picasso, cow masked

Picasso in a cow's head mask (1949)

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piñatas

gorgeous colour via inchmark

mini-piñatas from oh happy day via dollar store crafts

buzzing bee-hive piñata via ohdeedoh

baby seal (!) piñata via laughing squid via not martha

etsy via badder homes and gardens

(with instructions for DIY here)

via design*sponge

confetti system's gold crystal
(too pricy to hit)

demonstration purposes only

The description from the Australian War Memorial (ID 140486) reads: 

"Melbourne, Vic. 1944-02-29. A papier-mache cow, used for milking demonstrations at the Werribee experimental farm, being tied on to the luggage carrier of Mrs O. Mellor's car for transport to the farm. Mrs Mellor is Field Officer in charge of the Women's Land Army Mont Park training depot.

(via the Adelaide Showgrounds Farmers Market digest)

Piñata

'Tis the season for making the annual Christmas piñata in my household. Last year a rather mangy cat kept the niece and nephew and the neighbours' kids amused for a long, long, l-o-n-g time (maybe fewer layers this year...). And then there was the supplementary just-in-case one, the 'piñata of shame', covered in pictures of people who well deserved to be whacked with a stick. This year, thanks to instructions in the local paper on making a papier-mâché piggy bank, I think I'll try a big pink pig piñata. I think the paper may have pinched the 'recipe' from here.