to cut out some circle accents and added them to the piñata with glue. metallic treat bags 6 inch circle punch
If you place your ruffled tissue paper in a line you can trim them to almost the correct size (like the three color piñata) or you can extend the paper beyond the edge of the piñata and trim later, like the yellow and pink piñata.
To open, pull a piece of curling ribbon. Only one will open the piñata.