Paper Bag Pinata

A couple of months ago my mom gave me a bunch of craft books that she didn't use. They have all sorts of fun things that are pretty kids friendly, no we haven't done many of them but William really likes to look at the books. One of the books had a craft for Cinco de Mayo, a paper bag pinata. William remembered having a pinata at his friend Ammon's birthday party last year so he latched onto the idea of having a pinata for his birthday. He told me that he wanted an elephant pinata for his party that we had the saturday before his birthday. Here if the finished product. He designed the face and helped Daddy draw it on. No, it isn't covered in duct tape. It is tissue paper. Brandon thought that the kids would break it no problem and Kayla, William's eight year old cousin, was sure that she was going to break it in one swing. It held up better than anyone anticipated. We had seven kids whacking at it and they all got two turns. We do have video footage but our internet has been funny lately so I'm not going to try and put it on here. This was definitely the most cost effective way to have a pinata and William thought it was great. The book said that it was easy to make but not so easy to break and it really was. If you want to test out the pinata yourself here is what you need:
A brown paper bag(big grocery bag)
Tissue paper
Newspaper
Candy
Cover the bag with tissue paper, or you could use paint and paint a design. Fill the bag with crumpled up newspaper and candy. Staple the top and you are done.