Dinosaur party preparations...Take One!

Newspaper, a balloon and a whole lot of glue.

I've been trying to get things done for the upcoming dinosaur birthday party a little bit at a time.  Napkins, cups, etc are bought.  Items for the dinosaur terrariums are bought.  Some food items and pinata fillers are bought.  Today we put the finishing touches on the pinata. 

So we started with this:

Then we got to this:

Today Dharma painted the horns and added stickers and we have ended with this:

(I still have to make a mouth)

 

 I don't think it's too TOO bad for some people who have never made paper mache before.  We went through 2.5 bottles of glue and 3 balloons though.  I definitely do not think I am going into the pinata making business anytime soon though.  I now see why these things are $15-30 a pop in the store...what a PITA to make. 

After all was said and done, Dharma looked at us and said she thinks it looks more like a Styracosaurus and not so much like a Triceratops.  She said the frill I made is too pointy to be a Triceratops.  Whatever.  I was just happy the thing didn't collapse when I popped the balloon.  She can call it a Dharmasaurus for all I care.  It resembles a dinosaur and hopefully will hold candy.

What do you think?

Styracosaurus:

Triceratops: