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[Bethers]

Just want to invite any of you who might be in or near Santa Monica, CA - and if you go please take pics for me!

The World's Biggest Pinata Party!

And I don't get anything if you click or go - but it will be fun - and I was honored to create pinatas for the pre-publicity and the event.

[kassi59]

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Wow Beth that looks cool. I made one once with my neighbor it was her sons birthday. It was a blast to make. It was simple but you wouldnt know it once you blindfolded the little beggers and made them dizzy with sticks in their hands!...lol

[beegud2]

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Wow Bethers really nice ...wishing i had mi own big pinata to samsh now...lol. thanks for sharing.

[Dream Lady]

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That's great Beth! What kind of Pinata's did you make? I was thrilled to attend a childs birthday party in Mexico last year and the Pinata is a big part of that celebration. It was one with a clay pot in it, but the kids still hit that thing like it was paper. They did it a little different than we do here. It was great fun!!

[C L]

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Thanks for the invite...

[Bethers]

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The pinatas we made for the party - were Horstacio - we did mini's on him for pre-publicty - I have a picture of him on the right side of my home page: Pinata Palace

For the event Saturday - we did regular size Horstacio's (to their specs) and stars in a couple colors for decorations.

And now I have another order of the mini's for another publicity mailing.

Wish I was in California this weekend - I bet that will be some fun party.

[choco777]

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Sounds great Bethers...wish I was in Santa Monica too.

[larazovich]

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You do nice work!

[Bethers]

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Thank you Liz.

Dreamlady - clay pots were tradition for pinatas in the "old days". Now, in Mexico - you'll find everything from the traditional to the paper ones. Most of them don't use the clay pots either anymore - as too many can get hurt. But they are fun, no matter how they do it.

Our makers are in Mexico and they pride themselves on making our pinatas 3 dimensional. It's more work but makes the end result so much better. For these, we even turned the head to have him looking at us! The only down side - is we keep the pinatas a certain size to make them affordable to ship - shippers don't care that they are light weight - they care about the size of the boxes!

[Dream Lady]

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Beth: Well they sure look great! You say your makers are in Mexico? Do you personally make any of them? I bet that is expensive to ship. It is so crazy about the size of the boxes. It can weight nothing and just because the box is a little bigger they can really get you. Do you inventory them or just order on demand?

[bill2006]

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Nice,
We used to make them with balloons and then newspapers soaked with a flour mix and then painted over. Messy and fun.

There was a symbolism to the Piñatas that the Spanish used very effectively in their conversions.

[Bethers]

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I haven't made any personally in years - when I did they were like what Bill describes :) - my end is sales and my website. They are warehoused in El Paso and shipped from there. The pinatas on the site are warehoused - special orders like this - are made to order - they only pass through the warehouse for shipping - and in this case for special fire retardant treatment.

[LadyEye]

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Beautiful Beth .... only wish I could be there to take some pics for you!!
If you would care to send me, I'd surely go ... lol ......
A lady of so many talents, awesome girl!! And a hearty congrats to you as well, I hope you continue to prosper as you have, I am certain you will!! Great job!!

[Bethers]

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They sent me a few pics they shot quickly today after set-up before the sun went down - so I thought I'd share:

[LadyEye]

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Cool Beth, thanks for sharing, have never quite seen anything like that ... definitely looks like a child's paradise, well even for us adults too. Any idea of the actual number of pinatas that will be on site?