Eco Friendly Piñata workshop for kids!
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In this hands-on workshops, kids will learn how to create their own "Piñata" using recycling materials as newspapers, colored tissue paper, leftover wrapping paper & cardboard from cereal boxes and using “engrudo” as glue (a organic paste made with corn starch.)
Ticket: $30 - Includes workshop & dinner: corn quesadillas, fresh lemonade, churros & hot cocoa!
Suggested age: 8 to 12
*Limited seats*
A piñata is a figure, traditionally made from newspaper, paper maché and painted or decorated with brightly colored tissue paper, that is filled with candy or fruit.
This is an essential celebration item in every birthday party in Mexico! Some people may think its origin is “Cinco de Mayo” celebration but the piñata's history in Mexico dates back to the same time as the Christmas Posadas, a Mexican Christmas celebration that take place on each of the nine nights leading up to Christmas, from December 16 to 24th. The word posada means "inn" or "shelter" in Spanish, and in this tradition, the Bible story of Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem and their search for a place to stay is re-enacted. The tradition also involves a special song, as well as a variety of Mexican Christmas carols, breaking piñatas and special menu.
The original piñata was shaped like a star with seven points. The points represented the seven deadly sins (lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride) and the bright colors of the piñata symbolize the temptation to fall into these sins. The blindfold represents faith and the stick is virtue or the will to overcome sin. The candies and other goodies inside the piñata are the riches of the kingdom of heaven, that the virtuous who are able to overcome sin will receive. The whole exercise is meant to teach that with faith and virtue one can overcome sin and receive all the rewards of heaven.
Now it's very popular to make piñatas that represent animals, superheroes or cartoon characters at children's birthday parties
To "break" it, the piñata is to suspended from a rope, and the person (or child), often blind-folded and sometimes made to spin around several times before taking their turn, hits it with a stick while other people pulls on one end of the rope to make the piñata move and make the game more challenging.
Every guest take turns hitting the piñata until it breaks and the candy falls out onto the ground and then everyone rushes to collect it!
