Hello , I’ve been looking at your work and love it! Would you be able to help me out. I’m interested in making a big beluga whale piñata for my nephew. Every big piñata I make ends up breaking because of the weight and when it starts to get hit it falls straight to the ground. Could you please give me any suggestions or Ideas that may help me out?
I’d appreciate it. Thank you
Answer from Piñata Boy
Whenever I make a large piñata I use more than one hanging hook because the weight of the piñata can put a lot of strain on one hook. When I made the Dolphin piñata I started with three separate party balloons, then attached them together to form the dolphin’s head and body (it looked kind of like three peas in a pod). I added fins, a tail, and a nose to turn that pea pod into a dolphin. The dolphin had three hanging hooks, one inside each balloon, to make sure that each compartment of the body was hung independently from the others and also to keep the dolphin hanging horizontally. This worked really well, and if I had to make a beluga piñata, that’s how I would do it. Most online piñata-making instructions tell you that to hang the piñata you should just poke two holes in the papier mâché at the top of the piñata, run a string through them, and hang the piñata from that. But that method won’t work in a heavier piñata because once the whacking starts the string tears through the papier mâché and the whole thing falls to the ground. Take a look at the Hanging Hook page to see how I make hooks designed to support large, heavy piñatas. It takes a little more work to do it this way, but you end up with a completely reliable hook that can withstand a direct hit from the stick.