Randomly awesome kids party tip ~ Pull String Pinatas & a color printer

So today our little girl celebrated her 4th birthday....and we used the same pinata we've used for 3 parties! It is kind of a joke with our family - our sad tired pinata - but here is the deal - pinatas are like $20 (at least right?) and then you gotta fill them too!

Last year our little girl wanted a Dora party & I just stumbled across someone selling a Dora pinata on craigslist for $8 (nice!) - she pointed out that it was a 'pull string' so you could hit it & candy could fall out or you could put strings on it that kids pull & then the pinata is still in tact.

Long story short - with a color printer that Dora pinata has also been a Cars pinata and today a Disney Princess pinata - and chances are it will be a Pirate or Diego pinata in 6 months.

Eventually I know my kids are gonna want to destroy one - but I am hoping to buy as many years as possible with this reusable idea & a party goer thought it was blog worthy - so here's my tip - get your kid a pull string pinata & reuse that thing until it falls apart on its own - get one that is flat on each side so you can just glue a picture of whatever party theme you got going on.