I collect unicorns and found me a unicorn pinata. I would like to keep it in the room with my collection. However, I would prefer not to have to keep it in the plastic bag. Is there a way I can keep my pinata and keep it from getting to dusty?
Answer from Piñata Boy
If it’s a store-bought piñata it was probably made using glue rather than with papier mâché made from flour and water, so it won’t attract bugs the way a flour and water piñata would. I use flour and water to make piñatas because it’s inexpensive, but no matter what you do, the bugs will eventually find their way into a flour and water piñata.
As for the piñata collecting dust, your best bet is to put it in a glass case or on a set of shelves where dust will settle on the shelf above rather than on the piñata. Neither of these might be practical, and it’s hard to dust a piñata. Another problem you might face is the color slowly fading from the piñata over time, but there’s not much you can do about that. Piñatas are made to be broken, so they’re built using inexpensive materials that aren’t made to last.
My best recommendation is that you take some nice photos of the unicorn piñata now while it’s fresh, then keep the piñata for as long as it enhances your collection. But over time if it should start to attract bugs, accumulate dust, or fade, then it’s time to take it outside and treat it like a piñata, and place the photos in your collection to remember it by.