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DIY Minion Pinata for Under $5

July 6, 2015Written by Christie | 51 Comments | Crafts & DIY & Party Ideas

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Make this DIY Minion Pinata for your next Despicable Me party! Perfect party game made for less! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. May contain commissioned links. #The7thMinion #CollectiveBias

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DIY Minion Pinata

The minions are coming! The minions are coming!

If your kids are anything like mine, you’re counting down the days (even minutes) until the opening of the new Minions movie. To celebrate one of the most epic movies of the summer, we made this easy DIY Minion Piñata for under $5. A perfect frugal party idea and summer activity, my kids are “busting” at the seams for their favorite little banana lovers. Are you ready to find the 7th Minion?

Grab your DIY Moana Pinata too!

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I’ve always loved a good party piñata. But have you seen the prices lately? YIKES! $20-$40 for a piñata of your child’s favorite cartoon is not a justifiable cost for a crafty mom. I could do better. Inspired by the new Minions movie, we headed to Walmart for some piñata crafting inspiration.

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My kids have eagle eyes lately from anything that’s cute, yellow and minion-like. Can you tell that we’re excited for the new movie? I was stocking up on our family’s favorite General Mills cereals when those adorable minion eyes caught the attention of my kids. The minions have invaded the General Mills Family Size and XXL cereal boxes at Walmart.

Remember those cereal box prizes from when you were little? Good times! So when the words FREE minion jumped out on our favorite Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast cereals, I knew these boxes were coming home with me. But what makes these gems even more special? The 7th Minion.

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That’s right, while most stores have 6 different free minion toys inside specially marked General Mills cereals, the exclusive Prehistoric Minion Toy (aka the 7th Minion) is only inside select Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Reese’s Puffs, Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Golden Grahams at Walmart. The hunt for the 7th minion was on!

Easy Minion Pinata DIY

An extra large cereal box and a free minion toy? It’s like a crafting mom’s dream come true. I could work with this. And that’s how this DIY Minion Pinata came to be. A Minions movie combined with a summer boredom busting activity, how could we go wrong?

What You Will Need:

What I love about this supply list is that we could easily upcycle our XXL General Mills cereal box and combine lots of great crafting supplies we already had at home, making this frugal craft even better!

  • XXL or Family Size Cereal Box (Did I mention free 7th minion toy inside select General Mills cereals at Walmart? I used my XXL Honey Nut Cheerios box)
  • Yellow Tissue Paper – about 10-15 pieces to be on the safe side, in case of tears
  • Construction Paper – Black, Blue, Yellow, Brown, White
  • Small Dessert Size Paper Plates in Silver
  • Black Pipe Cleaners
  • 2 Black Buttons
  • Scissors
  • Glue Sticks
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • One Hole Puncher
  • Piñata filling (candy, small toys, stickers, etc.)
  • Rope
  • Pencil

Directions:

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1. Glue Yellow Construction Paper to all sides of the cereal box. You want to cover any wording and colors so your minion will be brilliantly yellow!

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2. Now we’re going to glue on the bottom portion of the minion overalls. Cut out a 2.5-3 inch high rectangle to cover the bottom of the cereal box on all sides.

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3. Now for the tissue paper. This paper makes all of the difference in a classic piñata, so don’t skip this step! Stack your tissue paper together and cut long 1.5 inch thick strips of yellow tissue paper, the width of the cereal box. (Having a paper cutter would be really useful for this step, otherwise accordion fold the strips and cut with scissors.)

Keeping the paper stacked together, then cut very thin lines into the bottom half of the strips to create the piñata fringe look.

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4. Start at the bottom of the cereal box (just above where the blue overalls stop) and glue the yellow tissue paper fringe strips onto the cereal box. Be careful in gluing so you don’t rip the delicate paper. Overlap the strips going up the box so just the fringe portion shows.

Complete for all of the sides of the box.

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5. Now for the eyes. Using a large circle stencil, trace and cut 2 equal sized minion goggles out of the silver plates, about 3.5-4 inches in diameter. Using a slightly smaller circle stencil, trace and cut out the whites of the eyes out of white construction paper to fit inside the goggles. Glue them in the center of the silver plates.

Make even smaller brown circles with brown construction paper and even smallest black circles out of black construction paper to complete the eyes. Cut out 2 long black strips to complete the goggles.

6. Cut out a cute little mouth out of black construction paper. I did a sneaky side smile.

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7. To finish the pieces of the overalls, cut out a smaller blue rectangle, blue pocket and black “Gru” emblem out of construction paper. I used an accordion fold on the pocket to get a more 3D effect. Cut two small blue rectangle strips for the overall straps. Get your black buttons ready.

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8. Inside the top flap of the cereal box, hot glue your pieces of minion hair (aka your pipe cleaners). Bend and arrange to stick up the top of the piñata.

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9. Place your piñata filling inside the box. Because piñatas aren’t the same without fun goodies inside.

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10. Now, overlap and punch out 1 hole in each of the top flaps of the cereal box. Make sure these hole line up correctly. Thread through your rope and tie a HUGE knot in the end.

For double security, I also hot glued the rope to the inside of the box. Hot glue the top flaps of the cereal box down to hold the candy inside.

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11. Now before hot gluing any of your minion eyes, mouth or overalls, lay out the pieces onto the piñata to make sure everything is kosher. Hot glue into place to look like shown. You’re ready for piñata fun!

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12. Tie your rope up so the piñata hangs down, ready for action.

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Let the kids enjoy taking turns trying to get the candy to come out 🙂

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So whether it’s summer party time or playtime, the minions have invaded our home with this fun DIY Minion Pinata! Perfect for parties, get togethers and playdates, we can enjoy minions anytime!

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Make sure to pick up your boxes of General Mills cereals with the exclusive 7th minion at Walmart and create your own DIY Minion Pinata! My kids are still talking about when we can make our next piñata. For under $5, I’ll definitely be doing this again! Looking for more minion activities? Check out my Minions Kids Ice Experiment & DIY Minion Goggles Craft for more fun and inspiration!

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How are you getting the family ready for the new Minions movie?

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Comments

  1. Lana Simanovicki says

    July 7, 2015 at 4:05 am

    Omg I want to make this for my birthday

    Reply
  2. donna says

    July 7, 2015 at 8:33 am

    What a great idea! You’re right, pinatas aren’t cheap and this looks like you went out and bought one… no one would know it was a DIY from a cereal box. Love it! We can’t wait to see the new Minion movie, too!

    Reply
  3. jEANINE says

    July 7, 2015 at 8:57 am

    Oh how cute! What a really great,clever idea! I could make this no problem and my kiddos would LOVE it! How fun!

    Reply
  4. Beth@FrugalFroggie says

    July 7, 2015 at 10:31 am

    I am going to the store to pick up some Lucky Charms. I hope we get the 7th Minion.

    Reply
  5. Chrystal | YUM eating says

    July 7, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    Cute, cute cute! Love the Minions. What a fun treasure to find in your cereal box and thats a pretty cool way to recycle the cereal box!

    Reply
  6. Kate K (My Mommy Brain) says

    July 7, 2015 at 12:40 pm

    What an adorable idea! We are Minion obsessed here!!

    Reply
  7. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    July 7, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    I can’t believe you made that! You did such a great job, it’s adorable!

    Reply
  8. Lisa Joy Thompson says

    July 7, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    We’re heading out to see the Minion Movie on Friday afternoon! I bet my kids would love a Minion Pinata to celebrate!

    Reply
  9. Tess says

    July 7, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    That looks so adorable. I think we are going to do a minon bday party for my grandson

    Reply
  10. mycraftingworld says

    July 7, 2015 at 7:39 pm

    This is a great idea. The kids can make the pinata and then play with it at the party. Everybody wins with this one.

    Reply
  11. Alison Gibb says

    July 7, 2015 at 9:49 pm

    This is a great way to save money. I think the Pinata is adorable!!

    Reply
  12. Elizabeth H. says

    July 7, 2015 at 11:05 pm

    This is such a good idea to make your own Pinata and a Minion at that!!!

    Reply
  13. Kelly @ Texas Type A Mom says

    July 7, 2015 at 11:57 pm

    Wow, this is amazing! Not only do you get a full box of yummy cereal, but now you get a toy and can make a pinata! #client

    Reply
  14. Jeanine says

    July 8, 2015 at 2:03 am

    You did a great job on that pinata!! So cute!

    Reply
  15. Lori Thomas says

    July 8, 2015 at 3:09 am

    Love how cute this is. Like thats its easy to make. Will be making one for my lil guys b-day

    Reply
  16. Shell Feis says

    July 8, 2015 at 4:59 pm

    That is so cute!! I have never made a pinata before but my son’s bday is next month and he’d love this!

    Reply
  17. Nicole Dziedzic says

    July 9, 2015 at 1:27 am

    What a awesome idea, reusing the cereal box to make this cool minion pinata, sure to be a party favorite.

    Reply
  18. Lauren says

    July 9, 2015 at 8:22 am

    Love this! So cute and I love pinatas!

    Reply
  19. denise low says

    July 10, 2015 at 6:05 pm

    This is so cute. We may have to make one of these. The Minion is very popular.

    Reply
  20. RANDY FULGHAM says

    July 11, 2015 at 10:24 am

    this would be a great idea for my grand-kids to do-thanks for sharing this post

    Reply
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