Sea Wee
10/22/11
Oral & Written Communication
How To Speech
How to make a Piñata Hello, my name is Sea Wee and as you may know I am a fellow classmate. Today I shall be demonstrating how to make a piñata. The piñata is basically a colorful cardboard container filled with small toys and/or candy and then broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. Beating a piñata became a famous international party event and is mostly associated with Mexico but its origins are considered to be in China. I will be showing how to make a custom piñata. You will need newspapers, two cups of flour, three cups of water, a balloon, two bowls (one big enough to hold a balloon), a spoon, blank sheets of paper, three tablespoons of cooking oil, a knife, paint or other decoration tools, crepe paper, strings, and finally candy or other goodies.
First, lay down a sheet of newspaper on the floor and tear several pages of newspaper into strips. Then, get the two cups of flour and three cups of water. Next, mix them in a bowl until it forms a thick-glue paste. After that, inflate the balloon and rub a little cooking oil on it so the balloon would easily get off the paper when you later pop it. Place the balloon in the other bowl to prevent it from rolling while you work. Now soak the newspaper strips in the flour-water mixture and put the strips all over the balloon leaving a hole only at the top of the balloon. Leave it to dry. Then, after it dried, add another layer of newspaper on the balloon and allow it to dry. Again after it dries, add yet another layer but instead use blank sheets of paper for decoration. Once again let it dry. Let the pinata dry until it is stiff and no longer wet or sticky when you touch. If the balloon has not popped, pop it and make a small hole on top to add candy. After that, decorate the piñata with paint or other coloring utensils. After you do, glue crepe paper and let the paper hang from the piñata. Fill the piñata with candy or other goodies. Lastly, use a knife to poke two holes at the top of the piñata and get the string and put it through the two holes using the string as a hanger. You can hang your piñata after and it is finished. You can tape a string to the top of the piñata in order to hang it, but this is not very secure; if you want the piñata to stay up longer, punch two holes in the piñata and pass the string through the holes. For extra reinforcement, pass the string through a plastic lid from a coffee can or use a cardboard tube from an aluminum foil roll. The piñata is an enjoyable party event that people can use in an alternate way of giving out candy or other goodies. Piñatas can increase in size with more quantities being used than mentioned above. I hope that my how to speech has helped you and for you guys to make a piñata one day. Thank you for your time